Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Did ‘Leader’ cost more?

Rana Daggubati’s debut film, “Leader” has reportedly cost Rs.18.5 crores! Though there has been no confirmation as yet from the makers about the film’s budget, the grapevine suggests that the film is a lavish production from the AVM. Produced by M.Saravanan, M.S.Guhan, Aruna Guhan and Aparna Guhan, the film marks the debut of Daggubati Rana.

A socio-political drama, the film has reportedly been made at a whopping cost. 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.

Rana plays the Chief Minister in the film. It has music by Mickey J Meyer and art by Thota Tharani. The film will release across the state and overseas on December 31st.

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