# Azad (2000)

Telugu · Released 2000-09-29

Azad is a 2000 Telugu film. It is directed by Tirupathi and produced by C Ashwini Dutt. Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Prakash Raj and Tanikella Bharani appear in it, alongside 11 more credited names.

Director: Tirupathi
Producer: C Ashwini Dutt
Cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni as Chandra Sekhar Azad, Soundarya as Anjali, Shilpa Shetty Kundra as Kanaka Mahalakshmi, Prakash Raj as Inspector Salim, Tanikella Bharani as Kanaka Raju, LB Sriram as Sastry, sujitha as Kaveri, Maganti Venu Benerjee as Benarjee, Dr.Brahmanandam, Nutan Prasad, Raghunatha Reddy, Ananth Babu, Venu Madhav, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, M S Narayana

## Storyline
Azad (Telugu: ఆజాద్) is a 2000 Telugu film directed by Tirupathi Swamy. It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna in the lead role and Raghuvaran, Shilpa Shetty, and Soundarya in other important roles. C. Ashwini Dutt produced the film and Mani Sharma composed music. The film was released on 29 September 2000 and was dubbed into Hindi as Mission Azaad. The film was later remade into Tamil as Velayudham. The story was inspired from 1989 hindi film Main Azaad Hoon in which Amitabh Bachchan played the lead role of Azaad.

## Common questions

### When was Azad released?
Azad was released on 29 September 2000.

### Who stars in Azad?
Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Prakash Raj star in Azad.

### Who directed Azad?
Azad was directed by Tirupathi.

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Retrieved: 2026-09-29