Anandam

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Anandam
File:Anandam.jpg
Poster
Directed bySrinu Vaitla
Produced byRamoji Rao
Written byChintapalli Ramana (Dialogues)
Screenplay bySrinu Vaitla
StarringAakash
Rekha
Venkat
Tanu Roy
Brahmanandam
Tanikella Bharani
Rama Rayudu<be>,
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
CinematographySameer Reddy
Production
company
Distributed byMayuri
Release date
  • 28 September 2001 (2001-09-28)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Anandam (English: Happiness) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romance film, directed by Srinu Vaitla and starring Akash and Rekha in the lead roles.[1] The music of the film was composed by Devi Sri Prasad.[2] The film was a super hit and ran for 200 days. It was a commercial and critical success of the time. This film made Akash an overnight star of the Telugu film industry. The film was remade in Tamil as Inidhu Inidhu Kaadhal Inidhu and Kannada as Ananda, all three versions being produced by Ramoji Rao.

Plot[edit]

Kiran (Akash) and Aishwarya (Rekha) are neighbours since childhood and always fight with each other on trivial things. Kiran hates her so much that he feels relieved when she moves to Ooty along with her parents. There, Aishwarya comes across an unopened greeting card addressed to Deepika (Tanu Roy). She comes to know that Deepika's family were the previous tenants in that home and tries to find out the whereabouts of Deepika to hand over the greeting card. But she finds out that Deepika committed suicide unwilling to marry the person chosen by her parents and as her plans of elopement failed as her boyfriend did not come to rescue her.

Aishwarya feels bad for Deepika and tries to leave the matter, but couldn't when she finds letters written by Vamsi, Deepika's boyfriend. She reads them and gets moved by the emotion in it. She decides to break the information of Deepika's suicide to Vamsi, but first, she writes a letter to him as Deepika to prepare him for the bad news. On the other hand, Vamsi was no more as he dies in an accident while coming to Deepika to marry her. Incidentally, Kiran was Vamsi's friend and receives the letter written by Aishwarya. He too wants to prepare Deepika slowly for bad news and write her back as Vamsi. They continue exchanging letters for some more time and at last decide to break the news and arrange a meeting.

When they see each other instead of Deepika and Vamsi, they get shocked and slowly reveal the truth to each other. They both get impressed with each other for the sympathetic and competent handling of the sensitive matter. They move back to their places but start to having feelings for each other. Slowly they express their emotions and become one.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The soundtrack of the movie is released through Mayuri Audio.[3]

Anandam
Soundtrack album by
Released20 August 2001
Recorded2001
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length29:54
LabelMayuri Audio
ProducerDevi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Navvuthu Bathakalira
(2001)
Anandam
(2001)
Kalusukovalani
(2002)
Tracklist
No. TitleArtist(s) Length
1. "Anandam"  Tippu 4:22
2. "Kanulu Terichinna"  Mallikarjun, Sumangali 4:41
3. "Monalisa"  Devi Sri Prasad, Kalpana 5:01
4. "Evarina Epudaina" (Male)Pratap 1:57
5. "Evarina Epudaina" (Female)Chitra 1:58
6. "Oka Merupu"  Sunita Rao 5:08
7. "Premante Emitante"  Devi Sri Prasad, Mallikarjun, Sumangali 5:19
8. "Theme Music" (Instrumental)  1:28
Total length:
29:54

Sequel[edit]

Akash directed a Tamil-language sequel to the film titled Anandam Arrambam in 2013. The film remains unreleased.[4]

References[edit]

  1. "Telugu Cinema - Review - Anandam - Akash, Rekha, Tanu Roy & Venkat - Seenu Vytla - Usha Kiron Movies - Devi Sri Prasad". www.idlebrain.com.
  2. "Anandam is the most memorable film of my career: Srinu Vaitla - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "Anandam (2001)". Music India Online. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  4. "Jai Akash's sequel plans - Times of India". The Times of India.

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