''Anandam'' () is a 2001 Indian

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-language

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, directed by

Srinu Vaitla Srinu Vaitla (born 24 September 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work in Telugu cinema, particularly in the action comedy genre. He has received several accolades, including five Nandi Awards—three for Nandi Aw ...

and starring Akash and

Rekha Bhanurekha Ganesan (; born 10 October 1954), better known by her mononymous stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Indian cinema, she has starred in mo ...

in the lead roles. The music of the film was composed by

Devi Sri Prasad Gandham Sriprasad (2 August 1979), known as Devi Sri Prasad or more commonly by his initials DSP, is an Indian music composer, singer, and lyricist primarily known for his work in Telugu cinema, along with Tamil cinema. He has received numerous ...

. The film was sensational hit at box office and ran for 200 days in two centers, 175 days in two centers and 100 days in all major centers. It was a commercial and critical success of the time. This film made Akash an overnight star of the Telugu film industry. The film was remade in Kannada as '' Ananda'', in Tamil as '' Inidhu Inidhu Kaadhal Inidhu'', both versions being produced by

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and in Hindi as ''

Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum ''Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum'' is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romance film starring Arya Babbar and Shriya Saran in the lead, while Kiran Karmarkar, Ashok Saraf, Nishigandha Wad and Shoma Anand appear as the supporting cast. The story is abou ...

''.

Plot

Kiran ( Akash) and Aishwarya (

) are neighbours since childhood and always fight with each other on trivial things. Kiran hates her so much that he feels relieved when she moves to

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along with her parents. There, Aishwarya comes across an unopened greeting card addressed to Deepika (Tanu Roy). She learns that Deepika's family were the previous tenants in that home and tries to find out the whereabouts of Deepika to hand over the greeting card. But she finds out that Deepika committed suicide unwilling to marry the person chosen by her parents and as her plans of elopement failed as her boyfriend did not come to rescue her. Aishwarya feels bad for Deepika and tries to leave the matter, but couldn't when she finds letters written by Vamsi, Deepika's boyfriend. She reads them and gets moved by the emotion in it. She decides to break the information of Deepika's suicide to Vamsi, but first, she writes a letter to him as Deepika to prepare him for the bad news. On the other hand, Vamsi was no more as he dies in an accident while coming to Deepika to marry her. Incidentally, Kiran was Vamsi's friend and receives the letter written by Aishwarya. He too wants to prepare Deepika slowly for bad news and write her back as Vamsi. They continue exchanging letters for some more time and at last decide to break the news and arrange a meeting. When they see each other instead of Deepika and Vamsi, they get shocked and slowly reveal the truth to each other. They both get impressed with each other for the sympathetic and competent handling of the sensitive matter. They move back to their places but start to having feelings for each other. Slowly they express their emotions and become one.

Cast

* Akash as Kiran *

as Aishwarya * Venkat as Vamsi *

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as Deepika * Chandra Mohan as Aishwarya's father *

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as Kiran's father *

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as College Lecturer *

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as House Owner *

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as Chandu *

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as Purse * Ramachandra as Kiran's friend *

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as Aishwarya's mother * Delhi Rajeswari as Kiran's mother *

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as House Owner *

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as Police Officer *

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as Deepika's father *

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as College lecturer *

Shankar Melkote Shankar Melkote is an Indian comedian, supporting actor who appears in Telugu films and CEO of a marketing company in Hyderabad. He started his film career with Jandhyala's ''Srivariki Premalekha'' and went on to appear in 180 films. He is on ...

as House Owner * Babloo as Kiran's friend *

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in a special appearance in the song "Mona Lisa"

Production

Uday Kiran and Shriya Saran were initially considered for the lead roles. Newcomer Akash was cast as the lead despite not knowing Telugu at the time. He wrote down his dialogues in Tamil and English. Rekha Vedavyas made her Telugu debut with this film. Jayaprakash Reddy turned comedian with this film.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed by

. The soundtrack of the movie is released through Mayuri Audio. The songs were well received.

Reception

Gudipoodi Srihari of ''

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'' noted, "Dialogues prove to be the basic strength of the film, particularly during the humorous scenes. Akash and Rekha make a good pair and their performances suit the characters they play". E. M. Bhargava of ''Full Hyderabad'' opined, "credit should be given to the director for treating the story with a lot of care (pardoning him a few unnecessary scenes) and for creating the feel good factor. The film certainly becomes worth a watch".

Dropped sequel

In 2013, Jai Akash announced that he was working towards directing a sequel to the film titled ''Anandam Aarambam'' and had cast a completely new team from the original; however it was shelved.

References

External links

* {{Srinu Vaitla 2001 films 2000s Telugu-language films 2000s Indian films 2000s buddy films 2000s romance films Films directed by Srinu Vaitla Indian buddy films Indian romance films Telugu films remade in other languages Films shot in Visakhapatnam