Rana’s “Leader”- A Rs.18.5 crores movie!

December 8, 2009

Rana Daggubati’s debut film, “Leader” has reportedly cost Rs.18.5 crores! Directed by Shekhar Kammula, the movie has been produced by M.Saravanan, M.S.Guhan, Aruna Guhan and Aparna Guhan under film under AVM Productions banner. ‘Leader’ is AVM’s 174thmovie . Richa Gangopadhyay and Priya Anand are also making their debut in Telugu film industry. Incidentally, only Rs.6 crores was earmarked for the entire production of “Leader” in the initial stages. However, several scenes of the film had to be shot in the Assembly, since it’s a political thriller. The film wasn’t given the permission to shoot in the Assembly and Shekhar Kammula, AVM Productions decided to erect an “Assembly Set”. This led to an increase in the budget along with several other factors. Shekhar Kammula, who has also written the story apart from directing this film, is said to be very confident about ‘Leader’. Mickey J Meyer has composed the music for this film. Thota Tharani is handling the art direction and production design and Vijay C.Kumar is handling the camera. The film will release across the state and overseas on December 31st.

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