Chanakya is a 2019 Indian espionage action thriller film in Telugu that was produced by Rama Brahmam Sunkara and directed by Thiru under the banner of AK Entertainments. The film, which also includes Nassar, Rajesh Khattar, Upen Patel, Sunil,Jayaprakash, Raja Chembolu, and Adarsh Balakrishna in supporting parts, stars Gopichand, Zareen Khan, and Mehreen Pirzada in the major characters. It also marks Thiru's and Khan's Telugu filmmaking debuts. After Pantham, the movie is Gopichand & Mehreen's second collaboration. SricharanPakala and Vishal Chandrasekhar wrote the movie's soundtrack.