Leader - Telugu Movie review

Sekhar Kammula's new release "Leader" is a nice feel good political drama starring Rana (son of D.Suresh babu and grandson of D.RamaNaidu).

It is no different from his mark of movies , Leader has a simple plot with minor but convincing complications which at the end converge to be a "All is Well" conclusion. This movie is a very good watch but Im afraid it will not reach viewers' expectations. Sekhar does not embed lots of drama or twists in 3 hrs , instead he choses to have simple plot and then explore in minute details . But with hits like "Happy days" in his pocket and launching a star producer's son , Shekhar could have dramatised it more. At the end of the movie I literally checked my watch to see if the movie was over and did it really take 3 hrs. We get involved with the story and the tempo peaks just 15 minutes before the end and our expectations raise on the hero. But suddenly without much drama or thrill movie gets over in a very simple end .

The movie is all about how a reluctant son joins politics to undo his father's corruption and fulfil his mother's dream of changing politics. After his father's sudden demise as CM , hero tries to retain his father's post to change the corrupt political system. Its very interesting how he gets there and then how he tries to retain it . A tender love story emerges in the process and it touches you somewhere. the songs are too good and you dont feel they are popping out from nowhere unlike the way it normally happens in Indian films. The way hero throws net for MLA's , giving them money as his father's last wish or the way he makes opposition leader to support him by seducing his daughter to marriage make jaw bones pain as you laugh and laugh. But the scenes where the girl reacts to his seduction plan(confession) walking in the rain or the scene when his mother dies , punchs you hard at your heart.

There is nothing wrong with the movie but only if people go with expectations from the ace director they may be slightly disappointed .