Legend (2014 film)

Legend
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Boyapati Srinu
Screenplay by	Boyapati Srinu
Dialogues by	M. Rathnam
Story by	Boyapati Srinu
Produced by	Ram 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 [1]
Production companies	14 Reels Entertainment Varahi Chalana Chitram
Release date	28 March 2014 (2014-03-28) [2]
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	est.₹70 crore [3]

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 ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Legend was released on 28 March 2014 worldwide to positive reviews from critics and become the fourth-highest grossing film of 2014. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Plot

1989: Jeetendra, a cruel faction leader from Kurnool, visits Vizag to fix his marriage with Vizag's local MLA’s daughter. While returning, Jeetendra causes an accident and also fires a gun at the bystanders, who confronted him about the accident. They are brought in front of a family and an arbitrator, who is mediating the issue, asks Jeetendra to apologize to the affected people, but Jeetendra opposes and causes a scene.

Jeetendra is slapped and apprehended by the police. In order to get him released, Jeetendra's father abducts the arbitrator’s wife and son. After his release, Jeetendra finds his father dead and learns that the arbitrator's young son is responsible for this as Jeetendra's father killed the boy's mother. This incident severely impacts the arbitrator’s mother. Jeetendra’s enmity becomes permanent, where he settles in Vizag to take control of the area and also kills the arbitrator, which prompts the arbitrator's mother to send her grandson far away.

2014: Krishna is the youngest son of the arbitrator, who lives in Dubai and does not tolerate injustice. Krishna proceeds to India with his fiancée Sneha against his grandmother’s interest, where he sees Jeetendra’s elder son Chotu assassinating Simhachalam, a former MLA, to wind up a pending case and mold his father as Chief Minister. Krishna thrashes Chotu, who is admitted to the hospital.

A day later, Chotu dies under mysterious circumstances and an infuriated Jeetendra sets to exact vengeance. Jeetendra captures Sneha and finds the whereabouts of Krishna. While advancing to his wedding venue with his family, Krishna is attacked by Jeetendra and his henchmen, but Krishna and his family are saved by Krishna's elder brother Jaidev alias "Legend", who was responsible for the death of Chotu and Jeetendra's father. Following this, a local MLA, working for Jeetendra, divulges about Jaidev to Jeetendra’s youngest son.

1999: Jaidev is revered as a messaiah by the people for confronting Jeetendra, who always troubles the people. Jaidev's grandmother berates him for his enmity with Jeetendra. Jeetendra plots to make his brother join the politics, but the plan is ruined by Jaidev. Jaidev's cousin Radhika is the only one that endears Jaidev from childhood, where they also adore each other.

Meanwhile, Union minister Ameer Shah, who works for Jeetendra, arrives from Delhi and challenges Jaidev to free Jeetendra and make him as the CM, but Jaidev refuses. Jeetendra’s brother abducts Krishna, but Jaidev safeguards Krishna and kills Jeetendra's brother. Jaidev bails out Jeetendra and gives an ultimatum to leave the city after Jeetendra's wife pleads Jaidev not to kill Jeetendra. On the day of Jaidev and Radhika's marriage, Jeetendra captures Radhika and kills her in a combat with Jaidev. Jaidev's grandmother accuses Jaidev of the happenings, which makes him leave in regret.

Present: Krishna gets admitted in the hospital and recovers. Jaidev’s grandmother apologizes to Jaidev and reunites with him. Jeetendra conspires to snatch the CM seat by horsetrading the MLAs, but Jaidev shifts the MLAs to a secret place and reforms them to better citizens. At that point, Jeetendra arrives and tries to assassinate the MLAs, but Jaidev thwarts Jeetendra and kills him. In the aftermath, Jaidev continues to serve the people as Legend.

Cast

• Nandamuri Balakrishna as in a dual role as Jaidev alias Legend and Krishna
• Jagapathi Babu as Jeetendra
• Sonal Chauhan as Sneha
• Radhika Apte as Radhika
• Mahadevan as Jeetendra's father
• Kalyani as Jeetendra's wife
• Suman as Jaidev's father
• Sujata Kumar as Jaidev's grandmother
• Suhasini Maniratnam as Jaidev and Krishna's mother
• Brahmanandam as Guru Manikyam
• Jaya Prakash Reddy as MLA
• Ajay as Jeetendra's younger brother
• Sravan as Chotu, Jeetendra's elder son
• Kamal Kamaraju as Jeetendra's younger son
• Brahmaji as Yadhav
• Ahuti Prasad as Sneha's father
• Rao Ramesh as Jaidev's uncle
• Narendra Jha as Union Minister
• G. V. Sudhakar Naidu as Jeetendra's brother-in-law
• Chalapathi Rao as Raghavaiah
• Easwari Rao as Jaidev's aunt
• Sithara as Jaidev's younger sister
• Sudeepa Pinky as Jaidev's niece
• Salim Baig as Salaar
• Madhusudhan Rao as SP Veeraiah
• Shatru as Police Officer
• Jeeva as Party Candidate
• Prudhviraj as Party Candidate
• Rajitha as Party Candidate
• Shekar
• Sameer as Jaidev's brother-in-law
• Dil Ramesh as Jeetendra's henchmen
• L.B. Sriram
• Hamsa Nandini as Menaka in item number

Music

Legend
Soundtrack album by Devi Sri Prasad
Released	6 March 2014 (2014-03-06)
Recorded	2014
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	23:36
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 , ^[12] and scoring for the first time for a Balakrishna film ^[13] There are six tracks in the album. ^[14] Audio was bought by Lahari Music. ^{[15] [16]} 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.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Legend"	M. L. R. Karthikeyan	3:00
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. ^[17] Jagapathi Babu was cast as the antagonist in the film. ^[18] Kalyani paired up with Jagapathi Babu as his wife. ^[19] Anil Sunkara confirmed that Radhika Apte was the heroine. ^[20] Hamsa Nandini appeared in a special song with Balakrishna. ^{[21] [22]}

Filming

The muhurtham ceremony of the film was held on 3 June 2013 ^[23] in Hyderabad. ^[5] 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. ^[24] 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. ^[25] A special car chase sequence of the film was shot in the deserts of Dubai ^[26] and a song was canned on Balakrishna and Sonal Chauhan in this schedule. ^[27]

Release

Legend was released worldwide on 28 March 2014 ^{[2] [28]} 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. ^[29]

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). ^[30]

Accolades

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
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
	TSR – TV9 National Film Awards [31]	Best Director	Boyapati Srinu	Won
		Best Actor	Nandamuri Bala Krishna	Won [32]
		Best Villain	Jagapathi Babu	Won
	4th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Film (Telugu)		Nominated [33]
		Best Director (Telugu)	Boyapati Srinu	Nominated [33]
		Best Actor (Telugu)	Nandamuri Bala Krishna	Won [34]
		Best Supporting Actor (Telugu)	Sujatha Kumar	Nominated [33]
		Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu)	Jagapathi Babu	Won [33]
		Best Fight Choreographer	Ram-Laxman and Kanal Kannan	Nominated [33]
		Best Lyricist (Telugu)	Ramajogayya Sastry – Nee Kanti Choopullo	Nominated [33]
2016	Nandi Awards of 2014	Best Feature Film	Korrapati Ranganatha Sai	Won
2015	13th Santosham Film Awards	Best Cinematographer	Ram Prasad	Won
		Best Action	Ram Laxman	Won

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External links

• Legend at IMDb