Anwar (Malayalam: അൻവർ) is a 2010 Malayalam film written and directed by Amal Neerad, starring Prithviraj in the title role.^[3] The film was released on 15 October 2010. A Tamil dubbed version of the film was released on 19 January, 2011 at 150 centres across Tamil Nadu.^[4] The film is loosely based on the 2008 American spy thriller film Traitor.^[5][6] Though the film had a phenomenal four-day opening, the momentum was not sustained and the film has ended as a below averge grosser at the box office.

Plot[link]

The movie is about the journey of a Malayali youth Anwar (Prithviraj) into the clutches of anti-social elements. The protagonist has another hidden agenda in joining the terrorist outfit.
The movie opens with the visuals of Coimbatore bomb blast and the introduction of a special team under Stalin Manimaran (Prakash Raj) who arrests Babu Sait (Lal), a local community leader as a suspect in the bomb blast case. Meanwhile, Anwar a Muslim youth is arrested while passing on with some Hawala money and is sent to jail with Babu Sait and his team. Anwar performs his Namaaz daily five times.He is also fascinated by the terrorist activities of Babu Sait. Babu Sait helps Anwar in getting a bail and lures him to his activities.Anwar is attracted towards Terror acts and even successfully terminates two local drug dealers. Soon he 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 (Sampath), who selects him to spearhead another big, but dangerous project of chain blasts. Their plans were to plant a series of chain blasts in Mumbai. Though Anwar goes on with their plans, he has a haunting flashback,which forms the twist in the story.Babu Sait Shows the pictures of the coimbatore blast,which diverts Anwar to his flashback.The Flashback goes like this: Anwar and his family is a family that lives in a rural area of Palakkad.Anwar is an NRI that lives in America and came back home for his sister's wedding&engagement.It is shown in the movie that the starting of the Flashback starts with the engagement of his Sister.Her Best Friend(Mamta Mohandas)Ayesha is with her and Anwar has a crush on her when he sees her.His family knows about this and proposes to her.She accepts.But when they go out for shopping to coimbatore,Anwar goes out of the cloth shop to buy some refreshments when suddenly the blast happens,killing the whole family except him.Meanwhile,Ayesha is arrested & then Anwar goes out to Stalin for her bail.But he refused and told it could not be done due to lack of proof.He then told Stalin that he will help in the discovery of the terrorists,which lead to the present part of the story.Both of them have a secret meeting about the bomb blasts planned by Babu Sait & co.Stalin brought Ayesha so that they could meet after a long time.But then Babu Sait's Men comes and Stalin told Anwar to act as they were having a fight,and one of the men shot Stalin,thereby killing Stalin,thinking that Anwar was having a fight.But after that,Anwar was given the big responsibility of transporting the deadly terrorists to Mumbai,via a ship containing full of explosives & weapons.Anwar at first made them think that he was on their side,and then blasted the ship by firing on it and killing all of the terrorists.Babu Sait was angry that Anwar cheated them,but Anwar says about his parents,their flashbacks and after which Babu Sait suicides. Anwar then calls the phone of Stalin which is under the police custody.He tells that the mission is over.After that it is narrated that Stalin & his colleague got bravery awards but no one has recognised the life-death battle Anwar has played.The film ends when both Anwar&Ayesha are in a quiet place,living together in a small house.When the credits of the film role,the song "Njan" sung by both the male&female lead is played,thus ending the film.

Production[link]

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

Controversy[link]

The producer of the film, Raj Zacharia lashed out against the director Amal Neerad after the poor performance of the film in the theater. The producer stated that "The film has caused a loss of one and a half crores. Realising this, both Prithviraj and Prakashraj have dubbed for the Tamil version, without charging for it. However, the director Amal Neerad has demanded an extra of ten lakhs as his remuneration to allow the print to be released from Gemini Labs"

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Release and reception[link]

The film garnered mixed responses upon release and was average at box office, but it emerged as a cult among new generation. The dubbed version did do better in terms of box-office revenue .Still an average film.

