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	Fearing for his life and this information, the professor sends the diary to his student Swapna, who is in the USA, so that Bhatia will not be able to get immortal. After receiving the journal, Swapna, sensing danger to her professor, comes back to India in search of him, only to find him killed. While escaping from Bhatia, she runs into Anji , a [[Good Samaritan]] in the [[Uravakonda]] forest area, which serves the most revered Sivanna, an [[ayurvedic]] specialist, while also raising four [[orphans]].		Fearing for his life and this information, the professor sends the diary to his student Swapna, who is in the USA, so that Bhatia will not be able to get immortal. After receiving the journal, Swapna, sensing danger to her professor, comes back to India in search of him, only to find him killed. While escaping from Bhatia, she runs into Anji , a [[Good Samaritan]] in the [[Uravakonda]] forest area, which serves the most revered Sivanna, an [[ayurvedic]] specialist, while also raising four [[orphans]].

	One day, Anji stumbles on the Aatmalingam and gets it into his possession. After coming to know about it, Bhatia and his men are after Anji and Swapna. As the D-Day of Akasa Ganga is fast approaching, Sivanna advises Anji that the Aatmalingam should be sent back to where it belongs. So, Anji goes to the Himalayas to restore Aatmalingam in a temple which is built using [[Shaligram]] by [[Bhagiratha]]. The temple becomes visible only after 72 years. Anji faces many traps in the temple. But survives to restore Aatmalingam. But Bhatia drinks the water before Anji could drink it. One of the orphans gets shot. Anji and Bhatia get into a full-fledged fight, and at last, [[Shiva\|Mahakalabhairava]] appears and kills Bhatia using his [[Third eye\|third eye]]. Anji manages to run away from the temple, and a drop of the holy water revives the orphan who had been shot. Anji, Swapna and the four orphans return to their home, and the Aatmalingam and the temple vanishes, never to be seen again.		One day, Anji stumbles on the Aatmalingam and gets it into his possession. After coming to know about it, Bhatia and his men are after Anji and Swapna. As the D-Day of Akasa Ganga is fast approaching, Sivanna advises Anji that the Aatmalingam should be sent back to where it belongs. So, Anji goes to the Himalayas to restore Aatmalingam in a temple which is built using [[Shaligram]] by [[Bhagiratha]]. The temple becomes visible only after 72 years. Anji faces many traps in the temple. But survives to restore Aatmalingam. But Bhatia drinks the water before Anji could drink it. One of the orphans gets shot. Anji and Bhatia get into a full-fledged fight, and at last, [[Shiva\|Mahakalabhairava]] appears and kills Bhatia using his [[Third eye\|third eye]]. Anji manages to run away from the temple, and a drop of the holy water revives the orphan who had been shot by Bhatia. Anji, Swapna and the four orphans return to their home in a helicopter, and the Aatmalingam and the temple vanishes, never to be seen again.

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	\| title1 = Chik Buk Pori		\| title1 = Chik Buk Pori
	\| lyrics1 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]		\| lyrics1 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]
	\| extra1 = ~~[[Kalpana Raghavendar\|Kalpana]],~~ [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[~~Sri Kommineni~~\|~~Sri~~]] ~~(video version)~~		\| extra1 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Kalpana Raghavendar\|Kalpana]]
	\| length1 = 5:09		\| length1 = 5:09

	\| title2 = Gumma Gulabi Komma		\| title2 = Gumma Gulabi Komma
	\| lyrics2 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry		\| lyrics2 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
	\| extra2 = [[Karthik (singer)\|Karthik]], [[~~Shalini Singh~~]]		\| extra2 = [[Karthik (singer)\|Karthik]], [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]]
	\| length2 = 5:48		\| length2 = 5:48

	\| title3 = Abbo ~~Neeyamma~~		\| title3 = Abbo Nee Amma Goppadhe
	\| lyrics3 = [[Bhuvana Chandra]]		\| lyrics3 = [[Bhuvana Chandra]]
	\| extra3 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], Kalpana		\| extra3 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Kalpana Raghavendar\|Kalpana]]
	\| length3 = 5:45		\| length3 = 5:45

