Amar Akbar Anthony (2015 Film)
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''Amar Akbar Anthony'' is a 2015 Indian
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-language
comedy thriller film Comedy thrillers are a hybrid genre that draw subject matter generally from comedy and thrillers. Criteria They often include a darker tone, relative to other genres, of humor. List of comedy thriller films * '' The Big Fix'' (1978) * ''Charad ...
directed by
Nadirshah Nadhirshah is an Indian film director, music composer, singer, lyricist, actor, mimicry artist, comedian, and television host, who works in Malayalam films, television and stage. He has done several supporting roles in Malayalam cinema. His are ...
and written by
Bibin George Bibin George (born 29 March 1988) is an Indian actor and scriptwriter known for his works primarily in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. Bibin started his journey in the movie industry by co-writing the movie ''Amar Akbar Anthony (20 ...
and
Vishnu Unnikrishnan Vishnu Unnikrishnan (born 11 March 1987) is an Indian actor and screenwriter, who works in Malayalam film industry. Early and personal life He was born to Unnikrishnan and Leela on 11 March 1987 at Ernakulam district in Kerala, India. He has t ...
. It stars
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 ...
,
Jayasurya Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...
,
Indrajith Sukumaran Indrajith Sukumaran (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor and singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Indrajith was born to the actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran and is the elder brother of Prithviraj Sukumaran. Indrajit ...
and
Namitha Pramod Namitha Pramod (born 19 September 1996) is an Indian actress who appears mainly in Malayalam films She made her acting debut in the Malayalam film '' Puthiya Theerangal''. She went on to appear in super hit films like Puthiya Theerangal (2012 ...
. The music is composed by Nadirshah, while the background music is given by
Bijibal Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films, documentaries, short films and television commercials. He has composed for more than 150 feature films, several documentaries and televisi ...
. It was released on 16 October 2015. The production of ''Amar Akbar Anthony'' was completed in 65 days. It earned a major commercial success at the box office. Its soundtrack was released by the
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.


Plot

The plot revolves around three bachelor friends, who live in the same colony
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. Their struggle is to live a luxurious life and to visit
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. The bike-stunt master and
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, Faizal, is also living in the same colony. He receives several injuries when he met an accident while performing bike stunts. He is then admitted to a hospital where he meets other patients. Faizal explains the reason for the accident to the other patients by narrating a story about his three clients Amar, Akbar and Anthony. The three are best friends, who are living a middle-class life. Amar's father Ramanan works as a security officer at ATM counter, while his mother, Chandrika is a marriage broker, who arranges the marriage of orphan woman Resmiya, but Resmiya's husband runs off with her jewellery hence Resmiya arrives at Amar's house to stay with her kid Fathima whom they lovingly call Pathu. Akbar is a handicapped person, whose father, Stalin Mammali, is a bodybuilder while his mother Jameela is a housewife. Anthony works as a pizza delivery boy at a mall, and is an orphan where his stepfather Chakkappan found him left alone inside a movie theatre and lives with his step-parents. All the friends have a common nemesis Nallavanyana Unni aka Unni. Apart from their usual work, they occasionally work as
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boys for marriages and other functions under the supervision of Rejimon, whose grandmother usually engages herself with multiple social networking sites. She created a fake
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account and tried to make Amar fall in love with her. All three friends have a crush on Jenny, a
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. They planned to take her to the beach in Thailand. Their only goal and dream is to visit Pattaya, Thailand. However, due to family issues, their aim gets delayed each time. Meanwhile, Amar's father met with an accident and is saved by Jadayi Sabu and the money which was saved by the three friends was spent on his father's treatment. Simultaneously, a man named Dhappan usually kidnaps small children and kills them. Amar, Akbar and Anthony often bump into the man, but they do not care much about it. Meanwhile, they were told that Pathu was murdered. They found her body in drainage. The cops suspects Dhappan, a Bengali worker and psychopath, who always tries to attract small girls, and bury them alive. The trio catches him and is about to kill them. The CI Sethunath stops them and reveals that Dhappan didn't kill Pathu, and tells that Sanju, a boy in their neighbourhood (whom Pathu was scared off and used to complain, because of his unusual behaviour) witnessed the scene and the culprit was their respected colony leader Mash, who was very much loved by Pathu. They along with the villagers attacks him. Amar tells Resmiya to avenge according to her wish and she stabs Mash with a bottle. On the other side, Dhappan is being stabbed by the people along with Mash and Akbar beats him with a stick, which he throws above. This stick flies through the sky and gets stuck in a bike which was racing which was Faizal. Faizal discontinuous his story. The patients liked his story. Faizal is basically a travel agent at ''
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tour and travel''. The trio starts ''CHILD PROTECTION AND WELFARE'' in Pathu's memory.


