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'Anwar' is a 2010 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Amal Neerad, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran in the titular role with Prakash Raj, Mamta Mohandas, Nithya Menen, Assim Jamal, Lal and Sampath Raj in supporting roles. The film was shot simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil, and the film is also dubbed into Hindi as 'Diler Hindustani.' Elements of the film were inspired by the 2008 American spy thriller film 'Traitor'.

Plot



The plot revolves around the Coimbatore bomb blast, where a special team under Stalin Manimaran, arrests Babu Sait, a local community leader as a suspect in the bomb blast case.

'One year later': Anwar, a Malayali/Tamil youth is arrested while carrying with some Hawala money, and is sent to prison with Babu Sait and his team. Anwar is fascinated by the terrorist activities of Babu Sait, who helps Anwar in getting bail and interests him in his activities. Anwar successfully terminates two local drug dealers and 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, who selects him to spearhead another big, but dangerous project of chain blasts in Mumbai. Though Anwar goes on with their plans, Babu Sait shows the pictures of the Coimbatore blast, which diverts Anwar to his past:

'Past': Anwar, an NRI, returns from USA for his sister Asna's wedding in a rural area of Palakkad, where he meets Asna's best friend Aayisha, and falls for her. His family learn about this and proposes to her. She accepts, but when they go out for shopping to Coimbatore, Anwar goes out of the shop for a smoke, and a sudden blast happens, killing his whole family except him, but Aayisha is later arrested for the blast. Anwar goes out to Stalin for her bail, but he refuses telling it could not be done owing to a lack of evidence. He then tells Stalin that he will assist in the discovery of the terrorists and their nefarious activities.

'Present': Anwar and Stalin have a secret meeting about the bomb blasts planned by Babu Sait & Co. Stalin brings Aayisha so that they could meet after a long time. When Babu Sait's men arrive, Stalin tells Anwar to act as if they were having a fight, and one of the Babu Sait's men shoot Stalin, thereby killing him, thinking that Anwar was having a fight. After this, Anwar is given the responsibility of transporting the deadly terrorists to Mumbai, through a ship containing full of explosives and weapons. At first, Anwar makes them think that he is on their side, but he soon blasts the ship and kills all the terrorists. Babu Sait becomes furious, that Anwar cheated them. When Anwar reveals about his parents, Babu Sait commits suicide. Anwar calls Stalin's phone, which is under police custody, and tells them that the mission is accomplished. Stalin & his colleague received bravery awards, but no one has recognised the near-death battle, which Anwar has played. Anwar and Aayisha are now, in a quiet place, living together in a small house.

Cast



* Prithviraj Sukumaran as Anwar Ahmed

* Prakash Raj as Stalin Manimaran

* Mamta Mohandas as Ayesha Begum

* Lal as Babu Sait

* Assim Jamal as Saleem

* Sampath Raj as Basheer Bhai

* Sudheer Karamana as Shaji

* Sai Kumar as Anwar's father

* Geetha as Anwar's mother

* Nithya Menen as Asna

* Salim Kumar as Ashraf

* Rajeev Pillai as a Terrorist (cameo)

* Vinay Forrt as Abu

* Mahanadi Shankar

* Shane Nigam as a boy at STD booth

Production



Shoot for the film started in March, 2010. The main location was Kochi.

Awards



; Filmfare Awards

;; won:

* Best Music Director Gopi Sundar

* Best Female Playback Singer Shreya Ghoshal "Kizhakk Pookkum"

* Best Lyricist Rafeeque Ahmed "Kizhakku Pookkum"

;; Nominated:

* Best Actor Prithviraj Sukumaran

* Best Negative role Lal

Soundtrack



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, with 7 songs in Malayalam version and 5 songs in Tamil version of the film.

In the 2011 Vanitha Film Awards, the song 'Kizhakku Pookkum' won three awards: Best Song, Best Female Playback (Shreya Ghoshal) and Best Lyrics (Rafeeq Ahamed).[https://web.archive.org/web/20110714025917/http://english.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?programId=1080132927&contentId=8789715 "Mammootty, Mamtha win Vanitha Film award". The song kanninimaneele was a direct lift from foreign song rosa maria] 'Malayala Manorama'. 10 February 2011.

'Malayalam Version'

'Tamil Version'

References




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