Shivarajkumar’s Leader In Trouble?

Shivarajkumar's next movie Leader had created decent buzz with its huge star cast and good teaser. The film is in the final stages of production and now the film is embroiled in a 'title' controversy yet again.

When the film's title was initially announced as Mass Leader in 2014, producer Raghunath had objected the title as he had titled his film as "The Leader" which had Kichcha Sudeep playing the lead role, directed by Prakash Jayaram.

After a few weeks this issue had lost fizz as the film of Raghunath and Sudeep was shelved for unknown reasons. That is when Raghunath presented his film title to Tarun Shivappa, producer of Shivanna's Mass Leader.

Since then, makers have been using "Leader" as title in all their promotional materials. In a surprise move, director AMR Ramesh approached KFCC a few months ago saying that the title "Leader" was registered under his banner Vasista Pictures in 2010.

Ramesh also revealed that this film was supposed to be produced and directed by himself. He had worked almost two years on this film and visited jails and a few authentic locations for researching on this subject, which was based on true incidents.

Back in 2010, Ramesh and Music Director Emil had recorded four songs for the film. Script was also completed but film put on back burner, as makers could not find a suitable artiste for playing the lead role.

As per the latest update, MG Ramamurthy (General Secretary of KFCC) has directed the makers of Shivanna starrer Leader to stop using the title as it lawfully belongs to AMR Ramesh of Vasista Pictures.