Anji (film)

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Anji.
Anji.

Anji is a Telugu film produced by M.S. Arts which has Chiranjeevi in lead role and is a special effects visual treat made over 7 years with a budget of 25 crores which was the highest spent on any Indian film at that time. The film was produced by Shyam Prasad Reddy who wanted to make a film with international standards with uncompromising quality over a period of 7 years resulting in a huge budget.

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[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The Aatmalingam is situated in Himalayas that posses enormous divine powers. Once every 72 years, Akasa Ganga from sky flows into the Aatmalingam. The ones who can drink holy water of Akasa Ganga would become younger for eternity with supernatural powers.

In 1932, a youngster named Bhatia (Bhupinder Singh) attempts to get hold of Atmalingam and drink Akasa Ganga but ends up losing his right arm. As time progresses, Bhatia (Tinnu Anand) is now 99 years old. Bhatia searches for the traces of Aatma Lingam, but in vain. The Akasaganga is slated to flow to earth for Atmalingam in 2004 again. Finally he gets to know about a professor who made a lifetime research on Aatmalingam and Akasaganga who possesses vital information in a red diary. Fearing for his life and this information, the professor sends the diary to his student Swapna (Namrata Shirodkar) who is in USA so that Bhatia will not be able to get divine powers.After receiving the diary, Swapna, sensing danger to her professor, comes back to India in search of her professor only to find him killed. While escaping from Bhatia, she runs into Anji (Chiranjeevi). Anji is a good samaritan in Uravakonda forest area, who serves the most revered Sivanna (Nagendra Babu)- an ayurvedic specialist while also raising 4 orphans.

Oneday, Anji accidentally stumbles on 'Atmalingam' and gets it into his possession. After coming to know about it, Bhatia and his men are after Anji and Swapna. As the D Day of Akasa Ganga is fast approaching, Sivanna advises Anji that the Atmalingam should be sent back to where it belongs. The rest of the movie shows how Anji returns the Aatma lingam to the temple in Himalayas while also defeating Bhatia.

[edit] Cast

  • Chiranjeevi .... Anji
  • Namrata Shirodkar .... Swapna
  • Tinnu Anand .... Bhatia
  • Nagendra Babu .... Sivanna
  • Bhupinder Singh .... Bhatia (as Young Bhatia)
  • Rami Reddy
  • M.S. Narayana
  • Saraswatamma
  • Keertana (as Baby Keertana)
  • Meghana (as Baby Meghana)
  • Muthya (as Baby Muthya)
  • Vamsi (as Master Vamsi)
  • Bharat (as Master Bharat)
  • Ajay (as Master Ajay)
  • Ramya Krishna .... Special appearance in song "Chikbuk Pori"
  • Reema Sen .... Special appearance in the song "Mirapakaya Bajji"

[edit] Crew

[edit] Production & Other Companies

  • Production Company: M.A. Arts
  • Special Effects Company: Soho Digitalia Limited
  • DVD Release thru: Supreme Audio

[edit] Songs

  • Chik Book Pori

Playback Singers : Kalpana, Shankar Mahadevan, Lyrics : Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Cast: Chiranjeevi, Ramya Krishna

  • Gumma Gulabi Komma

Singers : Karthik Raja, Shalini Singh, Lyrics : Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Cast: Chiranjeevi

  • Abbo Nee Amma Goppade

Singers : S.P. Balasubramaniam, Kalpana, Lyrics : Bhuvana Chandra, Cast: Chiranjeevi and Namrata Shirodkar

  • Mirapakaya Bajji

Singers : S.P. Balasubramaniam, Radhika, Lyrics : Bhuvana Chandra, Cast: Chiranjeevi and Reema Sen

  • Manava Manava

Singers : Sunita, Tippu, Lyrics : Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Cast : Chiranjeevi & Rajya Lakshmi

  • Om Santhi Om Santhi

Singers : Ganga Sitharasu, Shankar Mahadevan, Lyrics : Chandrabose, Cast : Chiranjeevi and Namrata Shirodkar

[edit] Awards

[edit] Box Office & Trivia

  • The film did reasonably well, but it is not known whether it recovered all the production costs.
  • Took 7 years to complete the project
  • Apparently Shyam Prasad Reddy reshot several scenes multiple times.
  • Dubbed into Malayalam as Chekavan.
  • Released in Hindi as "Diler"

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