Aranyakanda ( Jungle Chapter) is a 1986 Telugu-language action thriller film produced by C. Penchal Reddy under the Ushodaya Enterprises banner, and directed by Kranthi Kumar. It stars Nagarjuna, Ashwini, Rajendra Prasad. The soundtrack is composed by Chakravarthy.
The film revolves around a forest where the protection of a tribe against a tiger and deadly gangsters by a forest officer, Chaitanya. Chaitanya goes to the jungle to solve the case of the tiger killing the local tribals. He meets the love birds Sanga & Neeli there, but they cannot marry due to caste problems. After going through the case, Chaitanya realizes that the tiger is not harming the people, but some cowardly people are doing all this. The rest of the story shows how he eradicates evil activities and what he has to pay for them.
The music was composed by Chakravarthy. Lyrics were written by Veturi. The music released on SAPTASWAR Audio Company.
The film was later dubbed in Tamil as Agni Kanal with lyrics written by Liyakathsha.