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{{Short description|2004 Telugu film}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Anand 2004 poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Sekhar Kammula]]
| writer = Sekhar Kammula
| producer = Sekhar Kammula
| starring = [[Raja Abel|Raja]]<br />[[Kamalinee Mukherjee]]<br />[[Satya Krishnan]]<br />[[Anish Kuruvilla]]
| music = [[K. M. Radha Krishnan]]
| cinematography = [[Vijay C Kumar]]
| editing = [[Marthand K. Venkatesh]]
| studio = [[Amigos Creations]]<br />[[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]
| distributor = Amigos Creations
| released = {{Film date|2004|10|15|df=y}}
| runtime = 180 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget = ₹30 Lakhs<ref name="BSI">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=1 January 2005 |title=When Tollywood tunes didn't mesmerise box-office |work=Business Standard India |url=http://www.business-standard.com:80/article/Companies/When-Tollywood-tunes-didn-t-mesmerise-box-office-105010101062_1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312105938/http://www.business-standard.com:80/article/Companies/When-Tollywood-tunes-didn-t-mesmerise-box-office-105010101062_1.html |archive-date=12 March 2013 |access-date=18 July 2022 |quote=One of the year's biggest surprises was Anand, a film made on a shoestring budget of less than Rs 1 crore.}}</ref>
| gross = ₹8-10 crore [[Box office#Distributor rentals|distributors' share]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tollywood Top 10 Box Office Collection Movies In 2004 |url=https://t2blive.com/tollywood-top-10-box-office-collection-movies-in-2004/ |website=T2BLive |language=en |date=19 February 2019 |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>
}}
'''''Anand'''''{{efn|Taglined ''Manchi Coffee Lanti Cinema'' ({{translation|Film as good as a coffee}})}} is a 2004 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Sekhar Kammula]].<ref>{{cite web|work=Rediff.com |last=Kausar Alam |first=Hina |access-date=4 October 2007 |title=I'm not here to transport people to fantasy land |url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2000/apr/24doll.htm| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071020052115/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2000/apr/24doll.htm| archive-date= 20 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> Produced jointly by [[Amigos Creations]] and [[National Film Development Corporation of India]], the film stars [[Raja Abel|Raja]] and [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]]. The film's basic story was also chosen as the subject for [[Sekhar Kammula]]'s [[thesis]] screenplay, which was a requirement for his Master of [[Fine Arts]] at [[Howard University]].<ref>{{cite web|work=Howard University |access-date=4 October 2007 |title=Master of Fine Arts in Film Program |url=http://www.howard.edu/SchoolCommunications/RTVF/MFAprogram.htm| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071101054924/http://www.howard.edu/SchoolCommunications/RTVF/MFAprogram.htm| archive-date= 1 November 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Farida |first=Syeda |access-date=5 October 2007 |title= A different reverie |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/08/03/stories/2004080300710100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825181435/http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/08/03/stories/2004080300710100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 August 2010 |location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 August 2004}}</ref>

The film was screened at the [[International Film Festival of India]] in the mainstream section.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=36IIFA.pdf|title=Directorate of Film Festival|work=iffi.nic.in|access-date=12 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323225446/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=36IIFA.pdf|archive-date=23 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The film was well received by critics and became a major success at the box office. It was remade in [[Tamil films|Tamil]] as ''[[Ninaithaley]]''.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=4 October 2007 |work=Chennaivision.com |title=Love beats – Ninathale |url=http://www.chennaivision.com/cinevision/movie_reviews/ninaithale.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071003044311/http://www.chennaivision.com/cinevision/movie_reviews/ninaithale.asp |archive-date=3 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Musicmazaa.com |access-date=4 October 2007 |title=Ninaithale Movie Cinema Review |date=23 February 2007 |url=http://musicmazaa.com/tamil/review/movie/Ninaithale.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101043450/http://musicmazaa.com/tamil/review/movie/Ninaithale.html |archive-date=1 November 2007}}</ref> The film went on to win the [[Nandi Awards]] among several other [[Anand (2004 film)#Awards|prominent awards]]. The film's [[Anand (2004 film)#Soundtrack|soundtrack]] was well appreciated for its soft melodies.<ref>{{cite web |work=Idlebrain.com |last=Sunil |first=Sreya |access-date=6 October 2007 |title=Anand has soft melodies |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/audio/areviews/anand.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026040405/http://www.idlebrain.com/audio/areviews/anand.html |archive-date=26 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Plot==
Roopa is a woman with self-respect, determined at her decisions, and yet lovable and sensitive. She works in an [[ad agency]] along with teaching [[classical music]] part-time. Along with Anita, she also works on weekends at a nursery. After losing her parents at a young age, she fends for herself.