	\| title4 = Om Shanthi		\| title4 = Om Shanthi
	\| lyrics4 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)\|Chandrabose]]		\| lyrics4 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)\|Chandrabose]]
	\| extra4 = [[Ganga Sitharasu]], Shankar Mahadevan		\| extra4 = [[Ganga Sitharasu]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
	\| length4 = 5:49		\| length4 = 5:49

	\| title5 = Manava Manava		\| title5 = Manava Manava
	\| lyrics5 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry		\| lyrics5 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]
	\| extra5 = [[Sunitha Upadrashta\|Sunitha]], [[Tippu (singer)\|Tippu]]		\| extra5 = [[Sunitha Upadrashta\|Sunitha]], [[Tippu (singer)\|Tippu]]
	\| length5 = 5:37		\| length5 = 5:37

	\| title6 = Mirapakaya		\| title6 = Mirapakaya
	\| lyrics6 = Bhuvana Chandra		\| lyrics6 = [[Bhuvana Chandra]]
	\| extra6 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Radhika		\| extra6 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], Radhika
	\| length6 = 5:57		\| length6 = 5:57

			\| title7 = Chik Buk Pori (Unreleased/Theatrical Version)
			\| lyrics7 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]
			\| extra7 = [[Sri Kommineni\|Sri]], [[Kalpana Raghavendar\|Kalpana]]
			\| length7 = 5:09
	}}		}}

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{{Short description|2004 film by K Ramakrishna}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Anji
| image = Anji Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Kodi Ramakrishna]]
| writer = Satyanand
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = [[Chiranjeevi]]<br/>[[Namrata Shirodkar]]<br/>[[Tinnu Anand]]<br/>[[Nagendra Babu]]
| producer = [[Shyam Prasad Reddy]]
| studio = M. S. Art Movies
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2004|01|15}}
| runtime = 148 minutes
| cinematography = [[Chota K. Naidu]]
| editing = Degeesh Kumar, Swapnil S
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| narrator =
| music = [[Mani Sharma]]
| budget =
| gross = {{INR}}5 [[crore]]< <ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/when-tollywood-tunes-didn`t-mesmerise-box-office/199568/ Anji budget was 18 crore]</ref>
}}

'''''Anji''''' is a 2004 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[action film]] directed by [[Kodi Ramakrishna]] form a screenplay by Satyanand. Produced by [[Shyam Prasad Reddy]], the film stars [[Chiranjeevi]] and [[Namrata Shirodkar]] while [[Tinnu Anand]] and [[Nagendra Babu]] play supporting roles. The film has music composed by [[Mani Sharma]] with cinematography by [[Chota K. Naidu]].

Though the film is noted for its special effects, it was not commercially successful owing to its high budget.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-01|title='Lakshmi Narasimha' VS 'Anji' in 2004|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/throwback-thursday-5-epic-box-office-clashes-between-chiranjeevi-and-balakrishna/photostory/66463948.cms|access-date=2021-01-07|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> In addition to two [[Nandi Awards]], the film received [[National Film Award for Best Special Effects]], becoming the first Telugu film to win a National Award in that category.

==Plot==
The Aatmalingam of the [[Himalayas]] possesses enormous divine powers. Once every 72 years, The Akasa Ganga from the sky flows into Aatmalingam. Those who drink Akasaganga's holy water become immortal and gain supernatural powers.

In 1932, during the [[British Raj|colonial rule in India]] a youngster named Bhatia with two greedy [[Tantra|tantriks]] in search for the Atmalingam from a cave which is guarded by a divine [[Trishula|trishul]] & a gigantic [[Indian cobra|cobra]]. They try to bring it but were failed, resulting in the deaths of the two tantriks & Bhatia loses his right hand in the process. The sacred Aatmalingam gets swept away in the river & becomes invisible. As time progresses, Bhatia is now 99 years old. He searches for the Aatmalingam's traces, but in vain. The Akasaganga is slated to flow to the earth for the Atmalingam in 2004. Finally, he gets to know about a professor who made a lifetime research on the Aatmalingam and Akasaganga who possesses vital information in a red diary.

Fearing for his life and this information, the professor sends the diary to his student Swapna, who is in the USA, so that Bhatia will not be able to get immortal. After receiving the journal, Swapna, sensing danger to her professor, comes back to India in search of him, only to find him killed. While escaping from Bhatia, she runs into Anji , a [[Good Samaritan]] in the [[Uravakonda]] forest area, which serves the most revered Sivanna, an [[ayurvedic]] specialist, while also raising four [[orphans]].

