Legend (2014 film)

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Legend
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Boyapati Srinu
Screenplay byBoyapati Srinu
Dialogues by
  • M. Rathnam
Story byBoyapati Srinu
Produced byRam Achanta
Gopichand Achanta
Anil Sunkara
Sai Korrapati
Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna
Jagapathi Babu
Sonal Chauhan
Radhika Apte
Cinematography C. Ram Prasad
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by Devi Sri Prasad [ citation needed ]
Production
companies
14 Reels Entertainment
Varahi Chalana Chitram
Release date
Running time
161 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Legend is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Boyapati Srinu and produced by 14 Reels Entertainment and Varahi Chalana Chitram. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna in a dual role, alongside Jagapathi Babu, Sonal Chauhan and Radhika Apte. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad, while the cinematography and editing were handled by C. Ram Prasad and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao [ citation needed ]

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Legend was released on 28 March 2014 worldwide to positive reviews from critics and became the fourth-highest grossing film of 2014. [1] [2]

Plot

1987: Jeetendra, a cruel faction leader from Kurnool, visits to fix up his alliance with local MLA’s daughter. During their return, he drives into an accident and fires for all to fear. In that region, a family shares the hardships of the public despite the arbitrator's mother's hindrance to being out of violence. The arbitrator deserts Jeetendra to apologize when he talks smack. Therein, he affronts, slaps Jeetendra, and apprehends him when the antagonism undertakes. So, to acquit Jeetendra, his father abducts the arbitrator's wife & son. Soon after release, shockingly, Jeetendra sees his father dead. He knows the boy eliminates his father as he killed his mother. The incident severely impacts the arbitrator's mother, who asks him to stop still. But he replies that it commenced, and the answer is his son, the Legend. Parallelly, Jeetendra's enmity becomes permanent, and he settles in Vizag to clutch the authority. He secretly kills the arbitrator and his mother sends his son far away to another country for saftey.

2014: The tale shifts to Dubai when Krishna is a valor who cannot tolerate injustice and knocks the lawbreakers. He proceeds to India with his fiancée Sneha for his espousal. On the way, he views Jeetendra's elder one, Chotu, assassinating a former MLA, Simhachalam, to wind up a pending case and mold his father as Chief Minister. Krishna thrashes him, and Sneha's father, a DC, witnesses it. Later, while he is meeting Krishna, DC alerts him, stating Jeetendra's brutality. A day after, Chotu, in the hospital, mysteriously spot dies, which infuriates Jeetendra to seek revenge and a severe hunt for homicide. Since CCTV footage is missing at two sites, Jeetendra declares the person is analogous. Overhearing it, DC decides to cancel the wedding and bars Sneha thinking Krishna is responsible for Chotu's death. However Sneha doesn't believe and refuses to cancel the wedding. She later gets caught by Jeetendra, via whom he finds the whereabouts of Krishna. Simultaneously, Krishna is advancing to the wedding venue with his family, and barbarians assault them. Krishna collapses by becoming a victim of Jeetendra's bullets when the miscreant orders to slaughter the whole family and quits. As a flabbergast lands, Jaidev the Legend, the elder brother of Krishna, who onslaughts on blackguards and shields his men. Following this, Jaidev uproars against Jeetendra, proclaiming he is the one who butchered Chotu and warning him never to try to look back. Next, a sidekick MP divulges Jaidev to Jeetendra's youngest and spins rearward.

1999: After a few years of attaining control over the city, Jeetendra ploys to step his sibling into politics and triumphs by rubbing out the opposition, who suffered publicly. Jaidev, the prevailing umpire of the terrain, impedes Jeetendra's enormities. Everyone esteems him as a deity except his grandmother, who has ostracised him as he has chosen the path of fierceness, and they share the same compound. Anyhow, Jaidev always shades his family. He screens his sister from getting aborted for continuously conceiving baby girls by glorifying the eminence of women. In the interim, Radhika, his cousin, is the only one who endears him from childhood, comforts him, and adores each other. As of today, Union minister Ameer Shah arrives from Delhi and challenges Jaidev to free Jeetendra and sculpt him as CM. However, Jaidev reprisals at no time when Jeetendra's brother abducts Krishna, and Jaidev guards him by knocking him out. He bails out Jeetendra, too, drops his try to kill on plead of his wife, and gives a request to get rid of his city. Radhika affirms that she will knit Jaidev when expelled from home. On their wedding, Jeetendra captures Radhika, who dies in that combat. Accordingly, the old lady accuses Jaidev of the awful, making him part regret and exit.

