Leela Mahal Center
Directed byDevi Prasad
Written byDevi Prasad
Vegnesa Satish (dialogues)
Story bySaran
Based onAmarkalam (Tamil)
Produced byCHS Mohan
Starring
CinematographyKantheti Shankar
Edited byNandamuri Hari
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Medha Media
Release date
  • 4 December 2004 (2004-12-04)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Leela Mahal Center[lower-alpha 1] is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action romance directed by Devi Prasad and starring Aryan Rajesh and Sadha. The film is a remake of the 1999 Tamil film Amarkalam.[2]

Plot

Prabhu has a troubled childhood with divorced parents. His mother marries another man. Upset that he has to call his stepfather as his own father, he leaves his house at a young age. He grows up to be a thug who works at Leela Mahal Center, a cinema theatre. GK, a former Mumbai-based don, who was sent to jail by his own friend, Sudheer. GK tells Prabhu to kidnap Anjali, a violinist. She is initially disturbed by Prabhu and starts to fall in love with him after Singhamalai tells Anjali about Prabhu's past life. A terrorist gang comes to kidnap Anjali as a bargain for their fellow friends in jail. How Prabhu fights the gang and saves Anjali form the rest of the story. It is revealed that Anjali is none other than GK's daughter. GK & Sudheer become friends again.

Cast

Production

The film is directed by Devi Prasad, who previously directed Aaduthu Paaduthu.[2] The film got stuck in production before ultimately releasing in 2004.[2] Aryan Rajesh, who plays the lead in the film was yet to reach the limelight prior to the film's release due to the box office failures of his previous films.[4] In 2004 prior to the release of Donga Dongadi, Sadha, who starred in Jayam, was yet to bag stardom in the Telugu film industry.[5]

Soundtrack

Leela Mahal Center
Soundtrack album by
Released2004
Recorded2004
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length21:51
LanguageTelugu
LabelSurya Music
ProducerS. A. Rajkumar
S. A. Rajkumar chronology
Chatrapathy
(2004)
Leela Mahal Center
(2004)
Cheppave Chirugali
(2004)

The songs are composed by S. A. Rajkumar.[2] The songs "Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo" from Dum and "Mabbe Masakesindile" from Vayasu Pilichindi were combined for a song in the film.[2] The lyrics were written by Suddala Ashokteja, Sai Sriharsha, and I.S. Murthy.[1] The song "Thummeda Rekkalanadugu" rendered by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam is based on the Telugu poem of the same name.[1] In a review of the film's soundtrack, a critic from The Hindu stated that "A well-crafted (combined) effort by the composers and the lyricists ... gives music-loving Telugus some good compositions."[1]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Palamalaimu"Shankar Mahadevan, Malini4:18
2."Chitti Chilakamma"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam3:04
3."Thummeda"Udit Narayan, Sujatha4:33
4."O Hampy Bomma"Hariharan, Sujatha3:44
5."Chitti Chilakamma (Bit)"Deepika0:59
6."Srimalle Puvvalle"K. S. Chithra4:50
7."Paramapavani"Kalpana0:23
Total length:21:51

Release

Unlike Rajesh's previous films, this film was a success at the box office.[6] The Hindu wrote that "Aryan Rajesh performs the role with ease and Sada looks beautiful. Atul Kulkarni fares well".[3] Idlebrain gave the film a rating of three out of five and wrote that " Devi Prasad should be appreciated for making a decent film in spite of undue delays and obstacles that dogged the progress of this film".[2] Indiaglitz wrote that "Screenplay and Direction by debutant Devi Prasad is mediocre. But Devi Prasad shows promise in stylized presentation".[7]

Notes

  1. The film is alternately spelled Leela Mahal Centre.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Chords & Notes". The Hindu. 26 July 2004.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Leela Mahal Center - Telugu cinema Review - Aryan Rajesh, Sadaf - Devi Prasad". www.idlebrain.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Gun power to love power - LIFE - The Hindu". The Hindu. 4 December 2004. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020.
  4. Kumar, G. Manjula (20 July 2004). "Waiting for his turn". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. "Future tense". The Hindu. 27 July 2004.
  6. "Back on track". The Hindu. 13 December 2004.
  7. "Leela Mahal Center review. Leela Mahal Center Telugu movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com.
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