Legend (2014 film)

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

Legend was released on 28 March 2014 worldwide to positive reviews from critics and become the fourth-highest grossing film of 2014.

Plot
1989: Jeetendra, a cruel faction leader from Kurnool, a cruel faction leader 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 slew 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. Plus, he kills the arbitrator when a frightened old lady sends her grandson far away.

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 cancels the match and bars Sneha. However, she skips and is 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.

Soundtrack
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, and scoring for the first time for a Balakrishna film There are six tracks in the album. Audio was bought by Lahari Music. The music was launched on 6 March 2014 at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad with the film's theatrical trailer.

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

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

Release
Legend was released worldwide on 28 March 2014 and was shown in 700 theaters across the state and over 1200 theaters worldwide.

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.

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).