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Dictator

2016 Telugu film directed by Sriwass

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Dictator is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language action film, jointly produced by Eros International & Sriwass under Vedhaaswa Creations banner and directed by Sriwass. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Anjali, Sonal Chauhan and Vikramjeet Virk music is composed by S. Thaman. It is the 99th movie in the career of Nandamuri Balakrishna. The film's script was written by Sridhar Seepana, Gopimohan and Kona Venkat while the dialogues were written by M. Ratnam. The movie had released on 14 January 2016 as Sankranthi Release. Later the movie was dubbed into Hindi as Yudh: Ek Jung by Cinekorn Movies in 2016. Plot The film begins with Chandu, an employee at Dharma Group of Industries, who lives with his wife Katyayani's family in Hyderabad. As it happens, Katyayani is working in Delhi. An aspiring actress, Indu befriends Chandu. She is in a quandary due to gangsters who are hunting her brother. She is abducted when Chandu confronts them and conflicts with Minister Goverdhan Rao and a wicked cop, Prabhakar. At the same time, Babji, his co-employee, heists the company for his daughter's weddings, and Chandu incriminates himself. The attention of company Chairman Rajashekar Dharma is thrust upon him when his father-in-law Lakshmi Narayana seeks the truth. The true identity of Chandu is surprisingly revealed as Chandrashekar Dharma, The Dictator, and chairman of the Dharma group of companies. Chandrasekhar Dharma is a big tycoon in India who fights against the mafia and businessmen in Delhi. He gets acquainted with Katyayani, an employee in his company, and falls for her. Since Lakshmi Narayana is against society's elite, she introduces him as her colleague, and they get along. After some time, Chandrasekhar battles a tyrant woman, Mahima Roy, for murdering his fatherly figure, Hari Prasad, with her malicious son-in-law, Viswambhar. Mahima kidnaps Chandrasekhar's family and demands he fall at her feet. Now, Mahima receives multiple calls from her relatives worldwide, affirming that Chandrashekar has taken them into his custody. Later, Chandrasekhar eliminates Viswambhar when Mahima sends him again. In the altercation, Katyayani is stabbed. At that point, Chandrasekhar leaves Delhi at the request of Katyayani, changing his identity.

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Notable quotes

“Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.”
— Sir Winston Churchill, letter dated November 11, 1937, Step by Step: 1936-1939 (London: Odhams Press, 1949) p. 174.
“Under dictatorship, the people in prison are always superior to the people who put them there.”
— Evan Esar, 20,000 Quips and Quotes.
“*In situations of de facto diversity, attempts to impose a single way of life on an entire population is a formula for dictatorship.”
— Francis Fukuyama, "Liberalism and its Discontents: The challenges from the left and the right" (5 October 2020), American Purpose
“Dictatorship rests on control of the military.”
— Timothy K. Kuhner, Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution (Stanford Law Books: 2014), p. 261. The cited definition is from Michael Walzer, Spheres Of Justice: A Defense Of Pluralism And Equality (Basic Books: 1984), p. 316.
“The dictatorships, whether Fascist or Bolshevist, have been able to conceal their innumerable defeats only by ruthlessly using both the gag and the lie.”
— Lucien Laurat, Marxism and Democracy, 1940, published by the , Victor Gollancz Ltd, London; translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Text online at the .
“The nation does not hold democratic elections.”
— wikipedia:NationStates, description of the "Autocracy" policy.

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Notable quotes

“Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.”
— Sir Winston Churchill, letter dated November 11, 1937, Step by Step: 1936-1939 (London: Odhams Press, 1949) p. 174.
“Under dictatorship, the people in prison are always superior to the people who put them there.”
— Evan Esar, 20,000 Quips and Quotes.
“*In situations of de facto diversity, attempts to impose a single way of life on an entire population is a formula for dictatorship.”
— Francis Fukuyama, "Liberalism and its Discontents: The challenges from the left and the right" (5 October 2020), American Purpose
“Dictatorship rests on control of the military.”
— Timothy K. Kuhner, Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution (Stanford Law Books: 2014), p. 261. The cited definition is from Michael Walzer, Spheres Of Justice: A Defense Of Pluralism And Equality (Basic Books: 1984), p. 316.
“The dictatorships, whether Fascist or Bolshevist, have been able to conceal their innumerable defeats only by ruthlessly using both the gag and the lie.”
— Lucien Laurat, Marxism and Democracy, 1940, published by the , Victor Gollancz Ltd, London; translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Text online at the .
“The nation does not hold democratic elections.”
— wikipedia:NationStates, description of the "Autocracy" policy.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Dictator is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language action film, jointly produced by Eros International & Sriwass under Vedhaaswa Creations banner and directed by Sriwass. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Anjali, Sonal Chauhan and Vikramjeet Virk music is composed by S. Thaman. It is the 99th movie in the career of Nandamuri Balakrishna. The film's script was written by Sridhar Seepana, Gopimohan and Kona Venkat while the dialogues were written by M. Ratnam. The movie had released on 14 January 2016 as Sankranthi Release. Later the movie was dubbed into Hindi as Yudh: Ek Jung by Cinekorn Movies in 2016. Plot The film begins with Chandu, an employee at Dharma Group of Industries, who lives with his wife Katyayani's family in Hyderabad. As it happens, Katyayani is working in Delhi. An aspiring actress, Indu befriends Chandu. She is in a quandary due to gangsters who are hunting her brother. She is abducted when Chandu confronts them and conflicts with Minister Goverdhan Rao and a wicked cop, Prabhakar. At the same time, Babji, his co-employee, heists the company for his daughter's weddings, and Chandu incriminates himself. The attention of company Chairman Rajashekar Dharma is thrust upon him when his father-in-law Lakshmi Narayana seeks the truth. The true identity of Chandu is surprisingly revealed as Chandrashekar Dharma, The Dictator, and chairman of the Dharma group of companies. Chandrasekhar Dharma is a big tycoon in India who fights against the mafia and businessmen in Delhi. He gets acquainted with Katyayani, an employee in his company, and falls for her. Since Lakshmi Narayana is against society's elite, she introduces him as her colleague, and they get along. After some time, Chandrasekhar battles a tyrant woman, Mahima Roy, for murdering his fatherly figure, Hari Prasad, with her malicious son-in-law, Viswambhar. Mahima kidnaps Chandrasekhar's family and demands he fall at her feet. Now, Mahima receives multiple calls from her relatives worldwide, affirming that Chandrashekar has taken them into his custody. Later, Chandrasekhar eliminates Viswambhar when Mahima sends him again. In the altercation, Katyayani is stabbed. At that point, Chandrasekhar leaves Delhi at the request of Katyayani, changing his identity.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).