Azad (2000 film)

Azad (transl.Independent) is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language superhero film produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies and directed by Thirupathisamy. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty and music composed by Mani Sharma. The film completed 100 days run in 4 centres. The film inspired the Tamil movie Velayudham (2011) starring Vijay and also dubbed in Tamil as Kurukshetram and in Hindi as Mission Azad.

Azad
Theatrical release poster
Directed byThirupathisamy
Produced byC. Ashwini Dutt
Written byParuchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay byThirupathisamy
Yandamuri Veerendranath
Bhupathi Raja
Crazy Mohan
Feroz Bhagat
Maharajan
Story byThirupathisamy
StarringNagarjuna Akkineni
Soundarya
Shilpa Shetty
Music byMani Sharma
CinematographyChota K. Naidu
Edited byMarthand K. Venkatesh
Production
company
Release date
  • 29 September 2000 (2000-09-29)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

Anjali (Soundarya) is a journalist who witnesses the murder of a senior journalist carrying crucial evidence about a mafia don. Anjali is on a mission to sue the criminal Deva (Raghuvaran), who is responsible for the murder. Anjali is also harassed by Deva's misdeeds. Deva is the most influential person in the region who runs Hindu Seva Samithi, but in reality, he is an undercover Islamic militant on a mission to release their terrorist group head imprisoned by the state administration. Deva is apparently a Hindu devotee who is bent upon teaching the Bhagavad Gita to every human he meets. Anjali happens to see an accident in which a bunch of Deva's henchmen die. She takes this opportunity to create and glorify a fictional character called "Azad". She writes a letter that Azad has done this assassination to end crime in the city & state. The word spreads like wildfire that there is a man called "Azad" who is the rescuer of the common man.

A humble and intelligent guy called Chandra Sekhar Azad (Akkineni Nagarjuna) from Rajahmundry, has a widowed mother (Kalairani), a beautiful sister Kaveri (Sujitha) and a cute fiancé, Kanaka Mahalakshmi (Shilpa Shetty) to take care of. As Kaveri's marriage is fixed, Azad goes to Hyderabad to get the five lakhs he saved in a chit fund company. There, he happens to be involved in a few bomb-blasting incidents and rescue incidents and avoids all the bomb blasts and crimes without his knowledge. People start to think that he is the "Azad". Anjali meets him and explains to him about her mission of ending crime in the state.

However, Azad is more interested in retrieving money from the chit fund company and going back to Rajahmundry to participate in his sister's marriage. He refuses to enact the role and take the responsibility of the legendary character "Azad". But later on, the chit fund company turns out to be bogus which was managed by Deva, to generate finance for the smuggling of ammunition to Pakistan. Upon seeing the victims of the chit fund company committing suicide, Azad wears the mask of 'Azad' to stop Deva's mission. All these incidents make Deva extremely frustrated, so he kills and blasts Kaveri at her wedding. Azad also comes to know that Deva is not a Hindu, but a Kashmiri Muslim terrorist who is on a mission to destroy India.

Deva demands the state administration for release of their militant leader in exchange for the lives of train passengers hijacked by Deva en route to Pakistan via Punjab, India. The rest of the plot deals with how Azad banishes Deva and his gang of militants.[1]

Cast

Soundtrack

Azad
Film score by
Released2000
GenreSoundtrack
Length28:56
LabelSupreme Music
ProducerMani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Yuvakudu
(2000)
Azad
(2000)
Vamsi
(2000)

The music was composed by Mani Sharma. Music released on SUPREME Audio Company.

Azad - Telugu Tracklist (Original)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Koila Koila"Suddala Ashok TejaAbhijeet Bhattacharya4:30
2."Kala Anuko"Veturi Sundararama MurthyHariharan, Mahalakshmi Iyer5:21
3."Chemma Chekka Chemma Chekka"Sirivennela Sitarama SastryS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra, Harini4:32
4."So So Sonare"Chandra BoseUdit Narayan, Vasundhara Das4:47
5."Sudigaalilo"Veturi Sundararama MurthyHariharan, K. S. Chithra5:08
6."Hai Hai Nayakaa"Veturi Sundararama MurthySukhwinder Singh, K. S. Chithra4:24
Total length:28:56

All lyrics are written by Piraisoodan, Muthulingam, and Ponniyin Selvan.

Kurukshetram - Tamil Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Koila Koila"PiraisoodanMano4:30
2."Manadinile"Ponniyin SelvanRamu, Sunandha5:21
3."Sembaruthi Sembaruthi"MuthulingamRamu, Harini4:32
4."So So So Adi Sonare"PiraisoodanP. Unnikrishnan, Harini4:47
5."Idi Osaiyo"Ponniyin SelvanSrinivas, Sindhu5:08
6."Hai Hai Nayaga"MuthulingamKrishnaraj, Sindhu4:24
Total length:28:56

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