Kirathakudu is a 1986 Telugu-language crime film, based on the novel written by Yandamuri Veerendranath.

This story is based on an idea that, by 1995–2000, the number of criminals in the country would drastically increase and the government could not maintain the prisons.

Chakravarthy, who is a CBI officer, is nominated to the Interpol and his son Charan (Chiranjeevi) is a reputed sportsman, but there is no love between them.

Chakravarthy is trying to eliminate the notorious criminal gang led by Snake (Kannada Prabhakar).

Meanwhile, Snake and his men, who are enemies of Chakravarti, try every possible method to destroy him and falsely incriminate him in a murder case.