Cast

* Prithviraj as Amar (Amarnath) *
Jayasurya Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...
as Akbar (Akku) * Indrajith as Anthony (Thalapathy) * Asif Ali as Faizal (Extended Cameo) *
Namitha Pramod Namitha Pramod (born 19 September 1996) is an Indian actress who appears mainly in Malayalam films She made her acting debut in the Malayalam film '' Puthiya Theerangal''. She went on to appear in super hit films like Puthiya Theerangal (2012 ...
as Jenny * Siddique as CI Sethunath V. R. (Cameo) *
Saju Navodaya Pappanikunnel Thankappan Saju (born 14 October 1973), better known by his stage name Saju Navodaya, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Malayalam films, television and stage. He began his career as a comedian on stage shows and later fo ...
as Rejimon (Durantham Reji) *
Baby Meenakshi Anunaya Anoop better known by her stage name Meenakshi Anoop, is an Indian actress who works primarily in the Malayalam film industry. She is best known for her role as Fathima (Pathu/Pathumma) in the 2015 comedy film '' Amar Akbar Anthony ''and ...
as Fathima (Pathumma/Pathu) *
Srinda Ashab Srinda (born 20 August 1985) is an Indian actress, model, and dubbing artist who predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. Her debut film was '' Four Friends'' (2010). She is best known for her roles in Malayalam movies '' 22 Female Kottayam' ...
as Resmina, Fathima's Mother *
Kalabhavan Shajohn Shaji John, professionally credited by his stage name Kalabhavan Shajohn is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, Kochi. Making his debut in 1999 ...
as Jadayi Sabu *
Sasi Kalinga V. Chandrakumar, better known by his stage name Sasi Kalinga, was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in '' Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha'' (2009), ''Pranchiyettan & the Saint'' (2010), ''Indian Rupee ...
as Ramanan, Amar's Father * Abu Salim as Stalin Mammali, Akbar's Father *
Pradeep Kottayam Pradeep K. R. (1961 – 17 February 2022), professionally credited as Pradeep Kottayam, was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Malayalam films and some Tamil films. He is best known for his comedic roles. His role in the 2010 Tamil film '' ...
as Chakkappan, Anthony's Father * V. K. Sreeraman as Mash *
K. P. A. C. Lalitha Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K. P. A. C. Lalitha, was an Indian film and stage actress who worked primarily in Malyalam. She started her acting career with K. P. A. C., a theatre collective in Kayamkulam, Kerala. In a caree ...
as Chandrika, Amar's Mother *
Bindu Panicker Bindu Panicker is an Indian actress who has more than 200 films to her credit. She has played both comedy and character roles in Malayalam cinema. She won the Kerala State Film Award for the best supporting actress in 2001 for Soothradharan. S ...
as Jameela, Akbar's Mother *Priyanka Anoop as Anthony's Mother *
Chali Pala Chalil Baby better known as Chali Pala is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam movies. He handles character roles and supporting roles in Malayalam films. Biography He is born at Thiruvananthapuram on 28 Sep 1957. He debuted in Iyer the Gr ...
as Sajeevan, police constable *
Ramesh Pisharody T. V. Ramesh (born 1 October 1983), professionally credited as Ramesh Pisharody, is an Indian stand-up comedian, impressionist, television presenter, actor and film director. He works in Malayalam television shows, stage, and cinema. Early l ...
as Nallavanaya Unni *Balaji Sharma *
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as Sajeevan's Wife * Shafique Rahman as Dhappan *
Dharmajan Bolgatty Dharmajan Bolgatty (born 1976) is an Indian actor, producer, comedian, politician and entrepreneur, who works in Malayalam films, television, and stage shows. He began his career as a comedian appearing in sketch comedies on stage, later foraye ...
as 'Black' Suni * Harimurali as Amalnath, Amar's Brother *
Ena Saha Ena Saha (born 28 May 1996), is an Indian film and television actress who predominantly appears in Bengali films and television shows. Career She has appeared in a number of Bengali TV serials, including ''Raat Bhor Bristi'', ''Bou Katha Kau'' ...
as Amar's Girlfriend * Tarushi Jha as Amar's Girlfriend *
Ponnamma Babu Ponnamma Babu is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 300 films, TV serials and Comedy shows . She made her debut in ''Padanayakan'' in 1996. Personal life Ponnamma was born to Mathai and ...
as Gauri's Mother * Molly Kannamaly as Ammachy *
Pauly Valsan Pauly Valsan is an Indian actress who has been acclaimed for acting in Malayalam films and plays. She debuted in Malayalam film industry with the supporting roles in the 2008 movie '' Annan Thambi'' In 2017, she won the Kerala State Film Award fo ...
as Fish Seller * Mareena Michael as Angel *
Akanksha Puri Akanksha Puri is an Indian actress and model, known for her work in Hindi TV shows, also few South Indian movies like Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada besides Bollywood movies. She is best known for her role as Goddess Parvati in ''Vighnaharta ...
as Gauri, Amar's Girlfriend (Cameo) *
Iniya Shruti Sawant better known by her stage name Ineya, is an Indian actress and model from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. She won the Best Actress Award for her role in the Tamil film ''Vaagai S ...
as Item Dancer (Cameo) *
Vishnu Unnikrishnan Vishnu Unnikrishnan (born 11 March 1987) is an Indian actor and screenwriter, who works in Malayalam film industry. Early and personal life He was born to Unnikrishnan and Leela on 11 March 1987 at Ernakulam district in Kerala, India. He has t ...
as Rogue Man (Cameo) *
Bibin George Bibin George (born 29 March 1988) is an Indian actor and scriptwriter known for his works primarily in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. Bibin started his journey in the movie industry by co-writing the movie ''Amar Akbar Anthony (20 ...
as Furniture Shop Employee (Cameo) * Abdul Majeed as Pizza Shop Manager (Cameo) * Sujith Vasudev as Himself (Cameo) *
Thesni Khan Thesni Khan is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films, television, and stage. She made her acting debut through '' Daisy'' in 1988. She is widely known for the portrayal of character roles. In 2020, she contested in the second season ...
as Nurse * K.T.S. Padannayil as Patient * Nandhu Pothuval as Swami


