''Anbe Anbe'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language

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directed by Mani Bharathi. The film stars Shaam and Sharmili, while an ensemble supporting cast includes Vivek, Yugendran,

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, Manorama, and Santhoshi. The music was composed by Bharathwaj. The film released on 1 May 2003 and opened to mixed reviews from critics. The film's plot is loosely based on the Hindi film '' Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'' (1994).

Plot

An extended family that includes two grandparents named Mahendra Bhoopathy and Vishali, their two sons and one daughter, and four grandchildren (including Cheenu and Shiva), and others come together for Mahendra Bhoopathy's 80th birthday. Mahendra Bhoopathy's and Vishali's daughter comes to see them after a long time. Their granddaughter has the name as her grandmother: Vishali. Issues arise due to greed from the son-in-law, his brother, and Cheenu's birth mother (played by M. S. Bhaskar, Manivannan, and Nithya, respectively) to get more than their appropriated share of the property. Further chaos ensues when the evil Shiva falls in love with the granddaughter Vishali, whom Cheenu is in love with. How the family is reunited and the problems are solved forms the rest of the plot.

Cast

* Sham as Cheenu * Sharmili as Vishali * Vivek as Cheenu's uncle * Yugendran as Shiva *

as Mahendra Bhoopathy * Manorama as Vishali * Manivannan as Mahendra Bhoopathy's son-in-law's brother *

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as Mahendra Bhoopathy's son * Poovilangu Mohan as Shiva's father * Senthil as a servant *

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as a servant * Ramya Krishnan as a dancer in "Vasthu Sasthiram" * Santhoshi as Mahendra Bhoopathy's granddaughter * Vanitha Krishnachandran as Mahendra Bhoopathy's daughter * Nithya as Cheenu's birth mother *Janavi as Shiva's mother *Archana Reddy as Cheenu's adoptive mother * Scissor Manohar as a beggar * Mohan V. Raman as Mahendra Bhoopathy's son-in-law *

M. S. Bhaskar Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar (born 13 September 1957) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films. Before entering the film industry, he was a theatre artist, he made his film debut in 1987 in a small role in the film ''Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi' ...

as Mahendra Bhoopathy's son-in-law *Master Naresh Sha as childhood Cheenu *

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as Bonda Mani

Production

Manibharati, who worked as an assistant to

Mani Ratnam Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six Nat ...

, Saran and Vasanth, announced that he was making a love story for AVM Productions. Shaam was signed on to play the lead role, which was initially titled as ''Romeo and Juliet''. Actress Priyamani was approached for the project but she turned down the offer, meaning that Sharmelee was signed to play the lead role. Shamelee, who had been studying for a computer degree, earlier signed '' Aasai Aasaiyai'' and the Telugu film '' Taarak'' before signing this film.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Bharathwaj.

Reception

''Sify'' wrote "There is nothing new in the story and director Manibharathi has not been able to tell this weak story with conviction". Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' opined that "Directed by debutant Mani Bharati, the film is an average entertainer, that can hardly boast of any freshness in the scripting or narrative style". The film portal ''BB Thots'' wrote that "The movie is woefully short on everything required for an engaging love story and is a failure right from the word go".

References

External links

''Anbe Anbe''
on IMDB {{AVM Productions 2003 films Indian romantic drama films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by Bharadwaj (composer) 2003 romantic drama films 2003 directorial debut films