Chakravyuha is a 1978 Bollywood thriller film directed by Basu Chatterjee with screenplay by Jainendra Jain.

[1] The film stars Rajesh Khanna in the lead role, supported by Neetu Singh, Vinod Mehra, Simple Kapadia, Pradeep Kumar, Om Shivpuri, Dina Pathak, Master Raju Shrestha, Yunuz Parvez, Pinchoo Kapoor and others.

Rajesh Khanna plays a man drawn unwillingly into a nest of enemy spies and intrigue with the future of his country riding on his shoulders.

It is Diwali, and as children burst crackers and set off potentially limb-severing fireworks, Amit's upstairs neighbor Raman (Vinod Mehra) has been watching a group of men in a tent just outside the building's courtyard.

Now, Raman tosses furniture about the room and loads a pistol and then takes a body out of a trunk, lays it out on the floor, sprinkles it with whiskey and as another set of firecrackers explode outside, he shoots the poor dead guy's face off.

He has set up his own suicide (using a morgue body) to throw the enemies off his trail and needs to stay with Amit for a few days in hiding.

The unnamed enemy is plotting to destroy India's valuable relationship with an African country called Mazaland by assassinating its Chief Minister when he arrives 19 November at the Delhi International Airport.

He shaves his beard and dons thick black glasses to disguise himself and Amit reluctantly agrees to let him stay for a few days.

Although it was pitch-dark outside moments ago, Amit looks out the window and the sun is shining brightly as the dudhwallah (milkman) approaches on his bicycle.

Before the release of the film, director Basu Chatterjee said to Screen India: "If the artiste lives up to that image, I'm satisfied.