She is engaged to Rahul, a rich [[Marwari people|Marwari]] whom she fell in love with. On the night of the wedding, she is confronted with Rahul's mother who insists Roopa to wear a [[North Indian]] dress. Roopa, however, has always desired to wear her mother's [[sari]] for her wedding. The argument turns ugly while Rahul keeps mum tacitly supporting his mother. Roopa finally decides to call off the marriage after realizing that her freedom and individuality are not being respected by them.

Anand is the son of a rich industrialist who unintentionally killed Roopa's parents in a car accident, thereby losing mental stability. Anand brings his father to Roopa's wedding hoping that his blessings for the wedded couple would bring solace to his soul. At the wedding, however, Anand witnesses the turn of events and finds that Roopa is the woman for him. In order to try his luck in wooing Roopa, he drops his studies in the US and decides to move into a room next to her house. They frown, fight, argue with each other all through his stay there. Anita who is aware of Anand's love for Roopa helps him by giving tips to get closer to her.

A few months later, Rahul's mother dies and Roopa is the one he approaches to seek solace. She gives all the support as a friend to Rahul during his difficult days. On the other hand, the affection between Anand and Roopa is on and off, with arguments on trivial issues. Anand continues to put in his efforts till one day drunken Rahul appears at Roopa's house only to forcibly convince her to marry him. Anand gets frustrated and kicks him out of the house and blames her for choosing Rahul over him. Trying to win back the love of Anand, she cooks for him. Anand rejects and leaves the house. After a few days, they both meet again at a [[Dandiya]] night, where Roopa confesses her love to him. Later, Anand reveals that his father is responsible for her parents' death. Though she was shocked by learning this, she decides to forgive that event and move on with her life and agrees to marry Anand.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Raja Abel|Raja]] as Anand Singaraju
* [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]] as Roopa (voice-over by [[Sunitha Upadrashta|Sunitha]])
* [[Anuj Gurwara]] as Rahul, Roopa's ex-fiancée
* [[Anish Kuruvilla]] as Raju, Anand's cousin (voice-over by Sekhar Kammula)
* [[Satya Krishnan]] as Anita, Roopa's friend
* Bakhitha Francis as Samatha, Anand's friend
* Chandana Chakrabarti as Rahul's mother
* [[Gopichand Lagadapati]] as Ram
* Gururaj Manepalli as Anand's father
* [[Shankar Melkote]] as Roopa's boss
* [[Sekhar Kammula]] as auto driver (cameo appearance)
}}

==Production==

===Financing===
After Sekhar Kammula's first venture, ''[[Dollar Dreams]]'' (2000), he began meeting producers with his stories. When he initially told them a story, they felt that it was too simple. Then, he began giving them a bound script of ''Anand''. Unfortunately, none came forward to produce it. Upon someone's suggestion, Kammula approached [[National Film Development Corporation of India|National Film Development Corporation]] (NFDC) and they came forward to fund a part of the project.<ref>{{cite news|last=Verma |first=Sujatha |access-date=7 October 2007 |title=Freshly Ground |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/11/10/stories/2004111000380100.htm |location=Chennai, India |date=10 November 2004| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071101053149/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/11/10/stories/2004111000380100.htm| archive-date= 1 November 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] | url-status= dead}}</ref> This set a precedent because it was the first time that NFDC entered into commercial [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu cinema]].<ref>{{cite web|work=Amigos Creations |title=About the Film |access-date=10 October 2007 |url=http://www.amigoscreations.net/Homepage.swf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211184047/http://www.amigoscreations.net/Homepage.swf |archive-date=11 February 2007 }}</ref>

Anish Kuruvilla, who played Anand's cousin in the film, was the executive producer for the film and Kammula's following film, ''[[Godavari (2006 film)|Godavari]]'' (2006).<ref>{{cite web|last=Jeevi |access-date=10 October 2007 |work=Idlebrain.com |title=Movie review – Godavari |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-godavari.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071015074718/http://idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-godavari.html| archive-date= 15 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>

