''Eduru Leni Alexander'' is a 2014 Indian

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-language action romance film directed by Rajareddy Panuganti and starring

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and Komal Jha in the lead roles.

Plot

Sincere police officer Alexander battles the villains Jinnah Bhai and Kottappa. He also deals with

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and prostitution in the city. Alexander is a law unto himself having killed at least 99 people at last count when the police commissioner transfers him from Vizag to Hyderabad. Komal plays the role of the Alexander's lover, who is impressed by his heroics and pursues him.

Cast

as Alexander * Komal Jha as Komal *

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as Jinnah *

Jayaprakash Reddy Jaya Prakash Reddy (8 May 1946 – 8 September 2020) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. Born in Sirvel of Andhra Pradesh, he came into the limelight with the film ''Samarasimha Reddy'' (1999) where he played the ro ...

as Kotappa *

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as Kotappa's henchman

Production

plays a police officer for the first time in his career in the film.

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Dr. Josyabatla Sarma and is rated as average in reviews. # "Alexander" sung by

Geetha Madhuri Geetha Madhuri is an Indian playback singer and voice artist. Madhuri has sung over 2300 songs in several languages including Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. She is the recipient of numerous Nandi Awards and Filmfare Awards. Pe ...

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# "Guleba Kavali" sung by

, Malavika # "Vayasu" sung by M. M. Keeravani, Amruta Varshini # "Kavvinchina" sung by

Chaitra Ambadipudi Chaitra Ambadipudi is an Indian playback singer from Hyderabad, India. She predominantly sings for Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi language movies. Early life and childhood Chaitra informally began learning music at the age of 1 ...

and Prasobh # "Vayasu (version 2)" sung by Usha

Reception

The film is rated 1.5 stars out of 5 by ''

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'' movies review. The review comments state - "All through the movie, you have Alexander mouthing dialogues to make him look and sound bigger than he is". ''

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'' review states the action and chasing sequences, Taraka Ratna's dialogue delivery and direction make the movie worth watching.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 2010s Indian films 2010s Telugu-language films Indian action films