Anaamika
Anaamika is a 2014 Indian bilingual thriller film directed by Sekhar Kammula,[2] starring Nayanthara in the lead role.[3] It was simultaneously shot in Telugu and Tamil as Nee Enge En Anbe (transl. Where are you, my dear?). These films are remakes of the Hindi film Kahaani.[4][5][6]
| Anaamika | |
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 Theatrical release poster in Telugu | |
| Directed by | Sekhar Kammula |
| Produced by | Deepak Dhar Sameer Gogate Rajnish Khanuja Sameer Rajendran |
| Screenplay by | Sujoy Ghosh (original screenplay) Sai Prasad (adapted screenplay) |
| Story by | Sujoy Ghosh Advaita Kala |
| Based on | Kahaani by Sujoy Ghosh |
| Starring | Nayantara Vaibhav Reddy Pasupathy Harshvardhan Rane |
| Music by | M. M. Keeravani |
| Cinematography | Vijay C. Kumar |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
Production company | Logline Productions Select Media Holdings |
| Distributed by | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu Tamil |
| Budget | ₹9 crore (US$1.3 million) |
| Box office | ₹28 crore (US$3.9 million) |
Plot
There was a bomb blast in People's Plaza at Hyderabad. Six months later, Anaamika (Nayantara), an IT professional, comes to Hyderabad in search of her missing husband. As soon as she arrives in Hyderabad, she goes to the police station and waits to give a complaint. The police officers do not pay attention to her, and she almost faints. One policeman in the station named Sarathy (Vaibhav Reddy), decides to help her realizing that she was coming here for a huge reason; and the search for her missing husband begins. She goes to the hotel where her husband last stayed. While staying there, she makes the acquaintance of a little boy named Raju who tells her everything.
She goes to places with Sarathy in search of her husband. In once place she finds out that her husband has resigned 2 weeks prior to her coming to India. She also visits the head of a mosque where he tries really hard to find her husband but is soon after murdered. She continuously searches for her husband in various places, and at one point the police inspector proposes that Anaamika should have an affair with him at his guesthouse, and in return he'd find her husband. Anaamika rejects him, and at the same time that the inspector had told Anaamika to come to his guest house, he is mysteriously murdered. The reason was believed to be because they knew where Anaamika's husband was.
The police find out that Anaamika is hiding something and tell Sarathy to lay off of her. As Anaamika was getting closer to revealing a plot of conspiracy, she was expected to be the third murder victim. CBI officer Khan (Pasupathy), who was investigating the bomb blast, tells Anaamika that her husband resembles a terrorist named Milan Damji, who was the main cause for the bomb blast in People's plaza, but she is able to justify that her husband was with her when the bomb blast took place. That night, the murderer comes to kill Anaamika. Stung by bees, he runs away.
Amongst all of these clues and confusing circumstances, how Anaamika finds her husband and what the truth is makes up the rest of the story.
Cast
- Nayantara as Anaamika
- Vaibhav Reddy as Parthasarathi
- Pasupathy as Ajmad Ali Khan
- Harshvardhan Rane as Ajay Shasrti
- Thagubothu Ramesh as Taxi Driver
- Vinay Varma as Ravi Chandra
- Naresh as Aadhikesavayya, Home Minister
- Dheer Charan Srivastav as Hotel Manager
- Sriranjini as Parthasarathi's mother
- D. Narsingh Rao as Head constable
- Vinod Chelambathodi as Lakshman
- Mohsin Raja as Imaam
- Mir Salamath Ali Khan as Informer
- Master KVJ Harsha as Raju
- Mayanand Thakuar as Killer
- CVL Narasimha Rao as Anaamika's Father
- Shruthi Mallpani as HR Manager
- Sudhakar Chilla as Commando Officer
Production
Nayantara with an all new look, kick-started her Sekhar Kammula bilingual in Telugu and Tamil on 28 April in Hyderabad. Initially for the female lead, the director approached actress Anushka Shetty, but later Anushka Shetty opted out because her magnum opus projects dates directly clash with this film.[7] Nayantara was given a bounded script with the look of her costume was given. She has an all new look in the film and the actress has given bulk dates for the film. Her character name is Anamika. The film is being co-produced by Endemol India, Logline Productions and Select Media Holdings.[8]
The shoot on Sunday in the dusty streets of Old City, Hyderabad. Instead of Kolkata in the original, Sekhar chose Old City where the film will be set.[9]
Sekhar was planning to complete the project under 50 days by shooting continuously in old Hyderabad. Sekhar in an interview had said: "Since this untitled film is a bilingual, there's lot of work involved even before we start shooting. I want to shift all focus on the project which will be adapted and customised to the local sensibilities." [10][11]
Release
Critical reception
Nee Enge En Anbe was rated 3 by Rediff who said that "Kahaani was a huge hit so much was expected of the remake. Unfortunately, Nee Enge En Anbe is not in the same league".[12] Deccan Chronicle said that "For those who have not seen Kahaani, this is a perfect 10 on 10 movie and for those who have, well all we can say is it is one of the better remakes".[13] Sifi gave 4/5, stating " Nee Enge En Anbe on the face of it is a decent thriller, marked by an outstanding performance by Nayanthara, who is scintillating as she brings depth and poise to her character. Plus technically it is fab, with excellent background score by MM Keeravani which is in sync with the theme of the film along with camera work of Vijay C Kumar."[14] Hindustan Times said "Nee Enge En Anbe's plot and narrative style gripped me as much as Kahaani’s did. The Tamil movie is mounted well, and although it is not a nail-biting thriller, it is still very engaging. I did not find a dull moment, thanks also to some smart" and gave 3 out of 5 [15] Baradwaj Rangan of the Hindu wrote "Without atmosphere, a movie is just a collection of scenes that fit oddly, like misshapen jigsaw pieces. We may be able to get a sense of the whole puzzle, but only in our heads. We sense what could have been. What we see, though, is someone labouring to make the pieces fit. It isn't pretty".[16]
The Times of India gave Anaamika three out of five stars and wrote that "Comparisons are inevitable when one remakes a critically acclaimed film like Vidya Balan starrer Kahani and in the case of Anaamika, Sekhar Kammula almost gets away because he deviates from the original plot to a large extent".[17]
References
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- Nayanthara's Anamika trailer launch tomorrow
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- "Nayan or Anushka for Kahaani remake?". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- "Nayanthara to do a Vidya Balan". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- "Nayantara steps into the shoes of Vidya Balan". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- "Anamika Telugu Movie Review". AP Today. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- Anaamika Telugu Movie Review Archived 2 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Tollywood10.com. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- "Review: Nee Enge En Anbe is no Kahaani". Rediff. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140503/entertainment-movie-review/article/movie-review-nee-enge-en-anbe-refreshingly-diverse-kahaani
- http://www.sify.com/movies/nee-enge-en-anbe-review-tamil-15054331.html
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/Nee-Enge-En-Anbe-Lost-in-the-retelling/article11673450.ece
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/anaamika/movie-review/34485866.cms