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Azad (2000)
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Add to a movie listLength 2h30
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Azad (Telugu: ఆజాద్, English : Independent) is a 2000 Telugu action thriller film written and directed by Thirupathisamy, with adapted screenplay by Yandamuri Veerendranath. The film is produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies. Starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty in the lead roles and music composed by Mani Sharma. The film was released on 29 September 2000 to positive reviews and became an instant hit at the box office. The film completed successful 100 day run in Hyderabad. The film was dubbed into Hindi as Mission Azaad and into Tamil as Gurushethram. Also the film was remade in tamil as Velayudham starring Vijay and was released on 2011.
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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 this criminal Deva, who is responsible for the murder. Anjali is also harassed by the misdeeds of Deva (Raghuvaran), the most influential person in the region, who runs Hindu Seva Samithi but in reality 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 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 & glorify a fictional character called 'Azad'. She writes a letter that Azad has done this assassination to end crime in the city & state. Word spreads like wildfire that there is a Man called 'Azad' who is the Rescuer of the common man.Actors
Akkineni Nagarjuna
(Chandra Sekhar Azad)
Raghuvaran
(Deva / CBI Officer Vishwanath / Harkat Ul Ansari Dawood)
Soundarya
(Anjali)
Shilpa Shetty
(Kanaka Mahalakshmi)
Prakash Raj
(Inspector Salim)
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