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Leader
Directed by	Sekhar Kammula
Produced by	M. Saravanan M. S. Guhan Aruna Guhan Aparna Guhan
Written by	Sekhar Kammula
Starring	Rana Daggubati Richa Gangopadhyay Priya Anand Suhasini Manirathnam
Music by	Mickey J Meyer
Cinematography	Vijay C. Kumar
Editing by	Marthand K Venkatesh
Studio	AVM Productions
Release date(s)	19 February 2010
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Leader (Telugu: లీడర్) is a 2010 Telugu language 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 play pivotal roles. This film, produced by the prestigious AVM Productions, was released worldwide on 19 February 2010.

Plot Outline

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.

Cast

• Rana Daggubati as Arjun Prasad
• Richa Gangopadhyay as Archana
• Priya Anand as Ratna Prabha
• Tanikella Bharani as Chief Secretary Sarma
• Rao Ramesh as Arjun's uncle
• Ahuti Prasad as Munnuswami
• Suhasini Mani Ratnam as Rajeswari Devi
• Subbaraju as Dhanunjay
• Harsha Vardan as Arjun's personal secretary Ali
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Mahadevayya (Peddayana)
• Suman as Sanjeevayya
• Udaya Bhanu in an item girl

Reception

The film marked the debut of Rana Daggubati. The film was received well with good response from the audience. Sekhar Kammula was applauded for his work by the critics. Dramatic screenplay and romantic scenes add more freshness to the film.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack has music composed by Mickey J. Meyer. The music was released on 22 November 2009 and repeated meyer's magic.

All music composed by Mickey J. Meyer.

References

External links

• Leader Cast and Crew details
• Press Meet announcing Release Date
• Youtube - Sekhar Kammula talks about his film LEADER in the audio release function