===Casting and locations===
Kammula preferred actors who suit the roles than writing characters for established actors. Hence, the choice of the cast were non-established actors.<ref>{{cite news|last=Narasimhan |first=M.L. |access-date=10 October 2007 |title=Happy as can be |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/08/23/stories/2007082350180400.htm |location=Chennai, India |date=23 August 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071101053155/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/08/23/stories/2007082350180400.htm| archive-date= 1 November 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] | url-status= dead}}</ref> The search process lasted 3 months.<ref name="Interview">{{cite web|work=Idlebrain.com |last=Jeevi |access-date=9 October 2007 |title=Interview with Sekhar Kammula by Jeevi |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/inter_sekharkammula.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071009004722/http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/inter_sekharkammula.html| archive-date= 9 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> The casting for Raja was simple. Kammula wanted someone without melodrama in acting and it just came as a plus when Raja appreciated Kammula's directorial abilities.<ref name="Interview"/> The choice for an actress made Kammula visit [[Mumbai]] and [[Bangalore]], but he could not get the appropriate one. On knowing about [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]], he subjected her to a [[screen test]]. After the test, he selected her as the actress in the lead role.<ref name="Interview"/> The choice of location was first thought as [[Ramoji Film City]] and Nanakramguda in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]. So, these thoughts were quashed because the need was for a suitably big house and an outhouse situated adjacent to it. Since Kammula stayed in ''Padmarao Nagar'', a prominent locality in Hyderabad, a location there made it all the more accessible for him.<ref name="Interview"/>

===Miscellaneous===
Kammula's primary inspiration came from the Indian middle class. He was of the thought that this section of people were wrongly represented in films. He wanted to represent them appropriately and this was achieved with ''Anand''.<ref name="TotaltollywoodIntw">{{cite web|work=Totaltollywood.com |last=Phani |access-date=11 October 2007 |title=An exclusive interview with Sekhar Kammula |url=http://www.totaltollywood.com/interviews/Sekhar-Kammula_2090.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106011119/http://totaltollywood.com/interviews/Sekhar-Kammula_2090.html |archive-date= 6 January 2009 }}</ref>

Kammula sat with [[Veturi]] for writing songs for the film. Kammula said that he could see thousands of expressions expressed as a couple of words in lyrics. Eventually, they ended up with six beautiful songs penned by Veturi. For ''Anand'', Veturi took a month to come up with the lyrics as against his usual penchant of coming up with lyrics spontaneously.<ref name="Interview"/>

Being a [[Bengali people|Bengali]],<ref>{{cite web|work=Idlebrain.com |last=Jeevi |access-date=10 October 2007 |title=Interview with Kamalinee Mukherjee by Jeevi |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview-kamalineemukherjee.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071028192323/http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview-kamalineemukherjee.html| archive-date= 28 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> there was a need for someone to [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dub]] [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]]'s voice for the film.<ref>{{cite web|work=Idlebrain.com |access-date=10 October 2007 |title=Anand – Press Meet |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/anand-pressmeet.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071101052808/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/anand-pressmeet.html| archive-date= 1 November 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> This was provided by a well-known singer and television host, [[Sunitha Upadrashta|Sunitha]]. The voice of Sunitha blended so well with the screen presence of Kamalinee that she went on to win an award for it.<ref name="Nandi2004">{{cite web|work=Idlebrain.com |access-date=10 October 2007 |title=Nandi Awards 2004 Response |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2004response.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071937/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2004response.html| archive-date= 11 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>

With most of the cast not well-versed in speaking [[Telugu language|Telugu]], Kammula faced challenges in their [[dialogue]] delivery. It just happened that most of the cast couldn't speak ''Telugu''. The crew had to face a slight loss of the performance owing to this fact. To overcome this handicap, the dialogues were altered slightly to improve the actors' diction.<ref name="TotaltollywoodIntw"/>

