| Leader | |
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| Directed by | Sekhar Kammula |
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| Written by | Sekhar Kammula |
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| Music by | Mickey J Meyer |
| Cinematography | Vijay C. Kumar |
| Editing by | Marthand K Venkatesh |
| Studio | AVM Productions |
| Distributed by | AVM Productions |
| Release date(s) | 19 February 2010 |
| Running time | 171 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Leader (Telugu: లీడర్) is a 2010 Telugu film written and directed by Sekhar Kammula marking the acting debut of Rana Daggubati (grandson of popular producer D. Ramanaidu) in the lead role, whilst Richa Gangopadhyay and Priya Anand in the female lead roles. This film was produced by the prestigious AVM Productions. The film was released worldwide on 19 February 2010. Despite a lot of hype, the film failed to receive commercial acclaim.
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This movie starts off with the assassination of Sanjeevayya (Suman), the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and the subsequent turmoil in the organization of the state government. The last wish of Sanjeevayya is for his son, Arjun Prasad (Rana Daggubati), to become the next Chief Minister. However, Arjun's cousin Dhanunjay (Subbaraju) has his own dreams of becoming the Chief Minister. Arjun realizes that it's not in the best interest of the state for Dhanunjay to become the CM. To become the CM, he uses the black money his father earned as the CM in buying the MLAs and ends up being the CM. However, he soon runs into problems running the government as his dream of eradicating corruption does not go well with the legislators. How he resolves those challenges is the rest of the movie.
Being one of the most heavily hyped films of the year, Leader opened to mostly positive reviews from critics. The Times Of India gave a three star rating noted "Another lineage star Rana Daggubati takes his first bow at the Box Office with an inspiring political saga, he puts in a surprisingly mature performance (for a debutant) and shines in his role of a savvy young CEO of an US-based company who turns a conniving politician with effortless ease."[1]
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| Rediff | [2] |
| Idlebrain | [3] |
| GreatAndhra | [4] |
| Times of India | [5] |
Radhika Rajamani from Rediff also gave a three star rating and said "The film is a relevant take on contemporary politics in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Performance-wise, Sekhar scores. His choice Suhasini as Arjun's mother is good. She brings grace and dignity to her role. An impressive debut, indeed. Richa Gangopadhyay looks pretty and charming. Harshavardhan (who plays Ali) and Priya Anand (Ratna Prabha) are competent in their roles. Mickey J Meyer's music is good too.[6]
Sify explains "The technical aspects of the film are highly impressive with superb cinematography, excellent music and terrific background score. The first half is gripping, giving some promising moments to the audience. But, the second half slips into monotony thanks to the slipshod treatment to the political subject. However praised the lead performances;Rana has certainly lived up to the expectations of the audiences with his looks and thoroughly trained histrionics."[7]
The soundtrack has music composed by Mickey J. Meyer. The music was released on 22 November 2009. All the Lyrics were written by Late Dr. Veturi Sundararamamurthy.Lyrics Of Maa Telugu Thalliki Written by Sankarambadi Sundarachari & Sreelu Pongina by Rayaprolu Subbarao
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November 22, 2009 Genre = Feature film soundtrack |
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| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | AVM Productions | |||
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All music composed by Mickey J. Meyer.
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| 1. | "Maa Telugu Thalliki" | Tanguturi Suryakumari | 04:56 | ||||||
| 2. | "Aunana Kaadana" | Naresh Iyer, Shweta Pandit | 05:13 | ||||||
| 3. | "Vandemataram" | Nakash Aziz | 03:50 | ||||||
| 4. | "Rajasekhara" | Shweta Pandit | 05:29 | ||||||
| 5. | "Hey CM" | Sunitha Sarathy | 05:16 | ||||||
| 6. | "Sreelu Pongina" | Krishna Chaitanya, Siddharth, Kranthi, Sashi Kiran & Aditya | 03:18 | ||||||
| 7. | "Instrumental" | Mickey J. Meyer | 03:24 | ||||||
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