Rating: 2.75/5
Clearing all the air, the much awaited Sekhar Kammula’s ‘Leader’ has hit the marquee amidst huge expectations today. Can the film live up to the expectations?
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Cast: Daggubati Rana, Richa Gangopadhyaya, Priya Anand, Subba Raju, Harshavardhan, Kota Sreenivasa Rao, Ahuti Prasad, Tanikella Bharani, Suhasini, Suman, Udaya Bhanu etc
Cinematography: Vijay C Kumar
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Music: Mickey J Mayor
Producers: M Saravanan and MS Guhan
Direction: Sekhar Kammula
Story:
Chief Minister Sanjeevayya (Suman) is killed in a landmine blast. As his last wish, he asks his US returned son Arjun Prasad (RaNa) to be the next CM. Arjun’s mother (Suhasini) after Sanjeevayya’s death, first describes Arjun about his father’s corrupt activities, and later tells him to become the next CM to cleanse the corrupted system.
Deciding to become the CM, Arjun plays all political games on one hand, and on the other hand, his cousin and ruling MLA Dhanraj, (Subbaraju), corrupt criminal, already proclaims himself as next CM to all the MLAs.
Arjun eventually wins the coveted position – CM. And later he vows to raise 1 lakh crores (black money) from all public representatives through Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) rides and distribute the money for good governance.
In his mission to change the system, Arjun faces several barriers from his own party members. How far can he sustain these political conspiracies? What’s the path he chose to succeed and make changes? And how did people respond to this transition phase forms the story.
Analysis:
After soft and romantic films like Anand, Godavari and Happy Days, Sekhar Kammula throws his weight behind political fraternity in ‘Leader’, where corruption takes the centre stage.
We saw Shankar’s ‘Oke Okadu’, Shivaji and few other films. And ‘Leader’ is nothing different. Worst – the characters and scenes are purely cinematic and not realistic.
The movie starts on a very slow pace, followed by the drama and interval. And every now and then, hero romances with the female leads. I cannot understand what was the reason behind Suhasini’s death and the scenes following her death. There’s no conclusion.
The film showcases some true incidents that took place after YSR’s death. Worst scenes being TV anchors supporting RaNa directly on air. Pre-interval scene is good and the rest of the film is pathetic and bad.
I know it’s a sincere effort by Sekhar Kammula, but the film is not convincing enough. He lost the pulse of mass audience. Sekhar Kammula’s political knowledge is not sufficient to make a film on politics and he should have done more research on political system and its loopholes.
Performances:
RaNa as Arjun looks very elegant, handsome and makes a confident debut. His base voice modulation is good. He aptly fits into the character of a young CM. His on-screen appearance is class, but needs to work more on his expressions.
Although Priya Anand looks bubbly, her role is totally cinematic and unrealistic. Her role doesn’t make any sense, except for the fact that she helps CM. Her romantic sequences with CM are very odd.
Richa Gangopadhyaya looks beautiful. She might have donned another character other than a journalist. At times, there is no link between CM’s acts and Richa’s gestures.
Kota Srinivas Rao was at his usual best. Subbaraju as rival politician did alright, but I really cannot understand why the director chose Subba Raju when there are so many others to pick from? Harshavardhan did a very good job as protagonist’s yes-man. Suhasini and Ahuti Prasad were alright in their roles.
Technicalities:
Technically, there are several flaws in the film. Camera work by Vijay C Kumar is nasty. Editing by Marthand K Venkatesh looks like a mere formality. And I question what he was doing during some unnecessary sequences running for hours. We wonder whether Thoata Tharani’s art work has anything to do with the script. The only grace was the Music by Mickey is awe-inspiring.
The dialogues lack power. For a political subject like ‘Leader’, you must have some powerful dialogues. Comedy is zero. Romantic scenes does not make any sense.
All in all, Sekhar Kammula has disappointed me in all ways. It’s a very very poor film
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25 Commentslakshmi on Apr 9 2010 6:49PM
Rating : 5/5
I can't express the words.It is very good movie.Encourage this type of movies in this generation spl youth.
r srinivas rao on Apr 9 2010 6:14PM
Rating : 5/5
the best move an the year
sita on Apr 6 2010 9:07PM
Rating : 2/5
good attempt, but failed
khann on Mar 28 2010 5:44PM
Rating : 2/5
100% I agree with Ramana. Sekhar Kammula needs to have more knowledge on the political scenario. This is not just making films like Happy days or Anand... Leader is a film that needs more commercials tinge and reality.
Ramana on Mar 21 2010 10:56AM
Rating : 1/5
The movie is quite unrealistic and moreover STUPID. A good leader is not supposed to be going after quick fixes and limited to focussing on just one or two issues in the society. People with mediocre taste and low level maturity would like this movie.Sekhar Kammula dissappointed high time. This movie does more bad than good to the current "gorremanda" society of ours.
venkatesh on Mar 20 2010 7:24PM
Rating : 5/5
LEADER is very very good film.
Satya on Mar 18 2010 7:50AM
Rating : 5/5
Movie is Good. I have comments on The above review. "I cannot understand what was the reason behind Suhasini’s death and the scenes following her death. There’s no conclusion. " This line of the reviewer makes me think we have bots to write reviews. I laughed reading that line, The reviewer might have watched a Theater rip copy making him loose interest on movie. No hard feelings.
prakash on Mar 3 2010 12:17AM
i saw the movie it was really a base for leadership quality
rajeshwarrao on Mar 2 2010 9:03AM
very good film.
satya on Mar 1 2010 9:35PM
hi this is satya, i m searching for the anchoring or acting chance , write now i m persuing degree finel year & also working in callcenter from past 20months ...
harikrishna on Feb 27 2010 10:09PM
good direction but second half weak.
SREEKANTH on Feb 27 2010 1:25PM
RANA ACTION SUPERB A FEEL GUD MOVIE
vijay kumar on Feb 26 2010 4:32PM
very nice film rana acting is very powerful
dasari.sanjeevaraidu on Feb 26 2010 3:26PM
it's very good andit's super movie
anil on Feb 26 2010 2:31PM
excellent movie
vimal on Feb 26 2010 1:39PM
i saw the movie it was really very awsome
manoj reddy on Feb 26 2010 11:41AM
very nice but ther is not separate state issue
LAXMAN on Feb 26 2010 3:19AM
FILEM IS VERRY GOOD
hemanth on Feb 25 2010 1:05PM
leader movie is simply super and i encourage this type of movies in this generation
mohan on Feb 24 2010 11:08PM
waste movie boss talanoppi ra babu deeni to compare cheste saleem chala best movie
ritish on Feb 24 2010 10:54AM
movie keka it is the gud mss to our youte
HARISH on Feb 22 2010 3:52PM
movie superb ga undi.. making keka.. rana acting simply superb
venkat on Feb 22 2010 11:07AM
In every movie we can see the politician but in the "leader" we can feel the real politician and his inner feelings. every student seen the film which you want to join the politics.
g chanti on Feb 20 2010 2:34PM
leader is very good mvie
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srikar on Jun 19 2010 7:30PM
Rating : 5/5
asalu ee review rasina vadiki mental aa nijanga waste gadu dialogues keka movie lo try to think better ma ok na