Amar Akbar Anthony (2015 film)

Amar Akbar Anthony is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Nadirshah and written by Bibin George and Vishnu Unnikrishnan. It features Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jayasurya, Indrajith Sukumaran and Namitha Pramod as the main leads. The comedy scene of the film is significantly contributed by Asif Ali, Akanksha Puri and Ineya. The music is composed by Nadirshah, while the background music is given by Bijibal. It was released on 16 October 2015.

Amar Akbar Anthony
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNadirshah
Produced byZachariah Thomas
Alwin Antony
Screenplay byBibin George
Vishnu Unnikrishnan
StarringPrithviraj Sukumaran
Jayasurya
Indrajith Sukumaran
Namitha Pramod
Music bySongs:
Nadirshah
Background score:
Bijibal
CinematographySujith Vaassudev
Edited byJohn Kutty
Production
company
United Global Media Entertainment
Ananya Films
(in association with)
Distributed byThameens Release
Release date
  • 16 October 2015 (2015-10-16)
Running time
144 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹6.70 crore (US$940,000)[1]
Box office50 crore

The production of Amar Akbar Anthony was completed in 65 days with a cost of ₹6.70 crore (US$940,000). It earned a major commercial success at the box office.[1] Its soundtrack was released by the Sony Music India.[2] The film is remade in Kannada 2016 comedy drama film John Jani Janardhan.

Plot

The film centers on three bachelor friends who live in the same colony Kochi. Their struggle is to live a luxurious life and to visit Thailand. The bike-stunt master and travel agent Asif Ali, as "Faizal", is also living in the same colony. He receives several injuries when he met an accident while performing bike-stunts. He is then admitted in a hospital where he meets other patients. Faizal explains the reason of accident to the other patients by narrating a story about his three clients Amar (Prithviraj), Akbar (Jayasurya) and Anthony (Indrajith). All the friends are living a middle-class life.

Amar's father Ramanan (Sasi Kalinga) works as a security officer at ATM counter, while his mother (K. P. A. C. Lalitha) is a marriage broker. His father fell in love with an orphan woman Resmiya (Srinda Ashab). After an interval, he fled away along with ornaments which was collected by Amar's mother for his marriage.

Akbar, Amar's close friend is a handicap person. His father Abu Salim is a body builder, while his mother Bindu Panicker is the home-maker.

Anthony, another friend works as a pizza delivery boy at a mall. Anthony is an adopted child. His stepfather Pradeep Kottayam found him left alone inside a movie theatre.

All the friends have a common enemy Nallavanyana Unni Ramesh Pisharody aka Unni. Apart from their usual work, they occasionally work as catering service boys for marriages and other functions under the supervision of Rejimon (Saju Navodaya). His grandmother (Molly Kannamaly), usually engages herself with multiple social networking sites. She created a fake facebook account and tried to make Amar fall in live with her.

All three friends have a crush on Jenny (Namitha Pramod), a dancer. They planned to take her to the beach in Thailand. Their only goal and dream is to visit Pattaya, Thailand along with a bar dancer. However, due to family issues, their "aim gets delayed each time". Meanwhile, Amar's father met with an accident and the money which was saved by the three friends was spent on his father's treatment. Akbar was unaware of Amar's love story. His friends Jenny, disclosed his story before Akbar. Meanwhile, when they were told that their neighbor "Fathima" had been murdered by a Bengali killer, they went to search the criminal.

Faizal discontinuous his story. The patients liked his story. Faizal is basically a travel agent at Pattaya tour and travel.

Cast

Production

Nadirshah made his successful debut with Amar Akbar Anthony.[3] Mimicry artists, script writers along with Bibin and Vishnu completed the film screenplay in three years. They told the script to Nadirshah they knew for a long time. At listening to the script, Nadirshah showed interest.[4]

The film was originally scheduled for 70 days with an estimated budget of ₹7 crore (US$980,000). However, it was completed in 65 days with an approximate production cost ₹6.70 crore (US$940,000).[5]

Release

The film was released on 16 October 2015 in India.[6][7] The television satellite was sold to Surya TV.[8] Sony Music India released the trailer on 5 October 2015. One day before the official release, its trailer was leaked on the video sharing website YouTube on 4 October which was later removed by the website.[2] The trailer was viewed by the two lakh viewers in just two days.[9]

Critical reception

International Business Times rated the film by 4/5. The film also revolves around the social issues and how to deal it.[10] Sify.com stated that "How much you enjoy Amar Akbar Anthony will depend on your liking for loud, verbal comedy. Even if you are not a great fan of such jokes, this film can keep you entertained."[11] Filmibeat rated the film 3 out of 5 calling it "comical extravaganza" The reviewer also noted that the film is indeed a good one that revolves around both comedy and social issues. .[12] Malayala Manorama, a morning newspaper in Malayalam published from Kottayam, Kerala, rated 3 out of 5. According to the company, "As the film tries to capture everything in the running time. Nadhirshah skilfully maintains a pace in the plot and effortlessly switches between fillers, comedy and thriller, like a seasoned director".[13]

Box office

At Kerala, the film earned ₹5.10 crore (US$720,000) in 3 days and ₹52 lakhs from the rest of the other Indian states.[14] It earned more than ₹11.20 crore within 8 days of its official release with a net amount of ₹9.02 crore.[15] During the first 14 days, it claimed to have made ₹16.3 crore[16] and ₹22.6 crore (US$3.2 million) in 21 days.[17] The film collected approximately ₹28.5 crore (US$4.0 million) from the worldwide cinemas in 45 days.[18] The film was played for over 100 days in Indian theatres.[19]

Music
Amar Akbar Anthony
Film score by
Nadirshah
Released9 October 2015
GenreFilm soundtrack
LabelSony Music
ProducerNadirshah
Nadirshah chronology
Sringaravelan
(2013)		 Amar Akbar Anthony
(2015)		 Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan'
(2016)

The audios were officially launched by Nivin Pauly and Dileep at an event which was organised by the filmmakers at Kochi on 9 October.[20][21][22]

The first MP4 song "Premamennal" sung by Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indrajith Sukumaran, Jayasurya and Kalabhavan Shajon was released on 14 October by Sony Music India.[23] The song "Yenno Njanente" featuring Baby Meenakshi is sung by Sreya Jayadeep was released on 22 October.[24] The romantic song "Manjaadum" lyrics are written in Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil.[10]

Amar Akbar Anthony
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Premamennaal"NadirshahNadirshah, Prithviraj, Indrajith, Jayasurya, Kalabhavan Shajon05:30
2."Manjaadum" Nadirshah, Vijay Yesudas, Afsal, Samad04:25
3."Yenno Njaanende"Bapu VavadNadirshah, Baby Sreya03:47
4."Pranayam"NadirshahNadirshah04:34
5."Premamennaal (Reprise)"NadirshahNadirshah05:30

Awards

The film won the following awards:

Kerala State Film Awards[25]
  • Special Jury Mention - Baby Sreya

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