Azad (film)

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Azad
Directed by	Tirupathi Swamy
Produced by	C. Ashwini Dutt
Written by	Tirupathi Swamy
Starring	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Raghuvaran, Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty, Prakash Raj
Music by	Mani Sharma
Distributed by	Vyjayanthi Movies
Release date(s)	September 29, 2000
Country	India
Language	Telugu
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Azad (Telugu: ఆజాద్) is a 2000 Telugu film directed by Tirupathi Swamy. It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna in the lead role and Raghuvaran, Shilpa Shetty, and Soundarya in other important roles. C. Ashwini Dutt produced the film and Mani Sharma composed music. The film released on September 29, 2000. This movie played great in the theaters.

[edit] Plot

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Anjali (Soundarya) is the journalist who is harassed by the misdeeds of Deva (Raghuvaran), the most influential person and an underworld mafia don in the city. Deva is apparently as Hindu devotee who is bent upon teaching Geeta to every human he meets. Then she happens to see an accident in which a bunch of rowdies die. She takes the opportunity to create a fictional character called 'Azad'. She writes a letter that Azad has done this assassination to end the rowdy deeds in the city. And the word spread like wildfire that there is a guy called 'Azad' who is the protector of common man. Soundarya takes more opportunities like popularize the character of 'Azad'. There is a humble guy called Chandra Sekhar Azad (Akkineni Nagarjuna) in Rajahmudry who has a widowed mother, a beautiful sister and a cute maradalu, Kanaka Mahalakshmi (Shilpa Shetty) to take care of. As his sister's marriage is fixed, Azaad go to Hyderabad to get the five lacs he saved in a chit fund company. There he happens to be involved in a few bomb blasting incidents and avoids all the bomb blasts happen without his knowledge. People start thinking that he is the Azaad. And Anjali meets him and explains him about her mission of ending nonsense in the city. Chandra Sekhar Azaad, who is more interested in taking money from Chitfund Company and go back to village to participate in his sister's marriage refuses to don the role of legendry character Azaad. But later on that chitfund company turns out to be bogus one. And they cheat Azaad. By looking at victims committing suicides, Azaad wants to don the mask of 'Azad' and stop corruption in the city. All the incidents that happen make Deva feel disturbed. Azad also comes to know that Deva is not a Hindu, but a Muslim terrorist who is in a mission to destroy India. And the rest of the film is about how Azaad assassinates Deva and his gang of goons.