Legend (2014 film)

Legend
Movie poster
Directed by	Boyapati Srinu
Produced by	Ram Achanta Gopichand Achanta Anil Sunkara Sai Korrapati (Presents)[1]
Written by	M. Ratnam (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Boyapati Srinu
Story by	Boyapati Srinu
Starring	Nandamuri Balakrishna Jagapathi Babu[2] Radhika Apte[3] Sonal Chauhan[4] Kalyani
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad[5]
Cinematography	Ram Prasad
Edited by	Anthony
Production company	14 Reels Entertainment Varahi Chalana Chitram
Release dates	28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)[6]
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	40 crore (US$6.3 million))
Box office	50 crore (US$7.9 million)) (share) [7]

Legend is a 2014 Telugu action film produced by Ram Achanta,Gopichand Achanta and Anil Sunkara under 14 Reels Entertainment^[8] and Sai Korrapati was presented the film on Varahi Chalana Chitram^[1] directed by Boyapati Srinu. Starred Nandamuri Balakrishna, worked for the second time with Boyapati Srinu after Simha, Jagapathi Babu first time in negative shade.^[9] alongside Radhika Apte, Sonal Chauhan, in lead roles and music composed by Devi Sri Prasad.^[10] Ram Prasad handled the cinematography.^[11] The film released on 28 March 2014 worldwide.^[12][13] Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics. The film recorded as Super Hit at box office.^[14][15]

Plot

Krishna (Balakrishna) lives in Dubai, while his family is in India. His grandmother is against him who settled in India. Krishna falls for Sneha (Sonal Chauhan) and comes to India to seek the blessings of his grandmother. Jitender (Jagapati Babu) is a man with pride and haughtiness. He cannot tolerate anyone who comes across his way. Once, he goes to a nearby village for a marriage proposal to him. There he gets involved in a quarrel with the village headman (Suman) due to some unfortunate events and gets jailed. From then on wards, he tries to take revenge on that family. He kills the family members of the village headman one-by-one. As soon as Krishna arrives in India, he gets involved in quarreling with the gang of Jitendra. When Krishna and his family members are travelling in a bus to visit a temple Jitender's hitmen shoot Krishna and his family members are beaten badly by his henchmen. Krishna's elder brother Jai Dev The Legend (Balakrishna) who remained exiled obeying his grandmother, saves them and Krishna is admitted in a hospital. Then the past is revealed that twenty years back there was a quarrel between Jai Dev and Jitender in which Jai Dev's cousin (Radhika Apte) whom he loved was killed by Jitender. At present he comes to know that Jitender is going to become Chief Minister of the state.How he stops Jitender from claiming this throne forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music Composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Lyrics written by Ramajogayya Sastry. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on Lahari Music Company. The music director Devi Sri Prasad, teaming up with Boyapati Srinu for the third time after Bhadra and Tulasi,^[16] and scoring for the first time for a Balakrishna film^[17] There are six tracks in the album.^[18] Audio was bought by Lahari Music for a fancy price.^[19][20] The music was launched on 6 March 2014 at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad with the film's theatrical trailer.

Production

Casting

Bollywood actress Sonal Chauhan was roped as one of the leading actress.^[21] Jagapathi Babu was cast as the antagonist in the film.^[22] Kalyani paired up with Jagapathi Babu as his wife.^[23] Anil Sunkara confirmed that Radhika Apte was the heroine.^[3] Hamsa Nandini appeared in a special song with Balakrishna.^[24][25]

Filming

The muhurtham ceremony of the film was held on 3 June 2013^[26] in Hyderabad.^[1] The film was supposed to start its shoot in Dubai, but the production team decided to start off because Some permissions did not come through in time.^[27] The regular shooting of the film started in Ramoji Film City on 13 July 2013 at Hyderabad.The introduction scene of the hero was shot under the action choreography of Ram Laxman.^[11] A special car chase sequence of the film was shot in the deserts of Dubai ^[28] and a song was canned on Balakrishna and Sonal Chauhan in this schedule.^[29]

Box office

Legend collected a total of 55 crore and above and ran for 100 days in 31 centres and 175 days in 2 centres. The film completed 200 days run in two centers (Yemmiganur -Direct (Kurnool district), Proddutur(Kadapa District) -Single Shift). The film also completed 275 days run in 2 centers (Yemmiganur -Direct (Kurnool district), Proddutur (Kadapa District - Single Shift). After Muddula Mavayya, Samarasimha Reddy, Narasimha Naidu and Simha 5th film to complete double century.^[30] The Film turned out to be one of the Biggest Blockbusters of all time in Nandamuri Balakrishna's career.^[31]

The film completed 365 days run in two theatres and is running towards 400 days in Mini Shiva theatre in Emmigannur, Kurnool district with direct four shows and it also completed 365 days in Proddutur and running towards 400 days (56 days in Arveti theatre and 310 days (single shift 4 shows) at Archana theatre).^[32]

Pre-Release business

The first look of the film was released on 1 January 2014^[33] and the satellite rights of the film were reportedly bought for 8.5 crore by Gemini TV.^[34]

Legend had a Pre-release revenue's up to 56.5 crore (US$9.0 million) with distribution,music and satellite rights.^[35][36]

The film was released across the World on 28 March 2014.^[6][37]

Legend was released in 700 Theaters across the state and over 1200 theaters worldwide. Legend had a Pre-release revenue's up to 56.5 crore (US$9.0 million) with distribution,music and Satellite rights.^[35]

Awards

Nandhamuri Balakrishna won the best actor SICA award for his powerful performance in this film.

External links

• Legend at the Internet Movie Database

References