LEGEND MOVIE REVIEW

Film: Legend (Telugu,2014)
Cast: Nandamuri Balakrishna,Jagapathi Babu, Radhika Apte, Sonal Chauhan, Hansa Nandini, Brahmanandam, Suman,Suhasini, Sitara,Chalapathi Rao, Charan Raj, and others
Dialogues: M Rathnam
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography: C Ram Prasad
Art: A S Prakash
Fights: Ram-Lakshman, Kanal Kannan
Editing: Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao
Presented by: Sai Korrapati
Banners: Vaarahi Chalana Chitram & 14 Reels Ent
Produced by: Ram Achanta, Gopi Achanta, Anil Sunkara
Story, screenplay and directed by: Boyapati Srinu
Release date: March 28, 2014
Watched Theater: Harihar Cinema's, Guntur
Rating: 3 / 5

Balakrishna and Jagapathi Babu New Telugu Film Legend Movie Review:
Almost two years after the release of Srimannarayana, Nandamuri Balakrishna has made a grand comeback with his latest movie Legend, which has hit the screens across the globe today (March 28). The actor has teamed up with director Boyapati Srinu, who has earlier given him a big break with Blockbuster film Simha. The duo have together made sure that they rock the viewers again.

Story:
Film starts off with the story of a goon like politician Jitendra (Jagapathi Babu). He kills the village head (Suman) in Vishakapatnam. Years later, village head's younger son Krishna grows up to be a businessman in Dubai. There he falls in love with an Indian beauty Sneha (Sonal Chauhan). To marry her, he comes down to India to her granny's house in Vishakapatnam He accidentally gets involved in a fight with Jitendra's son. Few days later, Jitendra's son is killed and the father thinks that it was Krishna who was behind the killing When Jitendra shoots Krishna, enters his older brother Jayadev (Balakrishna). Now we are pushed into flashback. Jayadev like his father stands for people takes on Jitendra who is now dreaming to become CM. When his wife (Radhika Apte) is killed by Jitendra, he goes all out to kill him.

Artists Performance:
Bala Krishna has a powerful dialogue delivery and ferocious screen presence while doing serious and righteous characters. He has shown it to the maximum extent in Simha film. He follows it with his performance in Legend film. The dialogues written by Ratnam aided the characterization. He is excellent in fights.
It’s a big gamble for Jagapathi Babu who has an image of a family hero to do a villain role - that’s too in a mass film starring a massive hero Bala Krishna. His gamble paid off and he has done complete justice to his role as an antagonist. His character has two timelines and he has changed his dialogue modulation for these two time frames. His get-up with beard has suited him very well.
Radhika Apte is very good with traditional looks as female lead for Jai Dev character. Veena Ghantasala’s dubbing is nice. Sonal Chauhan looks glamorous and has a few fun scenes with Brahmanandam in the first half. Since it’s a joint family for the hero, there is a huge casting of character artists. Brahmanandam has good screen presence in the first half of the movie.

Technical and Other Departments:
The basic story is about a righteous man standing for his people against all odds. Boyapati Seenu understands the strengths of Bala Krishna and knows how to use them effectively. Like in Simha, Boyapati Seenu projects Bala Krishna’s strengths (great dialogue delivery and terrific screen presence) in the right way. Some of the scenes are of the film are exceptionally handled. However, he should have come up with a gripping screenplay. There is a bit of confusion regarding two characters in the beginning part of flashback.
Dialogues written by M Ratnam are highlight of the movie. He has written powerful political as well as social-responsibility dialogues in the film. Devi Sri Prasad composes music that suits Bala Krishna’s style. Cinematography by C Ram Prasad is good. Editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is fine. Fights composed by Ram - Laxman and Kanal Kannan are being liked by masses. Producers (14 Reels and Vaarahi) who are great fans of legend NTR has done their part well in making a film with Bala Krishna that appeals to all the fans.

Movie Analysis:
First half of the film is okay. Interval bang is good. Second half has powerful moments and emotionally charged scenes. Plus points of the film are Bala Krishna’s ferocious performance (as Jai Dev) and powerful dialogues written by M Ratnam. On the flip side, there is a lot of bloodshed. On a whole, Legend is a feast for fans and will be liked by masses.

Final View:
Legend is made for Balakrishna's fans and intended to get political mileage. Full of punch dialogues with beaten to death script. Balakrishna's screen presence and his dialogue delivery is highlight. Regular mass masala movie.


















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