Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa Review

 Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa Review : Nawazuddin Siddiqui Is Brilliant In Parable Of Pain

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Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa is an 2020 (2013) Hindi dark comedy film directer is Buddhadev Dasgupta. The film about a detective in search of himself, stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the title role, followed by Ananya Chatterjee, Pankaj Tripathi. After its premiere on 17 October 2013 at the BFI London Film Festival, the film was also screened at the 2013 International Film Festival of Kerala. The film will be released on Eros Now on 20 November 2020.

Critic's Rating : 3.5/5

Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa Review : 

Nawazuddin's interpretation of a man who darts back and forth between earnestness and resignation and Buddhadeb Dasgupta's mastery over the medium make it a must watch.

When director Buddhadeb Dasgupta is at his best in Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa, his fourth Hindi narrative feature, he captures life's broken rhythms beautifully and touchingly even as he celebrates the resilience of a little man.

Streaming on Eros Now, the film, which alternates between the brooding and the lively, and the wistful and the sardonic, is shot through with Dasgupta's distinctive, often deadpan poetic flourishes and enlivened by a scintillatingly pitch-perfect Nawazuddin Siddiqui performance.

The melancholic tone of Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa is leavened with nostalgia for the receding light; the pessimistic air is tempered with lingering hope of regeneration; the hard, meditative edge is softened by sustained humanism. The treat is redoubled by the lead actor, perfectly cast as a private investigator who is more lost than the prodigals he is tasked to find.Dasgupta suspends the titular figure, the man's tale, and its spatial parameters somewhere between acute realism and genteel, tactile fancy. The eponymous protagonist is a faltering, unassuming detective unlike any we have encountered in Hindi cinema before. His job is to find answers. He poses questions instead.

Mohammad Anwar isn't the cocky, tough-talking type either. He recalls with fondness his rural postman-father and his "hazaar khat, hazaar kahaniyan". He breaks into a gentle jig as he sings a number inspired by a Sukumar Ray nonsense rhyme (Hattima Timtim...). He creates a dreamy world for himself and repeatedly retreats into it.Anwar helps a woman (Farrukh Jaffar in a luminous cameo) cross a street, befriends her in the bargain and is treated to tales of her probably imaginary travels, which, in turn, trigger wanderlust in him and take his mind back to his boyhood years. A young girl (Amrita Chatterjee), a neighbour, sneaks up to his door every now and then and eavesdrops on Anwar as he converses with his pet.

These flashes of whimsy elevate the struggles of an insignificant outsider who pursues people and seeks the truth all in a day's work but is barely able to fathom the purpose - and meaning - of his own life to the level of one man's epic quest for happiness. Anwar is lost in a city that barely tolerates the likes of him. The assignments that he lands draw him out of his self and reveal key facets of his character, one layer at a time, but closure rarely comes his way.The only true friend he has is the dog he rescued when the original owner abandoned the canine because it had scabies. The animal is his drinking mate, too - it has a fondness for the rum that the master drinks every evening in a home where both drinking and pets are forbidden.

There is much that the self-effacing Anwar has lost in life, including his childhood, the village of his growing-up years, his maternal grandmother's imposing parental home, and the woman he loved. It is understandable why he is so attached to the dog - it is the only living creature he has found and retained in a lifetime of joys that have slipped out of his grasp.

The big city lets the people on its fringes hide themselves and their true feelings but offers them no solace. But Anwar isn't one to give up on his hopes and principles. One case establishes Anwar's broadmindedness, another brings to the fore his generous spirit, and a third helps him get in touch with his innermost urges.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is absolutely brilliant in this parable of pain and pining. The actor's captivating, acutely angular interpretation of a man who darts seamlessly back and forth between earnestness and resignation and Dasgupta's mastery over the medium make Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa a must watch.

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Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa Trailer : 

• Directer : uddhadev Dasgupta
• Producer : Ajay Sharma
• Writter : Buddhadev Dasgupta
• Starring : Ananya Chatterjee,Nawazuddin Siddiqui,Pankaj Tripathi
• Music : Alokananda Dasgupta
• Cinematography : Diego Romero
• Editer : Amitava Dasgupta
• Art Direction : Somenath Pakre
• Sound Department : Sampath Alwar,Amrit Pritam Dutta,Arunav Dutta,Sinoy Joseph,Boney M. Joy,Vijay Kumar
• Visual Effects : Summit Jaiswal,Vaibhav Vaidya
• Production Company : Leo Eight Pixmedia
• Distributer : Eros International
• Genres : Adventure,Comedy,Drama
• Release date : 17 October 2013 (London),20 November 2020
• Running time : 137 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Story :

This a journey of a detective,his life and how things are to him. His life is about following people, finding though he is still in search for himself, how he connects to the people he meets and gets intertwined in their lives.

Star Cast :

• Nawazuddin Siddiqui as a Mohammad Anwar
• Ananya Chatterjee as a Malini (Amol's wife)
• Pankaj Tripathi as a Amol
• Niharika Singh as a Ayesha
• Amrita Chattopadhyay as a Nafisa
• Makrand Brahme as a Dayashankar Joshi (Boss of detective agency)
• Farrukh Jaffar
• Sohini Paul as a Sudha
• Masood Akhtar as a Khalil

Production : 

National Film Award-winning director, Dasgupta returned to Hindi cinema after making Andhi Gali in 1984. He had finalized the story in 2011, but was waiting the right actor to essay role of a common man turned detective. Eventually after watching Nawazuddin Siddiqui's work in Kahaani (2012) and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), he decided to cast him for the lead role. 

Film Shooting started at the hill village of Shimultala in Bihar, which depicted various places in West Bengal. In April 2013, parts of the film were being shot in the hill resort of Shimultala in Bihar, when due to a bandh call by Maoists, it was wrapped up in advance. Subsequently, the remaining shooting was completed in Kolkata.

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