This is Sekhar Kammula’s second film. He directed on his home banner 'Amigo Creations'. This film is co-produced by NFDC (National Film Development Corporation of India ). NFDC gave 50% of the funding and also presented this film. Here is the story line of 'Anand'.
Story
Roopa (Kamalini) gets engaged to Anooj, belonging to business community, quite rich. In fact they love each other. But the mother (Chandana) of the boy asks Roopa to change her sari at the betrothal and wear another she gives.Roopa excuses out saying that the sari she wore belongs to her mother who
is no more. Roopa’s parents died in an accident and Roopa is quite
sentimental about it. This refusal makes the boy’s mother think that
Roopa is adamant and might cause trouble after marriage. Hence she cancels
the match. Anand
(Raja),
a
well
wisher
of
Roopa’s
family,
happens
to
listen
to
that
discussion
and
decides
to
marry
her.
He
too
is
rich
and
feels
guilty
that
Roopa’s
parents
died
in
a
road
accident
caused
by
his
father.
Therefore
he
becomes
quite
sympathetic
and
wishes
that
she
becomes
his
wife
so
that
he
can
look
after
them
well.
He
becomes
a
care
taker
without
her
knowledge.
She
is
working
in
a
firm
but
resigns
the
job
as
the
other
man
Anooj
wanted
to
marry
her.
She
is
welcome
there
to
rejoin
it.
Melkote
plays
her
boss.
Though
the
matrimonial
is
cancelled,
Anooj
continues
his
chase.
His
mother
dies
of
sudden
heart
attack.
Even
then
Roopa
hesitates
to
go
with
him.
One
night,
he
forces
her
into
his
car
in
a
drunken
mood.
But
she
gets
out
of
his
clutches.
She
then
gets
close
to
Anand.
Credits
Banner:
Amigos Creations
Cast: Raja, Kamaline Mukherjee, Anish Kuruvilla, Satya, Baby
Bakita, Master Abhijit, Chandana, Gururaj, Bharat, Ali, Patel,
Pruthvi, Meenakshi, Gopi
Music: KM Radha Krishnan
Lyrics: Veturi
Camera: Vijay C Kumar
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Choreography: Nixon & Sekhar Kammula
Art:
Kishore Chowksi
Production Manager:
Arvind Kumar
Story - Dialogues - Screenplay - Direction: Sekhar Kammula
Producer: Amigos Creations & NFDC
Theatrical release date: 15th October 2004
Movie Reviews:
Idlebrain Jeevi review:
idlebrain
Greatandhra review:
Greatandhra
Photographs
Anand gallery
(Idlebrain Photos)
Anand gallery2
(Indiaglitz Photos)
Trailers
Trailer - 1
Trailer - 2
Trailer - 3
Trailer - 4
Trailer - 5
Trailer - 6
Trailer - 7
Trailer - 8
Courtesy: Idelbarin.com, Greatandhra.com and Indiaglitz.com