Telugu cinema showcase - Anand - Raja, Kamalinee Mukherjee

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About the film:

In a State where 'FILM' is the favorite pass time, millions of people are being entertained by heroes who come every week, sweat it out with heroines, affirm socialism, die if it helps and then exit…….."Anand" is not one of them. Every person goes through a day in his own way…. Some work, some make money, some have fun, some travel but finally everyone RETURNS home. Coming back HOME is instinctive, it is very fundamental and spontaneous and yet nothing in this world has ever matched this feeling. There is nothing in this world which has more recall value than coming back home. "Anand" is a film that makes you feel at home. Its like sipping a good cup of coffee in your favorite couch after a long days work… we invite you to come home to ANAND.

In this rush hour age, one tends to forget the very simple elements and instances in our day to day activities. Reminding us of such instances is the film by Sekhar Kammula, titled "Anand". Bringing to life what every man, woman or child would literally pass off as a day to day event, is this masterpiece.

Anand captures moments like a hot cup of coffee on a cold winter morning, the smell of wet sand from a shower of rain, the bright rays of sunlight on a warm summer morning, and feelings of real people in the real world with a dream like narration…. It attempts to breath in fresh air into commercial Telugu Cinema……

Anand is co-production of NFDC and Amigos Creations For the first time NFDC is entering into commercial Telugu cinema.

Music:

The music, which is composed by Mr. K. Radhakrishnan and lyrics by Sri Veturi, is bound to leave one humming and pondering on the words for days to come. Music of a long passed era, brought back to life with a touch of modernization to appeal to the younger and older generations. Songs filled with simple phrases like "Bulli Padavalu", "School Selavalu", "Vedi Vedi pakodi", "Yamuna Teeram…..Sandya Ragam", Gasa gasala kougilintha", "Cheruvaina… dooramaina Anandamena" will haunt you for days to come"….., real incidents, simple things, common feelings that occur to us on a daily basis …. Have been transformed into songs in Anand.

The first time music director K.M. Radha Krishnan has created 6 memorable tunes for Anand. With remarkable orchestrization and melodious ragas this music will last a life time in the Telugu film world as AANI MUTYALU.

Nuvvena -------- Shankarabharanam, Saaranga (Sherya Goshal)
Telisi ------ Kalyani (Shreya Goshal)
Charumathi ----- Shankarabaranam, Gambhiranata, Thilang (Lucky Ali)
Yamunathiram -- Saraswathi (Hariharan, Chitra)

Cast

Raja, pursued a course in New World School of Arts, Miami. On his return back to Mumbai, he took on Ad films like ICICI, Raymonds, Coke, Fanta, etc and music video for Gulzar, Ghulam Ali and Pankaj Udhas.

Kolkota born Kamillinee Mukherjee, working from Mumbai has many ad films to her credit like, Ayush, Bauche and Lomb, Fair and Lovely, to mention just a few. She has just finished a film with Revathi, 'Phir Millenge' co staring along side with Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and Shilpa Shetty.

Director/producer:

Sekhar Kammula graduated from Osmania University in Mechanical Engineering. Completed his master's degree in Computer Science, in the US. Worked in IT industry for about 3 years and then joined film school and finished M.F.A (Film) degree, at Howard Universtiy. During this time he worked on a number of films (short and feature length) in Hollywood, in various capacities as a Production assistant, Continuity person, Gaffer, Asst. Director. Cinematographer. Director.

Amigos Creations Pvt Ltd:

The company was formed in 97' by Sekhar Kammula who is the producer, writer and director of "Anand".

Our first project was "Dollar Dreams", which won Sekhar the National Award for the Best Debut Film by a Director/Producer.

That film focused on the software boom and visa craze in Hyderabad. It featured an ensemble cast and soundtrack from Lucky Ali's "Sifar". It was the first Indian film distributed by 20th Century Fox India, and was promoted and marketed by Channel V.

Cameraman:

Mr. C. Vijay Kumar has around twenty years of experience in the field of cinematography. He has worked with stalwarts like Satyajit Ray and assisted the renowned cameraman Lok Singh for about five years. He has been the cameraman for number of blockbusters in Telugu. He has to his credit, films like Ammoru, Ankusam, Agraham, Prema Pallaki and so on. His special effect photography in 'Ammoru' put him in one of the top cinematographers list in the state.

Editor:

The editor Marthand K. Venkatesh have been synonymous with super hit movies. Films like Pelli Sandadi, Toli Prema, and the recent Arya are such examples.

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