Anji (film)

Infobox Film
name = Anji


director = Kodi Ramakrishna
writer = Satyanand
Dialogues =
Lyrics = Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry Bhuvana Chandra Chandrabose
starring = Chiranjeevi Namrata Shirodkar Tinnu Anand Nagendra Babu M.S. Narayana
producer = Shyam Prasad Reddy
production = M.S. Arts
released = 2004
runtime = min
cinematography = Chota K. Naidu
language = Telugu
music = Mani Sharma
imdb_id = 0239235
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"Anji" is a 2004 Telugu ( dubbed in Hindi as Diler and in Malayalam as Chekavan) film produced by M.S. Arts with Chiranjeevi in the lead role. It is a special effects visual treat made over seven years with a budget of 25 crores which was the highest spent on any Telugu language film. The film was produced by Shyam Prasad Reddy who wanted to make a film with international standards with uncompromising quality over a period of seven years resulting in a huge budget.

Plot

The Aatmalingam of the Himalayas possesses enormous divine powers. Once every 72 years, Akasa Ganga from sky flows into the Aatmalingam. Those who drink the holy water of Akasa Ganga become younger for eternity and gain supernatural powers.

In 1932, a youngster named Bhatia (Bhupinder Singh) attempts to get hold of Atmalingam and drink Akasa Ganga but ends up losing his right arm. As time progresses, Bhatia (Tinnu Anand) is now 99 years old. Bhatia searches for the traces of Aatma Lingam, but in vain. The Akasaganga is slated to flow to earth for Atmalingam in 2004 again. Finally he gets to know about a professor who made a lifetime research on 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 (Namrata Shirodkar) who is in USA so that Bhatia will not be able to get divine powers. After receiving the diary, Swapna, sensing danger to her professor, comes back to India in search of her professor only to find him killed. While escaping from Bhatia, she runs into Anji (Chiranjeevi). Anji is a good Samaritan in Uravakonda forest area, who serves the most revered Sivanna (Nagendra Babu)- an ayurvedic specialist while also raising 4 orphans.

Oneday, Anji accidentally stumbles on 'Atmalingam' 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 Atmalingam should be sent back to where it belongs. The rest of the movie shows how Anji returns the Aatma lingam to the temple in Himalayas while also defeating Bhatia.

InspirationsTHe movie has some scenes inspired from hollywood. The knife is the same one that is present in the movie "The Shadow", the (Alec Baldwin) movie. The Flower in the bottle scene is from the movie "Metro (1997 film)", the (Eddie Murphy) movie.

Cast

*Chiranjeevi as Anji
*Namrata Shirodkar as Swapna
*Tinnu Anand as Bhatia
*Nagendra Babu as Sivanna
*Bhupinder Singh as Young Bhatia
*Rami Reddy
*M.S. Narayana
*Saraswatamma
*Keertana as Baby Keertana
*Meghana as Baby Meghana
*Muthya as Baby Muthya
*Vamsi as Master Vamsi
*Bharat as Master Bharat
*Ajay as Master Ajay
*Ramya Krishna as Special appearance in song "Chikbuk Pori"
*Reema Sen as Special appearance in the song "Mirapakaya Bajji"

Production & other companies

*Production Company: M.A. Arts
*Special Effects Company: Soho Digitalia Limited
*DVD Release thru: Supreme Audio

ongs

*Chik Book Pori Playback Singers : Kalpana, Shankar Mahadevan, Lyrics : Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Cast: Chiranjeevi, Ramya Krishna
*Gumma Gulabi Komma Singers : Karthik Raja, Shalini Singh, Lyrics : Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Cast: Chiranjeevi
*Abbo Nee Amma Goppade Singers : S.P. Balasubramaniam, Kalpana, Lyrics : Bhuvana Chandra, Cast: Chiranjeevi and Namrata Shirodkar
*Mirapakaya BajjiSingers : S.P. Balasubramaniam, Radhika, Lyrics : Bhuvana Chandra, Cast: Chiranjeevi and Reema Sen
*Manava Manava Singers : Sunita, Tippu, Lyrics : Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, Cast : Chiranjeevi & Rajya Lakshmi
*Om Santhi Om Santhi Singers : Ganga Sitharasu, Shankar Mahadevan, Lyrics : Chandrabose, Cast : Chiranjeevi and Namrata Shirodkar

Awards

* National Film Award for Best Special Effects for Sanath

Box office & trivia

* The film was below average, but it is not known whether it recovered all the production costs.
* Took 7 years to complete the project
* Apparently Shyam Prasad Reddy reshot several scenes multiple times.
* Dubbed into Malayalam as Chekavan.
* Released in Hindi as "Diler"

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