Anarkali (2015 film)
| Anarkali | |
|---|---|
 Official poster | |
| Directed by | Sachy |
| Produced by | Rajeev Nair |
| Written by | Sachy |
| Starring |
Prithviraj Sukumaran Biju Menon Kabir Bedi Priyal Gor Miya George Assim Jamal Suresh Krishna Sudev Nair |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Cinematography | Sujith Vassudev |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
Production company |
Magic Moon Productions |
| Distributed by | Tricolor Entertainment, Usa Indian Movies |
Release date |
(Kerala) |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Anarkali is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language romantic-thriller film written and directed by Sachy. The film was released on 13 November 2015. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Miya George, Priyal Gor, Biju Menon, Sudev Nair, Kabir Bedi and Samskruthy Shenoy.[1][2] The film began shooting in February 2015 and was shot mostly in Kavaratti, Bangaram and Agatti in Lakshadweep.[3]
Plot
Shanthanu who was a navy officer pines over a girl whom he loved 15 years ago and had to leave the navy because of his affair with her.Since the girl (Nadira) whom he loved was underage (15 years), both of them agree to wait to show their love is true, to the Nawabi father (Jaffer), who is also Shanthanu's Commanding Officer and Flag officer. Shanthanu lost touch with Nadira for 2 years, his search for her lead him to Kavaratti, Lakshadweep. The rest of the story forms from lives around Kavaratti and depressed Shanthanu's attempts to reach to Nadira.
Cast
- Prithviraj Sukumaran as Sub-Lt. Shanthanu Varma, a former Indian Naval Officer who now works as diving instructor in Lakshadweep.
- Biju Menon as Lt. Zachariah, a former Indian Naval Officer who has the responsibilities of light house in Lakshadweep.
- Kabir Bedi as Rear Admiral Jaffer Imam, a former Indian Naval Admiral.
- Priyal Gor as Nadira Imam, a Sufi teacher settled in Ajmer. She is the daughter of Jaffer Imam.
- Miya George as Dr. Sherin George, medical superintendent of Kavaratti, Lakshadweep.
- Suresh Krishna as Aatta Koya, Sports Secretary of Kavaratti, Lakshadweep.
- Arun as Rajeev, Programme Director of All India Radio.
- Sudev Nair as Sub-Lt. Naseeb Imam, an Indian Naval Officer. He is the son of Jaffer Imam.
- Samskruthy Shenoy as Dhuva Miyan Koya, an MBBS student who stopped studying due to an affair. She is the sister of Aatta Koya.
- Anu Shitara as Athira
- Shyamaprasad as Commodore Madhavan Nair
- Major Ravi as Capt. Rajan Jose, a Navy Officer.
- Jayaraj Warrier as Chettuva Shah Jahan Sahib Avarkal, a reputed Ghazal singer.
- Assim Jamal as Inspector Jamal Majnu, Sub-Inspector of Kavaratti Police Station.
- Renji Panicker as Pappan
- Madhupal as Madhu
- Manju Sathish as Shanthi
- Chembil Ashokan as DYSP Ahmed Kutty
- V. K. Prakash as Dr. David, a psychiatrist. (Cameo)
- Deepak Kamath as Navy officer (cameo)
Production
Priyal Gor and Miya George were signed for the lead female roles. While the former would play the main lead as Nadira Imam, teenage daughter of a Rear Admiral in the Indian Navy, the latter's role is that of a supporting character, Dr. Sherin Mathew, who works in Kavarathi.[4] Story of the film is based on two Naval officers, Prithviraj and Biju Menon in the Indian Navy. Bollywood actor Kabir Bedi was cast as Nadira's father, Jaffer Imam, who is a commanding officer of base hailing from Lucknow and Sachi said that both Kabir and Priyal would speak mostly in Hindi and English in the film.[4] Director Shyamaprasad was selected for a pivotal role and his character Commodore Madhavan Nair was said to be crucial to the film.[4] Samskruthy Shenoy was later chosen to portray Duvha, a "Pucca Muslim woman" from Lakshwadweep, who is an medical student who left her studies shy of 1 year, due to a love affair and works as a physician assistant.[5] Other supporting roles were given to directors Major Ravi, Renji Panicker and Madhupal. Sujith Vassudevv and Vidyasagar were signed as the cinematographer and music director, respectively.
Box office
The film collected ₹1.11 crore (US$170,000) on its release day,[6] ₹2.71 crore (US$420,000) in 3 days,[7] and ₹ 4.5 crore within 5 days.[6] It grossed ₹6.42 crore (US$1.0 million) in 10 days and ₹7.74 crore (US$1.2 million) in 14 days of release.[7]
Soundtrack
| Anarkali | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar | ||||
| Released | 23 October 2015 | |||
| Recorded | Varsha Vallaki Studios | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 23:14 | |||
| Language | Malayalam | |||
| Label | Satyam Audios | |||
| Producer | Vidyasagar | |||
| Vidyasagar chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack was released on 23 October 2015 with songs composed by Vidyasagar and lyrics written by Rajeev Nair and Manoj Muntahir.The 'over and over' song was written by Radhika Nair and composed by Srivalsan Menon [8]
| Track listing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Aa Oruthi" | Vineeth Sreenivasan, Manjari | 4:20 |
| 2. | "Ee Thanutha" | Karthik, Shweta Mohan | 4:09 |
| 3. | "Sahibaa" | Hariharan | 4:41 |
| 4. | "Mohabbath (Hindi Version)" | Shreya Ghoshal, Shadab Faridi Nizami | 5:22 |
| 5. | "Vaanam" | K.S.Harishankar | 4:42 |
| 6. | "Over n' Over" | Dominique Cerejo | 2:51 |
| Total length: | 23:14 | ||
References
- ↑ Anarkali debut attempt of Sachi with Prithviraj and Biju Menon in lead role – Malayalam News. Cochin Talkies (3 February 2015). Retrieved on 2016-01-19.
- ↑ Anarkali Malayalam Movie Review, Rating, Box Office Report | Bollywood,Hollywood,Malayalam,Tamil,Telugu. Firstshowreview.com (9 June 2012). Retrieved on 2016-01-19.
- ↑ Prithvi turns deep sea diver – Malayalam Movie News. Indiaglitz.com (3 February 2015). Retrieved on 2016-01-19.
- 1 2 3 Prithviraj turns deep sea diving instructor – Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (3 February 2015). Retrieved on 2016-01-19.
- ↑ Samskruthy is a student in Anarkali – Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2 April 2015). Retrieved on 2016-01-19.
- 1 2 Menon, Akhila (20 November 2015). "BOX OFFICE: Anarkali 5 Days Collection Report". Filmibeat.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- 1 2 (in Malayalam) Published, Aswini. (28 November 2015) 14 ദിവസം; അനാർക്കലിയുടെ ബോക്സോഫീസ് റിപ്പോർട്ട് | 14 days box office collectin report of Anarkali. Malayalam Filmibeat. Retrieved on 2016-01-19.
- ↑ "Anarkali (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP – Vidyasagar – Apple – iTunes – Music". Apple – iTunes – Music.