Anwar (2007)
Anwar is the story of a young man, an artist, who leaves his home and everything he knows in order to escape a world he no longer recognizes. All he ever wanted was a love story, Instead, his mentor abandons him and his best friend and his one true love betray him. Devastated, emotionally exhausted, he takes refuge in an old building, only to wake up the next morning to find his world turned upside down. Mistaken for a terrorist, Anwar finds himself in the midst of an unusual set of circumstances that resonate deeply with the modern Indian Condition and indeed with the Human Condition in this present-day global village.
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I love this movie so much
Excellent adaptation.
Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
When I saw that the average rating of this movie was 6.8/10, I was extremely shocked. Because after watching the movie, I realised that it deserves a rating of 9/10. I know my rating might not push the score higher but it will be my effort to make it known. Right from the start, the movie gripped me with a poetic feel of love (Anwar's scenes depicting his love) to the decadent portrayal of the society and the double standards of certain groups who promote an ideology only to gain flash fame. A big thanks to the director for bringing the actuality of the society through the main character. Towards the end, when the main character dies because some people use him only for their political gains, you feel as if it could be you who could be a target of hatred building exercise while you are miles away from this thought. The movie is intelligently shot and each character is equally important in depicting the society in its unbiased form. One of the reason for it to not gain popularity is simply because it defied the conventional style of Bollywood and also people did not give this movie a second look because it lacked huge star power. The movie's USP is its story and flawless performance. This movie also reveals the sad state of affairs for the Indian cinema because no one likes to see a sad ending but this is reality of life, which one could never escape. I do not wish to be philosophical but only want to stress that this is one of the best films I have watched and the music (especially Maula and Javeda Zindagi) are neo-classical: soulful and powerful to transport to another world.
the purity , the realness , the rawness of the movie as well as the direction specially the song .. what GOVERMENTS doing with both HINDU- MUSLIMS .. the struggle of MINORITtiES .. and the thing called EXPECTATION killing us slowly .. thank you for this movie .. and The lead actor is way to good ... will remember it forever .. - anmol
There is only one word in this world that can aptly describe this movie, "Beautiful". It blends contemporary social issues with an artistic flavor that is rarely seen in Indian cinema. The cinematography is amazing. The film tries to explain the metaphor of love. Love in various forms, which ranges from platonic love to lust. The social issues dealt here however lack maturity but when dealing with metamorphical things, that's where the film comes into its own. Just watch the scenes where Anwar symbolizes Mehru with Meera and himself with Krishna, beautiful, just beautiful. Acting is quite fine by everyone, especially Pankaj Jha who played the minister's right hand. However the real scene stealer is VIJAY RAZ who makes you to sit and look in awe as he performs like anything. Even regular theatre actors would find it hard to swallow when the guy comes into his own. The last scene where he shouts from the rooftop, "Bhikhari nahi hoon main, kalakaar hoon kalakaar", is fantastic. This film should be shown to all wannabe directors. Over all a must watch for every Cinema lover.
Anwar was on the "Top 10" on B4U rating. I too was bored. I thought, I could spend some time with the latest movie. My GOD, it was totally USELESS one... Surely not worth watching even once. Only one song was good (Maula Mere...). Please, watch some other movie, not this one...Anyway, if you are still reading this, let me tell you about the movie in short. There is a guy called Anwar(Obvious thing). There is a small portion of their house that they have rented it. A girl with her sick mother, stays there. Her name is Mearu. Anwar is doing Hindi Literature and also some research on Temples. Mearu, on the other hand, want to go to the US. Anwar's friend, (I think his name is Uday or some thing...) has just got a job in the US and is busy. Anwar loves Mearu and wants to get married. She wants someone better than Anwar. After sometime, Anwar sees Mearu with his friend, but does not utter a word, but later warns his friend.After some time, when Mearu is missing, she is searched all over, but not found. Anwar helps them find her and she commits suicide. All this is a flash back. Actually the night, when Mearu committed suicide, Anwar leaves the place and gets down in the middle of no-where and stays in a Temple. He carried a bag. He had some sketches of temple in his sketch-book. A small boy sees them and tells police about this and Police surrounds the Temple and waits for him to get out so that they can kill him. (They think he is a terrorist! What a comedy)