
Chengumani is commander-in-chief in the 18th-century Coorg region of present-day Karnataka. He becomes the king's commander-in-chief after saving his life, but his life gets complicated when he falls in love with Poovi and marries her in disguise. The movie was dubbed in Telugu as Prachanda Bheri. This was also Rajkumar's first cinemascope movie.
Cast

Dr. Rajkumar
Chengumani

Jaya Prada
Poovi

M. P. Shankar
Dodda Veerappa

T. N. Balakrishna
Uttanayaka
Jayachitra
Thanga

Vajramuni
Bhima, Uttanayaka's son

Thoogudeepa Srinivas
Nadathakka Subbaiah

Rajanand
Chikkavira Rajendra

Shakti Prasad
Mutthanna

Srinivasa Murthy
Kalaiah

Sampath
Somaiah, Thanga's Father

Prabhakar
Pemmaiah

Uma Shivakumar
Unknown

Shani Mahadevappa
Biddaiah

Honnavalli Krishna
Unknown
Bhatti Mahadevappa
Unknown

M S Rajashekar
Unknown
Crew
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