ABSTRACT

This report intends to elucidate the emergence,

methodologies and modus operandi of individuals in
HS411- Introduction to Leadership society that can be identified as leaders in modern
day by way of analysis pf two movies. The report

A LEADERSHIP brings to light various aspects of characters’’

leadership, drawing parallels and highlighting
contrasts between the two movies, wherever

ANALYSIS
possible.

Ankur Kamboj (B15BS001)

INVICTUS AND RAANJNA Keerthi Vadde (B15EE039)
Krishna Goyal (B15ME023)
Neelansh Kamboj (B15ME027)
 I. Identification of leaders in the movie with reasons
INVICTUS
Nelson Mandela, the president and Francios
Pienaar, the Springboks Rugby team captain
are the leaders mentioned the movie.
The movie articulated the leadership of these
men. Mandela, so called Madiba with love
by the black, played key role in unifying
South Africa. He was jailed for 26 years,
despite of that he was always kind to the
white, always saw the vision to eradicate the
racism and took courageous decisions to
make it possible. He was always humble, he
served tea by himself, despite showing the
power of being first man of SA. He was very
polite to the co-workers and motivated them
to work at their best, by pushing up their
limits. He gave the personal touch to the
people around him, that made them feel
connected. He was well informed about the
well beings of the Springboks. He believed
that sports will make people together. His
belief, humbleness, kindness, politeness,
vision, hard working qualities label him as
the leader.
Francios, motivated and inspired his team.
He was good listener, though he was a big
star, he respected Mandela and got inspired
by his struggle. He understood the
responsibility and stood barefoot to achieve
it. He awoke nationalism in team mates, thus
making them achieve the impossible. His
focus, persistence, zeal to achieve label him
as the leader.
RAANJHANAA
Kundan Shankar, Jasjeet Singh, Zoya, are
the leaders mentioned in the movie
Kundan was situational Leader. He
respected his identity and his past made him
empathetic leader. He possess high
convincing power, the way he handled the
farmers agitation and problem with police
are the best examples to prove. His influence
over members is something that made the
team to push Kundan to become a leader.
The incident of cleaning the roads is
example of this trait. His fearless,
manipulative, incisive qualities label him as
the leader.
Jasjeet Singh was in born leader according
to Zoya. He keen on executing his vision (to
bring equality). He was motivational. He
organized nukkad for increase the impact of
social issues. He stood firm on his decisions.
His visionary, confident, fearless, pragmatic,
strategic, charismatic, reliable qualities turn
him to be called as the leader.
Zoya was situational leader. Though she
didn’t posses any leadership traits as the
other two , the wish to fulfill Jasjeet dream
drived her to lead the team. She was not a
leader but surely the main reason behind
emergence of kundan as the leader
 II. Leadership Styles
INVICTUS
Transformational Leadership:
Nelson Mandela has the vision of a nation of
Equality. He motivated his followers to do
more than expected. He identified the core
problem of uniting the country and used
sports as the effective tool for that cause.
His intellectual stimulation is observed by
the way he engage followers in dialogue,
questions, opinions. He influences ideally by
his charismatic nature and by building
strong emotions in followers. He set up
perfect example of modelling his vision by
incorporating the whites and blacks in his
security team. His firm belief made him to
challenge the unanimous vote to eliminate
Springboks and managed to reform it. He
showed both the superiority and kindness
gesture in his leadership.
Transactional Leadership:
Francois Piennar motivated and inspired the
team. He led others by example to improve
team performance. He came across more a
task oriented leader and achieved oriented
leader than a people oriented leader. When
III. Types of Followers
INVICTUS
Francios, the rugby team, the co-workers of
Mandela, the people of South Africa are the
followers in the movie.
Francios followed the traits of Mandela. At
the tea meeting, he understood the president
and followed his footsteps and took his
the team members showed least interest in
learning the national anthem, he did not use
force but instead persuaded them to sing
meaningfully by explaining what it meant.
He proved that he is efficient and successful
leader by winning the world cup.
RAANJHANAA
Transformational and Laiseez-Faire
Kundan Shankar worked for the greater
good. He was motivational. He efficiently
executed the vision of former leader. He
shares the burden of the works. He has good
communication skills, he convinced the S.P.
and later the villagers. He was very polite to
the public. He gave more importance to the
followers. He led the team but never showed
up the superiority, though he was the leader,
he worked as servant. He was there when
the team needed him.
Jasjeet Singh was keen on executing his
vision (to bring equality). He was
motivational leader. He organized nukkads
for increase the impact of social issues.
advices seriously and implemented to get
better results. The SA tour before
tournament, signing the new national
anthem, all the ideas paved path to success
of the team. The rugby team trusted their
captain, followed him utmost respect to
achieve the impossible.
The co-workers of Mandela followed him
with trust. The black body guards worked
with the white on their Madiba words.
Though there was difference of opinion in
the team, their love and respect for the
president brought them together.
RAANJHANAA
Bindhiya, Kundan, Murari, Rashmi, AICP
members are the followers mentioned in the
movie.
IV. Emergence of the Leader
INVICTUS
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela’s leadership was born out
of adversity. During Mandela’s time in
prison, there is a change in his view of what
it would take to move his country forward
after the end of apartheid as a free and
democratic country for all South Africans.
Francois Pienaar
Francois Pienaar emerges as leader after his
talk with Nelson Mandela. He gets inspired
by Nelson Mandela’s words “We need the
inspiration to build our Nation” and emerges
as a Transcendental leader giving inspiration
to his teammates.
Bindhiya was blind follower of Kundan.
Kundan was blind follower of Zoya. Murari,
childhood friend of Kundan was follower of
Kundan. He was loyal, benevolent,
dedicated towards his friend. AlCP members
are followers of Jasjeet earlier and later
followed Kundan. They were democratic,
effective, goal-oriented. Rashmi, sister of
Jasjeet. She followed her brother. She
devoted to his vision and stood as
courageous follower.
RAANJHANAA
Jasjeet
He was a leader in his college and this has
paved a way for him a way to become a
leader of the political party. He is a
charismatic leader and a great speaker who
can attract all classes of the speaker.
Kundan Shankar
He is an emerged leader. He was able to
convince the policeman and thereby
convinced the farmers to leave the soldier.
Thus he was recognized by the party. He
handled the situation calmly when the police
attacked the party members. He was smart in
dealing with the situations. Thus he gained
the trust of the team members and emerged
as a leader.
 V. Leader Follower Exchange and its contribution
The leader follower exchange in a team varies according to the relationships that are developed
between a leader and a follower based on mutual trust and respect and are often emotional
relationships that extend beyond the scope of employment.
These highly affect the subordinates’ responsibility, decisions, and access to resources and
performance.(LMX Theory)

INVICTUS the ‘out-group’ (in short term) and the

Mandela often initiated personal
conversations with people and developed
mutual respect and trust. An enhanced sense
of trust led him to inspire Francois and his
team. He is also often seen blindly trusting
his secretary. This was an crucial factor in
bringing out the best from these two
individuals. This proves that a relationship
based in trust is an essential element in
improving performance of followers. On the
other hand, we see contrasting dynamics
with some other team members such as the
newly inducted white members in the
security squad. These can be considered as
blacks as the ‘in-group’ as the dynamics
with the leader (Mandela) differed vastly for
the two sects and in turn did the motivation
to do better on the required job.
RAANJHANAA
Although we do not see a relationship based
on mutual trust and respect ,but the movie
does elucidate the catastrophic effect of lack
thereof. We see highly contrasting
relationships between characters of the
movie and lack of output owing to failure in
establishing a trusting and effective
relationship with others.