K. K. Sharma

Jagath Kantrilu is a secret research black and white Telugu film released on April 3, 1971. Produced by P. A. Kamreswara Rao under the banner of Phalguna Productions, P. Lakshmi Deepak directs the film. Starring Sobhan Babu and Vanisri in the lead roles, the film has music by S. P. Kodandapani. Moondrejuthu (1968), a Tamil film starring Jayalalitha and Ravichandran, was translated into Telugu as Jagath Kantrilu and released.

Srinu, a clerk in a chit fund company, leads a blissful life with his wife, Madhavi. However, she starts doubting him when his childhood friend, Priya, helps him out in his business endeavour.

Aruna gets thrown out of her house by Shoba Devi, her mother-in-law, for disobeying orders. Later, Jhansi, Aruna's younger sister, decides to teach Shoba a lesson by marrying her son Kalyan.

The film is a historical story, based on the 3rd century BC Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya and his mentor Chanakya. It begins with the Greek invader Alexander intruding on our borders, Magadha as his last step of sovereignty. Discerning it, fear-defying scholar Chanakya is under trace of the dynamic King to hinder it.

When Raju falls in love with Jyothi, an orphan with visual impairment, his father rejects their alliance. However, a man who lives with his grandson and daughter adopts Jyothi and changes her life.