Anjathe

Anjathe (English: Do Not Fear) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Mysskin and produced by V. Hitesh Jhabak. The film stars Narain, Prasanna, Ajmal Ameer, and Vijayalakshmi in the lead roles.[1] The film opened to rave reviews for its technical expertise, avant-garde filmmaking, and for the performance of actor Prasanna. The film became a "blockbuster" at the box office.[2] The composition of frames, selection of shots and its counter meaning in narration made Anjathe a perfect example of Tamil New Wave cinema.[3] The film was remade in Kannada as Anjadiru (2009).[4]

Anjathe
Directed byMysskin
Produced byV. Hitesh Jhabak
Written byMysskin
StarringNarain
Prasanna
Ajmal Ameer
Vijayalakshmi
Music bySundar C Babu
CinematographyMahesh Muthuswami
Edited bySadagoppan Ramesh
Production
company
Release date
14 February 2008 (2008-02-14)
Running time
192 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Sathyavan and Kirubakaran are close friends living opposite each other in the police quarters neighborhood. Sathya is a rowdy, wasting his time drinking merrily and getting involved in fights. Though he and Kiruba pass college with a first-class degree, Sathya has no interest in joining the police force, while Kiruba studies hard to become a Sub-Inspector. He challenges Sathya to do the same. Just a day before the exam, Sathya decides to take up the exam as well, much to his friend's surprise. With little head start, he passes the physical, written, and interview and becomes an SI. However, Kiruba does not make it through despite being straightforward; this creates a rift between the two. Kiruba's father lies to Sathya that he has gone to Mumbai, but Sathya finds him in the local bar, having become a drunkard.

Parallel is the story of Deena Dayalan and Loganathan, who extort money from businessmen through kidnappings. Before Sathya becomes a policeman, he beats up Daya for attempting to molest Kiruba's sister Uthra, though none including Kiruba knows of this.

Sathya gains fame by holding off knife-wielding men who come to kill an injured man at a hospital, though the man is killed later in the night. As a result, Sathya is drafted into a special task force to catch the gang members related to the crime. Meanwhile, Daya and Logu carry out two kidnappings, rape the victims on both occasions, and release them for ransom money. Kiruba is beaten up by the police for a skirmish at the local bar; his father suffers a heart attack after getting his son back from the police station. At this point of time, Kiruba is employed by Daya, mainly because the former is distraught and will fall easily to the lure of money and booze. In the third time, however, the police are informed, but the kidnappers find out by chance and change the drop off point at the last moment. They give the police the slip but narrowly avoid capture, with Kiruba providing shelter for them in his house. Kiruba joins along to get money for his father's angioplasty, though he does not realize until it is too late that he is doing illegal things and harming young children.

Meanwhile, Sathya identifies Daya from the characteristics, with a background check revealing that Daya was accused of raping his senior's wife in the army. Daya, Logu, and their accomplices are again almost caught when the police trace one of the accomplices' family. Daya kills his own man during this raid to avoid information being passed, and hatches a plan to escape to Bihar in a poultry van. Logu is killed by Daya upon learning that the former had hatched a plan to kill him. However, to escape to the city outskirts to rendezvous with the van, they hijack the Inspector-General's car with his two daughters inside. Switching soon to a disguised-dog van to get past check-posts with the two girls, Daya, Kiruba, and another accomplice arrive at a sugarcane field. Sathya recognizes Kiruba's voice from the ransom call he makes to the IG, and follows Uthra from the hospital, who has been instructed to bring a bag full of cash from their home (kept there by Daya), to the sugarcane field.

The plot to kidnap the IG's daughters is an elaborate ruse to divert the police force to the south of the city while they escape from the north. The special task force, who are in the south of the city, realize the plot and upon learning that Sathya is alone in the north of the city, head in that direction. In the sugarcane fields, Kiruba shows compassion towards the two girls, treating them softly. Upon hearing some noise in the field, Daya splits the group, doing so to meet up directly with Uthra who has the money. He tries to rape her, but Sathya intervenes. A fist fight ensures, but the special task force comes upon them and kills Daya by setting it up as an encounter.