Present: Krishna recouped at the hospital, where Jaidev's grandmother apologized and reunited him, accepting her mistake. Besides, Jeetendra conspires to snatch the CM seat by horse-trading MLAs, whom Jaidev shifts to a secret place and converts as rectitude. At that point, Jeetendra raids over and tries to assassinate them. At last, Jaidev ceases Jeetendra. Finally, the movie ends with the Legend continuing his legacy.

Cast

Soundtrack

Legend
Soundtrack album by
Released6 March 2014 (2014-03-06)
Recorded2014
Genre Soundtrack
Length23:36
Label Lahari Music
Producer Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Bramman
(2014)
Legend
(2014)
Alludu Seenu
(2014)

Music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Lyrics were written by Ramajogayya Sastry. Music was released on Lahari Music company. The music director Devi Sri Prasad, teaming up with Boyapati Srinu for the third time after Bhadra and Tulasi ,[ citation needed ] and scoring for the first time for a Balakrishna film[ citation needed ] There are six tracks in the album.[ citation needed ] The music was launched on 6 March 2014 at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad with the film's theatrical trailer.

All lyrics are written by Ramajogayya Sastry

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Legend"M. L. R. Karthikeyan3:00
2."Nee Kanti Choopullo" Vijay Yesudas, K.S. Chithra 4:04
3."Tanjavuru" Sooraj Santhosh, Harini 4:21
4."Time Bomb"Narendra, Rita 4:13
5."Om Sarvani" M. M. Manasi 3:45
6."Lasku Tapa"Sagar, Malathi 4:13
7."Needanichhey Godugai Nilichey
(Unreleased/Theatrical version)"
M. L. R Karthikeyan (Uncredited)1:00
Total length:23:36

Production

Casting

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

Filming

The muhurtham ceremony of the film was held on 3 June 2013[ citation needed ] in Hyderabad.[ citation needed ] 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.[ citation needed ] 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. [4] A special car chase sequence of the film was shot in the deserts of Dubai [ citation needed ] and a song was canned on Balakrishna and Sonal Chauhan in this schedule.[ citation needed ]

Release

Legend was released worldwide on 28 March 2014[ citation needed ] and was shown in 700 theaters across the state and over 1200 theaters worldwide.[ citation needed ]

Box office

Legend ran for 100 days in 31 centres and 175 days in 2 centres. The film completed 200 days run in two centres (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.[ citation needed ]

The film completed 365 days run in two theatres in Kurnool district with direct four shows and it also completed 1000 days in Proddutur (56 days in Arveti theatre and 944 days (single shift 4 shows) at Archana theatre).[ citation needed ]

Accolades

YearCeremonyCategoryNomineeResult
2015 GAMA Awards 2014 Best Background score Devi Sri Prasad Won
Best Title Song Devi Sri Prasad Won
62nd Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actor Jagapathi Babu Won
TSRTV9 National Film Awards[ citation needed ]Best Director Boyapati Srinu Won
Best ActorNandamuri Bala KrishnaWon [5]
Best VillainJagapathi BabuWon
4th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Film (Telugu) Nominated[ citation needed ]
Best Director (Telugu) Boyapati Srinu Nominated[ citation needed ]
Best Actor (Telugu) Nandamuri Bala KrishnaWon[ citation needed ]
Best Supporting Actor (Telugu) Sujatha KumarNominated[ citation needed ]
Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu) Jagapathi Babu Won[ citation needed ]
Best Fight ChoreographerRam-Laxman and Kanal Kannan Nominated[ citation needed ]
Best Lyricist (Telugu) Ramajogayya Sastry – Nee Kanti ChoopulloNominated[ citation needed ]
2016 Nandi Awards of 2014 Best Feature Film Korrapati Ranganatha SaiWon
201513th Santosham Film Awards Best Cinematographer Ram Prasad Won
Best ActionRam LaxmanWon

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