Awards[link]

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 Supporting Actor - Lal

Soundtrack[link]

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. The soundtrack received a generally positive response. A review on Itwofs said, "Composer Gopi Sundar nails both his sound and tunes impressively in Anwar's soundtrack." ^[10]

The song "Kizhakku Pookkum" was a phenomenal success and has won numerous awards, mainly for the vocals by Shreya Ghoshal. In the 2011 Vanitha Film Awards, it won three awards: Best Song, Best Female Playback (Shreya Ghoshal) and Best Lyrics (Rafeeq Ahamed).^[11]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Anwar: Amal Neerad at the Internet Movie Database
• Anwar will be Amal's best film: Prithviraj
• Anwar at Oneindia.in

Anwar is the English transliteration of two Arabic names commonly used in the Muslim world: the male given name ʼAnwar (أنور), meaning "luminous" or the female given name ʼAnwār (أنوار), meaning "a collection of lights." Both names may also be encountered as surnames. In francophone countries, both names are usually transliterated as Anouar. The name is transliterated in Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo and Turkey as Enver.

People[link]

Given name:

Anwar Sadat

• Anwar M. Mirza, Pakistani Scientist
• Anwar (singer), Indian playback singer
• Anwar al-Awlaki, Yemeni-American al-Qaeda leader
• Anouar Brahem, oud player and composer
• Anwar Fazal, Malaysian environmental activist
• Anwar Haddam, leader of the Algerian Islamist Islamic Salvation Front
• Anwar Hussain (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
• Anwar Ibrahim (born 1947), Malaysian politician
• Anwar Khan (cricketer), former Pakistani cricketer
• Anwar Maqsood, Pakistani television entertainer
• Anwar Pervez, Pakistan-born businessman
• Anwar Sadat, third President of Egypt
• Anwar Shaikh, Punjabi-born Pakistani author
• Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian football defender
• Anwar Wagdi, Egyptian actor, director
• Anwar Uddin (disambiguation)
• Anwar ul Haq (disambiguation)
• Anouar Diba
• Anouar Hadouir

Surname:

Gabrielle Anwar

• Chairil Anwar, Indonesian poet
• Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist
• Gabrielle Anwar, English actress
• Joko Anwar, Indonesian film critic and writer
• Raja Anwar, Pakistani journalist, and minister
• Saeed Anwar, former Pakistani cricketer
• Taj Anwar, Black nationalist activist
• Tariq Anwar (film editor), film editor and father of Gabrielle Anwar
• Tariq Anwar (politician), Indian politician

Fiction[link]

• Anwar Kharral, character in the British drama series Skins
• Anwar (2007 film), a 2007 Hindi film
• Anwar (2010 film), a 2010 Malayalam film

Ships[link]

• MV Anwar, a coaster

See also[link]

• Anwaruddin (disambiguation)
• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (abbreviation ANWR is usually pronounced "Anwar")
• Enver (disambiguation)

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The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and numerous other titles being released in 3D formats.

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These are the top grossing films that were released in 2010. The top ten films of 2010, by worldwide gross in United States dollars, as well as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland both grossed more than $1 billion, marking the first time that two films grossed more than $1 billion at the box office in the same year. Even more impressively, both films were released by the same studio − Walt Disney Pictures. Alice in Wonderland was the first animated film to gross $1 billion. Toy Story 3 is the second ever animated film to gross $1 billion and is the highest-grossing animated film ever, worldwide. Four other films — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Inception, Shrek Forever After and Eclipse – are also among the fifty highest-grossing films of all time. This is also the first time that six animated films have been present in the Top 10 highest-grossing films of the year and three of them are in the Top 5. The year saw four films debut with more than $100 million, breaking the opening record of 2007 with three releases and 2004 with two releases.

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17 – The 67th Golden Globe Awards winners were announced.

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11 to 21 – The 60th Berlin International Film Festival was held.

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12 to 23 – The 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival was held.^[2]

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6 - The 2010 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced.

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22 to August 1 – The 10th Era New Horizons Film Festival was held.

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4 – The 23rd European Film Awards was held.

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The tables list films that were released in the United States sometime in 2010 (wide releases in bold). For projects announced for this year that are not yet in production, see the announcements.

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