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.
Chengumani
Poovi
Dodda Veerappa
Uttanayaka
Thanga
Bhima, Uttanayaka's son
Nadathakka Subbaiah
Chikkavira Rajendra
Mutthanna
Kalaiah
Somaiah, Thanga's Father
Pemmaiah
Biddaiah