The Leader
Naayak
46Standing
235th of 443 in Tollywood
- Out-grossed 74% of Tollywood releases with reported figures ($9M).
- Returned 1.4× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
- Momentum in the 36th percentile.
- Audience rating 4.8 from 29 votes, the 8th percentile.
- Cost
- $6M
- Took
- $9M
Average1.4× its cost
Against a Tollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 0.9 times what a typical release there does.
The money says average. What do you say?
The picture
Cherry is a software engineer in Hyderabad who finds himself in trouble when his lookalike, Siddharth Naayak, starts killing corrupt officials in Kolkata. Siddharth is a leader fighting against the local mafia led by Rawat. When the police mistake Cherry for Siddharth, Cherry decides to help Siddharth finish his mission. The story follows the two men as they swap identities to outsmart their enemies and bring justice to the oppressed people of Kolkata through clever strategies and brute force.
- Released
- 9 January 2013
- Runtime
- 2h 40m
- Language
- Telugu
- Industry
- Tollywood
Top billedAll 18 credits
- Ram CharanCharan 'Cherry' / Siddharth Naayak
- Kajal AggarwalMadhu
- Amala PaulNandini
- Pradeep Ram Singh RawatMinister Rawat
- BrahmanandamJilebi
- Rahul DevGandipeta Babji
Made by
- Director
- V. V. Vinayak
- Screenplay
- Siva Akula
- Producer
- DVV Danayya, S. Radha Krishna
Filed under
ActionDrama