Sekhar Kammula's Leader

One of the most awaited movies this year has to be "Leader" and the publicity is all over us now. Perhaps this is the most marketed movie of Sekhar Kammula and it carries huge expectations. Bucking the trend has been Kammula's trend till date as his previous movies clashed with the release date of a major starter always. Anand clashed with Shankardada MBBS and Happy Days clashed with Chirutha. Anand was released with a few number of prints and went on to become a sleeper hit. Godavari got a good name for Sumanth and Neetu Chandra was good in the movie. Happy Days as we all know went to achieve a cult status amongst the youth.

People are awaiting bated breath for his next movie Leader as three powerhouses come together for the movie. Even though it is a debut movie for Daggubati Rana, he has a lot of expectations to live up to only because of his pedigree. AVM productions is coming of some blockbusters in Tamil, namely, Sivaji and Ayan. Finally Sekhar Kammula can no longer be out of spotlight with his repertoire. With the movie being set for a release in the second half od December, the censor objecting to the trailer of the movie has given it the right mileage in the media. Question is, was Sekhar cheeky enough to do it ?

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