''Mass Leader'' is a 2017 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by Narasimha, and produced jointly by Tarun Shivappa and Hardik Gowda. It features

Shiva Rajkumar Dr.Shiva Rajkumar (born Nagaraju Shiva Puttaswamy; 12 July 1962) is an Indian actor, film producer and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, he has worked in over 125 films in Ka ...

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and

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in the lead roles whilst

Vijay Raghavendra Vijay Raghavendra is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Kannada cinema, Kannada films. Referred to popularly as "Chinnari Mutha", Vijay is the son of producer S. A. Chinne Gowda and nephew of actor Dr. Rajkumar. Vijay started his car ...

, Yogesh, Gururaj Jaggesh, Sharmiela Mandre,

Ashika Ranganath Ashika Ranganath (born 5 August 1996) in Tumakuru. She is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada films also appeared in few Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Kannada film '' Crazy Boy'' (2016). Ashika ...

and Parinitha Kitty in key supporting roles. The soundtrack and

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for the film is composed by Veer Samarth and the cinematography is by Guru Prashant Rai.

Plot

Bangladeshi infiltrators are thriving in

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and other countries around India with the help of the politicians, who practice vote-bank politics. CM Sudarshan's brother Suyodhana takes the help of a terrorist named Rafiq to bring Bangladeshi infiltrators to cast their vote, in order to become MP, but is stopped by Shivraj and his associates Vijay aka Viji and Guru. They kill Suyodhana, earning the wrath of Sudarshan and also take actions against the

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s and other illegal activities. Azim, a

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contract killer is tasked by Rafiq to kill Shivraj, but is double-crossed by his men and reunites with his mother, who is living with Shivaraj as his daughter Chummi's caretaker. With the help of a reporter Chandini, They successfully drives out the infiltrators by using widespread rumours that they are going to be attacked. Under orders from Pakistani terrorists, Rafiq plant a bomb at Chummi's surgical leg to kill Shivaraj, but Azim and his mother get killed in the blast. In a flashback, Shivraj was an INA

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with a loving wife Deepa, parents and sister Shreya. Shreya is in relationship with Harshath, who is actually a terrorist and uses Shreya to spy on Shivaraj. Shivaraj is assigned to escort Central Minister Virendra Hegde to

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where his family is also escorted in Hegde's convoy, but the convoy is destroyed leaving Chummi handicapped. Shivaraj, with his team sneak into Harshath's hideout where they learn that their superior Pratap Sinha is the mole in the INA. A shootout ensues where Shivaraj and his team eliminate the terrorists, but Harshath escapes. In the present, Shivaraj, Viji and Guru are actually working incognito for the Indian Army where they track down Harshath and manages to kill him and his men.

Cast

Production

The film was officially launched on 19 April 2016 in Bangalore. Apart from various locations in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, the

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took place in

amidst heavy snow fall. The crew shifted the shoot to Manali after tensions erupted in Kashmir in January 2017.

Soundtrack

Veer Samarth was signed to compose the film's music, making his 25th film. The soundtrack was released on 9 July 2017, with the Telugu actor

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officially launching the audio.

References

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