The two girls split and escape from the third accomplice, only for one of them to be recaptured by him, but is let off being too tiring to carry. Kiruba and the third accomplice try to run away, with Uthra behind him. Just as he leaves her to escape, she reveals that she is in love with Sathya and uses the situation to handcuff herself to Kiruba to avoid him from escaping. In the end, Sathya shoots Kiruba in self-defense and to save one of the IG's daughters from being shot. When Kiruba lies on Sathya's lap shot, Kiruba finds a ring he once gifted to Sathya on his birthday, which Kiruba believed was thrown away by Sathya when he was drunk while partying at the bar, which in turn wets Kiruba's eye and dies. The ending scenes of the film show Sathya and Uthra getting married and having a son, whom they name Kiruba.

Cast

Production

After Mysskin had completed and released his maiden venture Chithiram Pesuthadi in 2006, he wrote the script for Nandalala for eight months, which was supposed to be his next directorial.[5] A. M. Ratnam was initially to produce the film, for which his son Ravi Krishna was to play the lead role.[6] Despite completing a photo shoot with Ravi Krishna, the film was shelved, since Ratnam opted out, after he incurred heavy losses with his previous productions.[5] Mysskin decided to postpone the project, since "nobody was interested",[7] and instead wrote a new story and commenced a new project, Anjathe with ₹4.5 crore budget,[8] which itself was a result of Mysskin's anger.[7][9] Nandhalala was initially Sneghidha's debut Tamil film, for which Mysskin had signed her in 2006 already, but with the film getting postponed, she made her first appearance in Anjathe that Mysskin decided to direct instead.[10][11]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Sundar C Babu[12] in his second collaboration with director Mysskin after Chithiram Pesuthadi.

Anjathe
Soundtrack album by
Sundar C Babu
Released9 January 2008
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length24:41
LanguageTamil
ProducerSundar C Babu
Sundar C Babu chronology
Chithiram Pesuthadi
(2006)		 Anjathe
(2008)		 Panchamirtham
(2008)
No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1Atcham ThavirMysskinBharathiyar04:37
2Love Theme 1Instrumental02:16
3Kaththazha KannaalaNaveen MadhavKabilan04:37
4Manasukkul ManasukkulShweta MohanPriyan04:47
5Kannadasan KaraikudiMysskinKabilan04:07
6Veenai adi Nee EnakkuSundar C BabuBharathiyar02:18
7Good Vs Evil ThemeInstrumental01:56
8Veenai adi Nee EnakkuInstrumental02:12
9Love Theme 2Instrumental01:58

Box office
  • The film was a commercial success grossing ₹1.68 crore at the Chennai box office.[13]

Awards
Award Category Nominee Outcome
56th Filmfare Awards South
 Best Film Anjathe Nominated
Best Director Mysskin Nominated
Best Actor Narain Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Ajmal Ameer Won
Best Supporting Actor Prasanna Nominated
3rd Vijay Awards
 Best Film Anjathe Nominated
Best Director Mysskin Nominated
Best Supporting Actor V. R. Ramesh Won
Best Debut Actor Ajmal Ameer Nominated
Best Cinematographer Mahesh Muthuswami Nominated
Best Editor Sadagoppan Ramesh Nominated
screenplay Mysskin Nominated
Best Stunt Director Action Prakash Nominated
ITFA
 ITFA Best Villain Award Prasanna Won
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  4. https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/anjadhiru-is-engrossing/20090313.htm
  5. cinesouth (19 January 2007). "Dailynews – Has 'Nandalala' been forsaken?". Cinesouth.com. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  6. "Mysskin runs around with Nandalala — Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  7. "Mysskin, on making Anjathe". Rediff. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  8. Anjathe budget was 4.5 crore
  9. "rediff.com: Mysskin: Shooting straight from the heart". Rediff. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  10. "Mysskin's next — Telugu Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  11. V Lakshmi, TNN, 22 Nov 2010, 12.00am IST (22 November 2010). "I'm not ready to do skin shows: Snigdha – The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 November 2010.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. Anjaathe Songs - Raaga.com
  13. http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-1/top-ten-movies/tamil-cinema-topten-movie-anjathe.html
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