Leader (2010)

Original title

లీడర్

Directed by

Sekhar Kammula

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 52m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man becomes chief minister after his father dies. He tries to clean up corruption in the government.

inspiringseriousprincipledreflectivetensehopefulslow-pacedearnest

What happens

Leader is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language political drama film written and directed by Sekhar Kammula, and produced by AVM Productions. It stars Rana Daggubati alongside Richa Gangopadhyay, Priya Anand, Suhasini Maniratnam, Suman, and Subbaraju. It marks Daggubati's acting debut as well as the Telugu film debuts of Gangopadhyay and Anand. The plot follows Arjun Prasad (Daggubati) who becomes the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh succeeding his deceased father and his struggle to fight the corruption plaguing the political system. The film features music by Mickey J. Meyer with cinematography by Vijay C. Kumar and editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh. It was released on 19 February 2010 to rave reviews. Leader is listed among the "25 Greatest Telugu Films Of The Decade" by Film Companion. Leader was a commercial success collecting a share of ₹10 crore at the box office. Over the years it gained cult following and was later remade in Hindi in 2014 as Youngistaan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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