Wheel formation more idiomatically puzzle) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language political action thriller film directed by Prakash Jha starring Arjun Rampal in the lead role with Abhay Deol, Esha Gupta, Manoj Bajpayee and Anjali Patil in supporting roles.

Adil Khan, a highly decorated police officer, is posted to Nandighat after the martyrdom of 84 state and CRPF men.

The maverick proposes an outrageous plan: He will infiltrate Rajan's group and be Adil's informer, and together they will smash the Maoist organization in Nandighat.

An enormous cache of arms is raided; two top national leaders and 63 Naxals are killed at an arms-training camp, and Rajan himself is captured.

Things go awry, however, when Kabir also begins sympathising with the abject helplessness of the rural poor, brutally displaced in the name of development, the fruits of which never reach them; their land, their forest, their water has been snatched to allow big business to exploit the area and its people further.

[23] The Madhya Zonal Committee of the CPI (Maoist), has expressed gratitude for the film has, however, pointed out a few facts which are not in consonance with "their world".

[24] Sandeep Vyas as Production Management Prakash Jha has come up with a unique way to promote his upcoming socio-political thriller Chakravyuh by launching an online comic series.

[25][26] Music for this film is composed by Salim–Sulaiman, Aadesh Shrivastava, Shantanu Moitra, Sandesh Shandilya, Vijay Verma, lyrics by Irshad Kamil, Panchhi Jalonvi, Ashish Sahu, A. M. Turaz.

One song Tata, Birla, Ambani aur Bata had run into trouble with the Censor Board but was passed after a disclaimer saying these names have been used symbolically and it does not mean any harm or disrespect to any individual or brand.

"[32] Subhash K. Jha of Indo-Asian News Service gave the movie 4/5 stars and called it a "resolutely etched, firmly grounded drama".

Prakash Jha presents it in his own way; and going by illustrious line of work, it would be a big mistake on your part if you happen to give 'Chakravyuh' a miss.

"[34] Gautam Batra & Roma Heer of Wassupbollywood gave the movie 2/5 saying, "Chakravyuh is surely a great concept but fails drastically on screen.