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. Ramprasad
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 soundtrack and background score were composed by Devi Sri Prasad.^[4][5][6][7]

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

Plot

1989: Jeetendra, a cruel faction leader from Kurnool, visits Vizag to fix his marriage alliance with Vizag's local MLA’s daughter. While returning, Jeetendra causes an accident and also fires a gun at the bystanders when confronted. So they are brought in front of a family and an arbitrator who tries to mediate the issue and asks Jeetendra to apologize to the affected people. Instead, when Jeetendra opposes and causes a scene, he is slapped and apprehended. This greatly antagonizes him. In order to get him released, Jeetendra's father abducts the arbitrator’s wife & son.

Soon after his release, Jeetendra finds his father dead. From his henchmen, he learns that this was the act of the arbitrator's young son in retaliation for killing the boy's mother. This incident severely impacts the arbitrator’s mother, who requests to stop this violence. But the arbitrator responds by saying this will not stop, and the solution to this problem is his son - the legend. Parallelly, Jeetendra’s enmity becomes permanent, and he settles in Vizag to take control of the area. He also kills the arbitrator, which prompts the arbitrator's mother to send her grandson far away.

2014: Krishna, the youngest son of the arbitrator lives in Dubai and does not tolerate injustice and trashes the lawbreakers. He proceeds to India with his fiancée Sneha for his espousal against his grandmother’s interest. On the way, he views Jeetendra’s elder son Chotu assassinating a former MLA Simhachalam to wind up a pending case and mold his father as Chief Minister. Krishna thrashes him, the episode is witnessed by Sneha’s father, a local DC. Later, while he is meeting Krishna, DC alerts him stating the brutality of Jeetendra. A day after, Chotu who is admitted to the hospital dies mysteriously. Whereat, Jeetendra infuriates to seek avenge and severe hunt of homicide.

Since CCTV footage is missing at two sites Jeetendra declares the person is analogous. Overhearing it, DC cancels the match and bars, Sneha. Although, she skips and catches by Jeetendra via whom he finds the whereabouts of Krishna. Simultaneously, Krishna is advancing to his wedding venue with his conjoined extended family and they are assaulted by barbaric. At a temple, Jeetendra shoots Krishna who collapses, as well as he orders his second son to slaughter the whole family and quit. Here as a flabbergast, lands Jaidev the Legend, elder brother of Krishna who onslaughts on blackguards and shields his men. Following this, Jaidev uproars against Jeetendra proclaims he is the one that butchered Chotu, and also warns him never to try to look back. Next, a sidekick MP divulges about Jaidev to Jeetendra’s youngest and spins rearward.

1999: After a couple of years attaining control over the city Jeetendra ploys, intrudes his younger sibling into the politics, and triumphs by rubbing out the opposition who suffers public. Jaidev, the prevailing umpire of the terrain, impedes their enormities and gets Jeetendra seized. Hence, he is esteemed as a deity by all except his grandmother who has ostracized 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 the only one that endears him from childhood comforts him, and they adore 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. Then, Jeetendra’s brother abducts Krishna and Jaidev guards him by knocking him out. Moreover, He bails out Jeetendra drops his try to kill on plead of his wife, and gives an ultimatum to get rid of his city. Meanwhile, Radhika affirms to knit Jaidev when she too is expelled from home. On the eve of their nuptial, Jeetendra captures Radhika who dies in that combat. Accordingly, the old lady accuses Jaidev of the awful which makes him die of regret and exit.

Present: Krishna recoups at the hospital where Jaidev’s grandmother apologizes to him and reunites with 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 rectitudes. At that point, Jeetendra raids over and tries to assassinate the MLAs. At last, Jaidev ceases Jeetendra. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the Legend continuing his legacy.

Cast

Music

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.

Production

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.

References

External links

• Legend at IMDb