''Anwar'' is a 2010 Indian

action thriller film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

written and directed by Amal Neerad, starring

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of rol ...

in the titular role with

Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam-language films, he is the recipient of several ...

Mamta Mohandas Mamta Mohandas is an Indian actress, film producer and a playback singer of Malayalam film industry, she has also worked in Tamil and Telugu productions. She has acted in more than 50 films and won several accolades including two Filmfare Awar ...

and

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in supporting roles. The film was shot simultaneously in

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and

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, and the film is also dubbed into

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as ''Diler Hindustani.'' The film's plot elements were inspired by the 2008 American film ''

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''.

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

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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

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s 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

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. Though Anwar goes on with their plans, Babu Sait shows the pictures of the Coimbatore blast, which diverts Anwar to his past. Past: Anwar is an

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, who returns from

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for his sister Asna's wedding in a rural area of

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, where he meets and falls for Asna's best friend Aayisha, who later accepts his proposal. When Anwar and his family went for shopping to

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, a sudden blast occurs which kills his whole family, leaving Anwar as the sole survivor, but Aayisha is later arrested for the blast. Anwar requests Stalin for her bail, but the latter refuses due to lack of evidence. Later, Anwar begins to assist Stalin in the discovery of the terrorists and their nefarious activities and joins Babu Sait's gang in order to learn about their next attack. Present: Anwar reveals about the bomb blasts planned by Babu Sait to Stalin in their secret meeting, where Stalin also 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. Anwar is given the responsibility of transporting the deadly terrorists to Mumbai, through a ship containing full of

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and

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. 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

as Anwar Ahmed *

as Stalin Manimaran *

as Ayesha Begum *

as Babu Sait * Assim Jamal as Saleem *

Sampath Raj Sampath Raj (born 25 December 1968) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu films, in addition to Kannada and Malayalam films. He is best known for appearing in each film of director Ven ...

as Basheer Bhai *

Jinu Joseph Jinu Joseph (born 21 December 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. He is better known for his roles in ''Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded'', ''Chaappa Kurishu'', ''Bachelor Party'', ''Ustad Hotel'', ''Iyobinte Pusthakam'', ''Rani P ...

as ACP Sathyanarayanan IPS *

Sudheer Karamana Sudheer Karamana (born 24 May 1971) is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Karamana Janardanan Nair. Personal life He is the eldest son to actor Karamana Janardanan Nair and Jaya, at Karamana, ...

as Shaji * Sai Kumar as Ahmed Haji, Anwar's father * Geetha as Rasiya Begum, Anwar's mother *

Nithya Menen Nithya Menen (born 8 April 1988) is an Indian actress and singer who has acted in more than 50 feature films and in six different languages: Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, English, and Telugu.In her acting career, Nithya has won three Film ...

as Asna Begum *

Salim Kumar Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian actor, comedian, director and writer in Malayalam cinema. Mostly known for his comic and comedy roles, Salim Kumar is considered one of the best and most prominent comedians in the history of Mala ...

as Ashraf *

Sreejith Ravi Sreejith Ravi (born 19 May 1976) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Malayalam films and also in Tamil films. He is the son of actor T. G. Ravi. Early life Sreejith is the son of actor and industrialist T. G. Ravi and V. K. Subhad ...

as Ottappalam Rasheed *

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as Moideen *

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as a Terrorist Sulaiman *

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as Abu *

Mahanadi Shankar Mahanadi Shankar is an Indian stage, film and television actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films and serials as supporting actor and negative roles. He has appeared in films including ''Mahanadi'' (1994), ''Baashha'' (1995), ''Ratchagan ...

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as a boy at STD booth

Production

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

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Awards

;

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;; won: * Best Music Director –

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* Best Female Playback Singer –

Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awar ...

– "Kizhakk Pookkum" * Best Lyricist – Rafeeque Ahmed – "Kizhakku Pookkum" ;; Nominated: * Best Actor –

* Best Negative role –

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film, composed by

, 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)."Mammootty, Mamtha win Vanitha Film award". The song kanninimaneele was a direct lift from foreign song rosa maria
''

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''. 10 February 2011. Malayalam Version Tamil Version

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anwar Indian action thriller films 2010 action thriller films 2010 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Films about organised crime in India Films about terrorism in India 2010s spy thriller films Indian spy thriller films Films scored by Gopi Sundar Films directed by Amal Neerad