The film stars Prabhas, Shriya Saran and Bhanupriya alongside Shafi and Pradeep Rawat playing supporting roles.

Sivaji ends up in a different boat and lands in Vizag port, which is dominated by Baji Rao, who uses refugee labor for his gain.

In an interview with Idlebrain.com, Rajamouli described Chatrapathi as a "mother sentiment film", which also deals with the exploitation of immigrants who come to India from the places and live without any official identity.

The song Agni Skalana was plagiarized from the Main Theme of the video game Myst IV: Revelation (2004) composed by Jack Wall.

"[6] Sify rated the film 2/5 and wrote, "a swell cast with a young action hero and add a dash of digital wizardry to the stunts and cook up an unimaginative script as an aftermath and serve it piping hot!

"[7] Jeevi of Idlebrain gave 3.5/5 stars and observed that the film's similarities with Scarface and Deewaar, but opined that it stands on its own owing to Rajamouli's direction and Prabhas' performance.