One day, Anji stumbles on the Aatmalingam and gets it into his possession. After coming to know about it, Bhatia and his men are after Anji and Swapna. As the D-Day of Akasa Ganga is fast approaching, Sivanna advises Anji that the Aatmalingam should be sent back to where it belongs. So, Anji goes to the Himalayas to restore Aatmalingam in a temple which is built using [[Shaligram]] by [[Bhagiratha]]. The temple becomes visible only after 72 years. Anji faces many traps in the temple. But survives to restore Aatmalingam. But Bhatia drinks the water before Anji could drink it. One of the orphans gets shot. Anji and Bhatia get into a full-fledged fight, and at last, [[Shiva|Mahakalabhairava]] appears and kills Bhatia using his [[Third eye|third eye]]. Anji manages to run away from the temple, and a drop of the holy water revives the orphan who had been shot. Anji, Swapna and the four orphans return to their home, and the Aatmalingam and the temple vanishes, never to be seen again.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Chiranjeevi]] as Anji
*[[Namrata Shirodkar]] as Swapna
*[[Tinnu Anand]] as Veerendra Bhatia
*[[Nagendra Babu]] as Sivanna
*[[Bhupinder Singh (actor)|Bhupinder Singh]] as Young Bhatia
*[[Rajyalakshmi]]
*[[M. S. Narayana]]
* Akshay Reddy as Master Akshay
* Bharat as Master Bharat
* Vamsi as Master Vamsi
* Meghna Gummi as Baby Meghna
* Keerthana as Baby Keerthana
* [[Nitya Shetty]] as Baby Nithya
* Saraswatamma
*[[Madhusudhan Rao (actor)|Madhusudhan Rao]] as Bhatia's henchman (uncredited)
*[[Ramya Krishna]] has a special appearance in the song "Chikbuk Pori"
*[[Reema Sen]] has a special appearance in the song "Mirapakaya Bajji"
* Rajlaxmi Roy has a special appearance in the song "Manava Manava"
{{colend}}

==Production==
The film was officially launched on May 1997. The shooting of the film began on 10 October 1997.

==Soundtrack==
{{Tracklist
| headline = Track list<ref name = "Anji Songs">{{cite web | url = https://open.spotify.com/album/2Nw84P73wwuHlSR5SwTP1i | website = [[Spotify]] | title = Anji | access-date = 6 May 2021}}</ref>
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_music = [[Mani Sharma]]<ref name = "Anji Songs" />
| total_length = 34:08

| title1 = Chik Buk Pori
| lyrics1 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]
| extra1 = [[Kalpana Raghavendar|Kalpana]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Sri Kommineni|Sri]] (video version)
| length1 = 5:09

| title2 = Gumma Gulabi Komma
| lyrics2 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| extra2 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Shalini Singh]]
| length2 = 5:48

| title3 = Abbo Neeyamma
| lyrics3 = [[Bhuvana Chandra]]
| extra3 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], Kalpana
| length3 = 5:45

| title4 = Om Shanthi
| lyrics4 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| extra4 = [[Ganga Sitharasu]], Shankar Mahadevan
| length4 = 5:49

| title5 = Manava Manava
| lyrics5 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| extra5 = [[Sunitha Upadrashta|Sunitha]], [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]]
| length5 = 5:37

| title6 = Mirapakaya
| lyrics6 = Bhuvana Chandra
| extra6 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Radhika
| length6 = 5:57
}}

== Reception ==
''[[Sify]]'' rated the film 3/5 and wrote, "Despite all those special effects the film is unimpressive as the subject and style is outdated."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anji|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/anji-review-telugu-pclvzihgcedgg.html|access-date=2021-01-07|website=Sify|language=en}}</ref>

==Awards==
;[[National Film Awards]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]] – Sanath

;[[Nandi Awards]]
* [[Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]] – [[Chota K. Naidu]]
*[[Nandi Award for Best Makeup Artist|Best Makeup Artist]] – Chandra Rao<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Nandi Film Awards G.O and Results 2004|url=https://www.apsftvtdc.in/nandi-film-awards-2004.html|url-status=live|website=APSFTVTDC}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0239235|title=Anji}}
{{Kodi Ramakrishna}}
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