Azad (2000 film)

Azad
Theatrical release poster
Directed byThirupathisamy
Written byParuchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay byThirupathisamy
Yandamuri Veerendranath
Bhupathi Raja
Crazy Mohan
Feroz Bhagat
Maharajan
Story byThirupathisamy
Produced byC. Ashwini Dutt
StarringNagarjuna Akkineni
Shilpa Shetty
Soundarya
CinematographyChota K. Naidu
Edited byMarthand K. Venkatesh
Music byMani Sharma
Production
company
Release date
  • 29 September 2000 (2000-09-29)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Azad (transl. Independent) is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language patriotic action film written and directed by Thirupathisamy, and produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni in the titular role alongside Shilpa Shetty and Soundarya, while the music was composed by Mani Sharma. The film completed a 100-day run in 4 centres and was a commercial success.

The film won four Nandi Awards and was remade in Kannada as Bhagath (2004) and loosely remade in Tamil as Velayudham (2011). Besides a Tamil remake, the film was dubbed into Tamil as Kurukshetram.