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Wikipedia article
'Anna Bond' is a 2012 Kannada-language romantic action film written and directed by Duniya Soori. Produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar, it stars Puneeth Rajkumar, Nidhi Subbaiah and Priyamani[http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_check-out-these-bond-girls_1591775 DNA India - Check out these Bond girls!] and Jackie Shroff in a negative role. The movie was released on 1 May 2012. V. Harikrishna was the music director for the film. The film follows Bond Ravi, a karate champ, as he valiantly searches for Charlie, a precarious rival, with his sidekick, Chapathi Babu, so as to rescue his ladylove Meera.
'Anna Bond' opened to mixed reviews praising the cast performances action sequences, cinematography, music and background score but criticize the writing, humor and lack of strong antagonist. It was mentioned on "The Most Disappointing Kannada Films of 2012" list by Rediff, and got a thumbs down from critics. However, the film grossed against the budget of and was a 'Blockbuster' at the box office.
Plot
Bond Ravi aka Ravi is a generous youngster, who has the tendency of helping others. He is a kung-fu champion and also works as a Reflexologist of Shingapoore, Karnataka. He meets Meera on a bus and falls in love with her. One day, Ravi meets Meera, who seeks Ravi's help to make a documentary film. She stays with her sister Divya. When Meera is about to leave the village, She tells him to achieve something big in life. Ravi, along with Chapathi Babu, leaves his village. On the way, he meets a military personnel, who is ordered to tend the wounds of an army Major named Chandrakanth. A sudden shoot begins from a crime boss and terrorist named Charlie. Bond Ravi helps Chandrakanth by knocking Charlie when he tried to kill Chandrakanth.
Ravi and Meera (who is revealed to be Chandrakanth's daughter) grow closer and they begin a relationship. Meanwhile, Charlie is in lookout for his daughter who thinks that his daughter is with Chandrakanth. Charlie, while hunting for his daughter, kills Divya (assuming her to be Chandrakanth's daughter) where Chandrakanth reveals that Divya is actually Charlie's daughter. Enraged, Charlie kidnaps Meera. Ravi tries to locate Charlie by interrogating the subordinates by donning the name 'Anna Bond' where he finds Charlie's hideout and engages in a cage fight with Charlie's henchman and defeats them. Ravi and Charlie play a 'game of death' where Ravi kills Charlie, destroys the hideout and reunites with Meera where he continues his duties as 'Anna Bond'.
Cast
* Puneeth Rajkumar as Bond Ravi alias Anna Bond
* Nidhi Subbaiah as Divya
* Priyamani as Meera
* Jackie Shroff as Charlie
* Rangayana Raghu as Chapathi Babu
* Avinash as Major Chandrakanth
* Balu Nagendra as Bala
*Petrol Prasanna as Prasanna
* Chi. Guru Dutt as David
* John Kokken as John Mathew
* Sathish Ninasam as Surya Honalkere, Film Director
* Achyuth Kumar
* V. Manohar as Singapore Chandrappa
* Honnavalli Krishna
*Apoorva
*Shashikala
*Vidya murthy
*Jayashree raj
*Varsha krishnan
*Yamuna Murthy
*B. K. Shivaram
*Rajashekhar kadamba
*Tumkur Mohan
*Prashanth Siddi
*Raj Kumar
*Rockline Sudhakar
Production
Development
'Anna Bond' is the second Puneeth Rajkumar movie with Duniya Soori after the acclaimed and highly successful 2010 film 'Jackie'.[http://www.cinecurry.com/news/events-news/kannada/jackie-wins-big-suvarna-awards-2011 Jackie wins big at Suvarna Awards 2011] The film was officially launched on 7 October 2011, a day after the release of Puneet's film 'Paramathma,' and filming commenced on 10 October.[http://chitraloka.com/?p=3151 Chitraloka - Anna Bond From 7 October] Being a big budget film, it is said to have a story with a revolutionary concept, but with the entertainment quotient intact and a lot of graphics to support its narration.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111027001608/http://www.sify.com/movies/anna-bond-will-be-the-biggest-venture-news-kannada-lier9Iidgbh.html Sify - Anna Bond will be the biggest venture]It is the 80th film of Kannada thespian Dr. Rajkumar's production unit, Poornima Enterprises. The technical team was the same one that worked for 'Jackie', including V. Harikrishna for music, Shashidhar Adapa for art, Sathya Hegde for cinematography and Imran Sardhariya for choreography. There were five songs, with lyrics penned by Yogaraj Bhat, Jayanth Kaikini and Kaviraj.
Filming
The film was shot in Bangalore, Coorg and Kanakapura.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120408173801/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/puneeth-to-act-with-priyamani-in-anna-bond/246409-8-71.html Puneeth to act with Priyamani in 'Anna Bond'] The film unit also shot two songs in Spain among the fanfare of locals to watch the song and dance.Soundtrack
The Music was Composed by V. Harikrishna and Released by Anand Audio Video.
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Critical Reception
The film received generally mixed reviews from critics.
The New Indian Express wrote, "Anna Bond is filled with a powerful action, good screenplay and crisp dialogues with lesser importance given to the storyline. It is indeed another masala flick in which Puneeth makes his presence felt in almost every frame with his bulky body and eye-popping action sequences."
The Times of India gave the film 3.5 stars on 5, calling it The Best gift in 2012 for Puneet fans. It was further mentioned that Director Suri had chosen good action stuff with a romantic touch, with Puneet Rajkumar at his best. The first half of the film was praised for its neat narration the latter half was lauded for the action sequences.
Sify gave 2.5 stars saying that the film is not even a 'paisa vasool' masala entertainer but a boring action movie.
Srikanth Srinivasa of Rediff on a review made on 2 May 2012, gave 2.5 stars on 5, mentioning that Anna Bond is strictly for Puneet fans. He also criticised the act of glorifying violence in the film.
News 18 gave the film 2.5 stars on 5, calling Anna Bond a boring film. The film received criticism for its weak screenplay and narrative structure while the action and song sequences, background score, cinematography and Puneet's dialogue delivery received great praise.
Shruthi I. L. of DNA wrote "Watch Anna Bond if you are a Puneet Rajkumar fan!" and gave 2 stars.
B. S. Srivani of Deccan Herald gave a negative review and criticised it for glorifying 'vulgar violence'.
'Indiaglitz' gave the film a score of 6.5 on 10, calling it a paisa vasool entertainer and a film for action film lovers. Music director V. Harikrishna and cinematographer Sathya Hegde received praise for their work.
'Chitraloka' called the film a mixed bag of sorts appreciating the technical prowness, musical score, choreography, cinematography and action sequences while criticising Suri's screenplay.
Bangalore Mirror praised the camerawork and musical score while criticising the flimsy storyline and the violence and ghore embedded in the plot. It was referred to as a tailor-made film for Puneet fans and was compared to the 2009 Puneeth film Raaj.
According to The Hindu, "The much-awaited Anna Bond lives up to expectations on at least one count. It satiates Puneet Rajkumar fans with thrilling actions, lavish dances, picturesque locations and the star's omnipresence. But it disappoints those who expect Suri'a signature style." It was further pointed out that the film was hero centric rather than director centric and is an example of a creative director losing confidence in himself and taking the much-trodden commercial path.
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