Production

Nadirshah Nadhirshah is an Indian film director, music composer, singer, lyricist, actor, mimicry artist, comedian, and television host, who works in Malayalam films, television and stage. He has done several supporting roles in Malayalam cinema. His are ...
made his successful debut with ''Amar Akbar Anthony''. Mimicry artists, script writers along with Bibin and Vishnu completed the film screenplay in three years. They told the script to Nadirshah they knew for a long time. At listening to the script, Nadirshah showed interest. The film was originally scheduled for 70 days with an estimated budget of . However, it was completed in 65 days with an approximate production cost .


Remake

The film was remade in
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, 2016 comedy drama film John Jani Janardhan.


Release

The film was released on 16 October 2015 in
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. The television satellite was sold to Surya TV.
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released the trailer on 5 October 2015. One day before the official release, its trailer was leaked on the video sharing website
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on 4 October which was later removed by the website. The trailer was viewed by the two lakh viewers in just two days.


Critical reception

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'' rated the film by 4/5. The film also revolves around the social issues and how to deal it.
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stated that "How much you enjoy Amar Akbar Anthony will depend on your liking for loud, verbal comedy. Even if you are not a great fan of such jokes, this film can keep you entertained." ''Filmibeat'' rated the film 3 out of 5 calling it "comical extravaganza" The reviewer also noted that the film is indeed a good one that revolves around both comedy and social issues. .
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, a morning newspaper in Malayalam published from Kottayam, Kerala, rated 3 out of 5. According to the company, "As the film tries to capture everything in the running time. Nadhirshah skilfully maintains a pace in the plot and effortlessly switches between fillers, comedy and thriller, like a seasoned director".


Box office

At
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, the film earned in 3 days and 52 lakhs from the rest of the other Indian states. It earned more than 11.20 crore within 8 days of its official release with a net amount of 9.02 crore. During the first 14 days, it claimed to have made 16.3 crore and in 21 days. The film collected approximately from the worldwide cinemas in 45 days. The film collected ₹50 crore from Worldwide box office in its final run. The film was played for over 100 days in Indian theatres.


Music

The audios were officially launched by
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and
Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, inc ...
at an event which was organised by the filmmakers at
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on 9 October. The first MP4 song "Premamennal" sung by
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 ...
,
Indrajith Sukumaran Indrajith Sukumaran (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor and singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Indrajith was born to the actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran and is the elder brother of Prithviraj Sukumaran. Indrajit ...
,
Jayasurya Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...
and
Kalabhavan Shajon Shaji John, professionally credited by his stage name Kalabhavan Shajohn is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, Kochi. Making his debut in 1999 ...
was released on 14 October by
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. The song "Yenno Njanente" featuring Baby Meenakshi is sung by Sreya Jayadeep was released on 22 October. The romantic song "Manjaadum" lyrics are written in Malayalam,
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and
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.


Awards

The film won the following awards: ;
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* Special Jury Mention - Baby Sreya


References


External links

* * {{IMDb title, 5082670 2015 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian comedy-drama films Indian comedy thriller films Films scored by Nadirshah Films directed by Nadirshah Malayalam films remade in other languages Films shot in Kochi Films shot in Thailand 2015 directorial debut films 2015 comedy-drama films