==Release==

===Critical acclaim and reviews===
''Anand'' had a relatively low-profile release unlike the huge banner releases of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film industry. It was made with a modest budget of less than {{INR}}1 [[crore]].<ref name="BSI" /> Kammula wasn't sure of the outcome of the film and said "I knew that it would either be a huge hit or a huge flop".<ref>{{cite web|access-date=11 October 2007 |url=http://www.nriinternet.com/Section1/12Movies%20and%20Music/2004/Telgu_Films/Anand_and_Dollar/index.htm |title=Don't call me an NRI: Sekhar Kammula |agency=Indo-Asian News Service| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071031073630/http://www.nriinternet.com/Section1/12Movies%20and%20Music/2004/Telgu_Films/Anand_and_Dollar/index.htm| archive-date= 31 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> It evoked a decent response from the critics. [[Idlebrain.com]] gave the film a 3.75/5.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jeevi |access-date=11 October 2007 |work=Idlebrain.com |title=Movie review – Anand |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-anand.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071010113624/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-anand.html| archive-date= 10 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> The website review goes on to recommend this film to the film-going audiences. On the other hand, ''IndiaGlitz'' said that the film was "good, but could have been better".<ref>{{cite web|work=Indiaglitz.com |title=Anand Movie Review |access-date=11 October 2007 |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/review/7194.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071027090805/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/review/7194.html| archive-date= 27 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> It also figured among the top five grossers in the Telugu film industry for the year 2004.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pillai |first=Sridhar |access-date=12 October 2007 |title=Year 2004 – a flashback |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123101620100.htm |location=Chennai, India |date=31 December 2004| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071101053200/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123101620100.htm| archive-date= 1 November 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] | url-status= dead}}</ref> The success of the films in India being measured in the number of days the film has been screened in the theatres, Anand completed 100 days of screening on 28 January 2005.<ref>{{cite web|work=Totaltollywood.com |title=Anand 100 days – Celebrations |access-date=12 October 2007 |url=http://totaltollywood.com/gallery/function/anand100days/pics60.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717075726/http://totaltollywood.com/gallery/function/anand100days/pics60.html |archive-date=17 July 2011 }}</ref> Another website says that the film was realistic in its depiction and goes on to given instances in the film that do happen (unlike some of the fictitious and dreamy Indian films).<ref>{{cite web |work=Passionforcinema.com |last=Om |access-date=12 October 2007 |title=Sekhar Kammula: Passion for cinema? |url=http://passionforcinema.com/sekhar-kammula-passion-for-cinema/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011014056/http://passionforcinema.com/sekhar-kammula-passion-for-cinema/ |archive-date=11 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The film has six songs composed by [[K.M. Radha Krishnan]],<ref>{{cite web|work=Raaga.com |access-date=8 October 2007 |title=Anand – Telugu Movie Songs |url=http://telugu.surli.in/movie/anand/| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071011012130/http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/movie/A0000416.html| archive-date= 11 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="MIO">{{cite web |work=Musicindiaonline.com |access-date=8 October 2007 |title=Anand (2004) Songs – Music india Online |url=http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/telugu/s/movie_name.7310/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030201954/http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/telugu/s/movie_name.7310/ |archive-date=30 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and according to one repository of Indian songs, "all the songs but for one assume classical and [[Carnatic music]] in it".<ref name="MIO"/> All songs were written by [[Veturi]].

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| longer_column = Length(s)
| title1 = Vachhe Vachhe | extra1 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]] | length1 = 4:37
| title2 = Yamunatheeram | extra2 = [[K.S.Chithra]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]] | length2 = 4:10
| title3 = Nuvvena Naa Nuvvena | extra3 = Shreya Ghoshal, K.M. Radha Krishnan | length3 = 4:54
| title4 = Charumati I Love You | extra4 = [[Lucky Ali]] | length4 = 4:09
| title5 = Telisi Telisi | extra5 = Shreya Ghoshal | length5 = 4:28
| title6 = Yedalo Ganam | extra6 = K.S.Chithra, Hariharan | length6 = 4:55
}}

==Awards==
;[[Nandi Awards]] - 2004<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
* [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film|Second Best Feature Film - Silver]] – [[Sekhar Kammula]]
* [[Nandi Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – Sekhar Kammula
* [[Nandi Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] – [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]]
* [[Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] – [[Satya Krishnan]]
* [[Nandi Award for Best Child Actress|Best Child Artiste]] – Bakhita
* [[Nandi Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist|Best Female Dubbing Artist]] – [[Sunitha Upadrashta]]

;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
{| class="wikitable"
! Ceremony
! Category
! Nominee
! Result
! {{tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[52nd Filmfare Awards South]]
| Best Film
| [[Sekhar Kammula]]
| {{Nominated}}
| rowspan="5" |
|-
| Best Director
| [[Sekhar Kammula]]
| {{Nominated}}
|-
| Best Actor – Female
| [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]]
| {{Nominated}}
|-
| Best Music
| [[K. M. Radha Krishnan]]
| {{Nominated}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| [[Satya Krishnan]]
| {{Nominated}}
|}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0857300|Anand}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130723021806/http://www.amigoscreations.com/movies-anand Anand – Amigos Creations]

{{Sekhar Kammula}}

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