Leader - Movie Review

CaRt!k rating: 4/5
Punchline: idealistic movie
Genre: Political Drama
Type: Straight
Banner: AVM Productions

Cast: Rana Daggubati, Richa Gangopadhyay, Priya Anand, Kota Sreenivasa Rao, Suman, Suhasini, Subbaraju, Harsha Vardhan, Tanikella Bharani, Rao Ramesh, Ahuti Prasad, Narsing Yadav and Udaya Bhanu (SA)

Music: Mikey J Meyer
Cinematography: Vijay C Kumar
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Story - screenplay - dialogues - director: Sekhar Kammula
Producer: MS Guhan
Release date: 19 February 2010
Theater watched: siri multiplex (screen 1), Nellore

Story

CM of the state Sanjeevayya (Suman) dies in a bomb blast. Dhnunjay (Subbaraju) – a relative of Sanjeevayya plans to take over the post of CM. Arjun Prasad (Rana Daggubati), the son of Sanjeevayya is a well educated and a successful entrepreneur in the USA. He realises that his CM father was a corrupt person and entire political system is infested with corruption. Arjun uses his brain to outsmart Dhanunjay to become the CM. The rest of the story is all about how Arjun fights the system of corruption and makes a difference.

The following scenes of the movie are really good

1. The hospital scene where all the prominent politicians vie for the top post as CM battles death in the ICU
2. The scene in a song where hero gives cloth to a lady with torn jacket.
3. Kota’s subtle reactions in the scene of hero claiming CM seat.
4. Hero meeting Gollapudi Maruthi Rao and humiliating his greediness and hunger for power.
5. The scene of corrupting a section of MLAs (the background rendering of Idi Mana Bharatam is good)
6. The beautiful scene of explaining the ‘rice free’ scheme.
7. Maa Telugu Talliki song is excellent
8. The old man meeting CM about his dead daughter


Analysis:
First half of the movie is very good and sets the right platform for the story to take-off. The built-up scenes of hero becoming CM and very well written and directed. Maa Telugu Talliki song climax is good . The intent of Sekhar Kammula to make a movie for corruption free politics should be appreciated. He did very good job in the first half. However, the things aren’t the same in the second half. On a whole, Leader is a noble attempt to do an idealistic movie.
so, o and watch this noble movie.