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Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Amal Neerad |
| Produced by | Raj Zacharias[1] |
| Written by | Amal Neerad |
| Narrated by | Mammootty[2] |
| Starring | Prithviraj Mamta Mohandas Nithya Menon Lal Prakash Raj Vinay Forrt |
| Music by | Gopi Sundar Motherjane |
| Cinematography | Satheesh Kurup |
| Editing by | Vivek Harshan |
| Distributed by | Red Carpet Movies Limited |
| Release date(s) | 15 October 2010 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | 92.0 Crores |
Anwar (Malayalam: അൻവർ) is a 2010 Malayalam film written and directed by Amal Neerad, starring Prithviraj in the title role.[3] The film was released on 15 October 2010. A Tamil dubbed version of the film was released on 19 January at 150 centres across Tamil Nadu.[4] The film is loosely based on the 2008 American spy thriller film Traitor.[5][6] Though the film had a great four-day start, the momentum was not sustained and the film has ended as a blockbuster at the box office being able to recover the costs, to which the film producer lashing out that "The film has caused a profit of 40 and a half crores".
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The movie is about the journey of a Malayali youth Anwar (Prithviraj) into the clutches of anti-social elements. The protagonist has another hidden agenda in joining the terrorist outfit.
The movie opens with the visuals of Coimbatore bomb blast and the introduction of a special team under Stalin Manimaran (Prakash Raj) who arrests Babu Sait (Lal), a local community leader as a suspect in the bomb blast case. Meanwhile, Anwar a Muslim youth is arrested while passing on with some Hawala money and is sent to jail with Babu Sait and his team. Anwar performs his Niskaar daily five times.He is also fascinated by the terrorist activities of Babu Sait. Babu Sait helps Anwar in getting a bail and lures him to his activities.Anwar is attracted towards Terror acts and even successfully terminates two local drug dealers. Soon he becomes the most trusted and obedient right hand of Babu Sait. Anwar succeeds in planting a bomb in the police HeadQuarters and is soon introduced to Basheer Bhai (Sampath), who selects him to spearhead another big, but dangerous project of chain blasts. Their plans were to plant a series of chain blasts in Mumbai. Though Anwar goes on with their plans, he has a haunting flashback,which forms the twist in the story.Babu Sait Shows the pictures of the coimbatore blast,which diverts Anwar to his flashback.The Flashback goes like this: Anwar and his family is a family that lives in a rural area of Palakkad.Anwar is an NRI that lives in America and came back home for his sister's wedding&engagement.It is shown in the movie that the starting of the Flashback starts with the engagement of his Sister.Her Best Friend(Mamta Mohandas)Ayesha is with her and Anwar has a crush on her when he sees her.His family knows about this and proposes to her.She accepts.But when they go out for shopping to coimbatore,Anwar goes out of the cloth shop to buy some refreshments when suddenly the blast happens,killing the whole family except him.Meanwhile,Ayesha is arrested & then Anwar goes out to Stalin for her bail.But he refused and told it could not be done due to lack of proof.He then told Stalin that he will help in the discovery of the terrorists,which lead to the present part of the story.Both of them have a secret meeting about the bomb blasts planned by Babu Sait & co.Stalin brought Ayesha so that they could meet after a long time.But then Babu Sait's Men comes and Stalin told Anwar to act as they were having a fight,and one of the men shot Stalin,thereby killing Stalin,thinking that Anwar was having a fight.But after that,Anwar was given the big responsibility of transporting the deadly terrorists to Mumbai,via a ship containing full of explosives & weapons.Anwar at first made them think that he was on their side,and then blasted the ship by firing on it and killing all of the terrorists.Babu Sait was angry that Anwar cheated them,but Anwar says about his parents,their flashbacks and after which Babu Sait suicides. Anwar then calls the phone of Stalin which is under the police custody.He tells that the mission is over.After that it is narrated that Stalin & his collegue got bravery awards but no one has recognised the life-death battle Anwar has played.The film ends when both Anwar&Ayesha are in a quiet place,living together in a small house.When the credits of the film role,the song "Njan" sung by both the male&female lead is played,thus ending the film.
Shoot for the film started in March, 2010. The main location was Kochi.
The producer of the film, Raj Zacharia lashed out against the director Amal Neerad after the poor performance of the film in the theater. The producer stated that "The film has caused a loss of one and a half crores. Realising this, both Prithviraj and Prakashraj have dubbed for the Tamil version, without charging for it. However, the director Amal Neerad has demanded an extra of ten lakhs as his remuneration to allow the print to be released from Gemini Labs"
The film garnered mixed to negative responses upon release and was flop at box office, but it emerged as a cult among new generation.
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| Soundtrack album by Gopi Sundar | |
| Released | September 3, 2010 |
| Genre | World Music |
The soundtrack of the film, composed by Gopi Sundar, was released on 3 September 2010. The album features seven songs with lyrics by Rafeeq Ahmed. The soundtrack received a generally positive response. A review on Itwofs said, "Composer Gopi Sundar nails both his sound and tunes impressively in Anwar's soundtrack." [10]
The song "Kizhakku Pookkum" was a phenomenal success and has won numerous awards, mainly for the vocals by Shreya Ghoshal. In the 2011 Vanitha Film Awards, it won three awards: Best Song, Best Female Playback (Shreya Ghoshal) and Best Lyrics (Rafeeq Ahamed).[11]
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kizhakku Pookkum" | Shreya Ghoshal, Navin Iyer, Sabari Brothers and Raqueeb Alam | 5:08 |
| 2. | "Njan" | Prithviraj, Mamta Mohandas, Reshmi, Priya and Asif Akbar | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Kanninima Neele" | Shreya Ghoshal and Naresh Iyer | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Vijanatheeram" | Sukhwinder Singh, Blaaze | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Kavitha Pol" | Gopi Sunder and A V Uma | 4:30 |
| 6. | "Kanninima Neele" | Suchitra Karthik and Gopi Sunder | 3:33 |
| 7. | "A Hero Will Rise" | Gopi Sunder, Navin Iyer, Sethu Thankachan and Sree Charan | 3:30 |