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Anbu (transl. Affection) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Dalapathiraj. The film starred Bala and Deepu in the leading roles. It performed below average according to film critics and the audience.

Plot

Anbu (Bala), son of a politician Karuppiah (Vijayakumar), and Veena (Deepu) are lovers, but fate plays villain and the lovers are separated. Veena is from another caste and her father is against their marriage. So he gets her married to Adithya (Adithya) in Anbu's absence. Anbu in the meantime goes abroad and when he returns, he is shocked to hear the news about Veena's wedding. He rushes to Ooty with Subbiah (Vadivelu), where Veena is spending her honeymoon. Whether the lovers unite in the end forms the rest of this triangular love story.

Cast

• Bala as Anbu
• Deepu as Veena
• Adithya as Adithya
• Vadivelu as Subbaiah
• Vijayakumar as Karuppaiah, Anbu's father
• Sarath Babu as Adithya's father
• Dhamu as Paari
• Abhinayashree as Rasiga
• Rekha as Veena's mother
• Jyothi as Anbu's mother
• Jaya Murali as Adithya's mother
• Singamuthu as Customer
• Halwa Vasu as Customer
• Bonda Mani as Customer
• Nellai Siva
• Kovai Senthil

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vidyasagar.

Release

The film opened to average reviews, with a critic noting the director "managed to present things in an entertaining fashion in spite of the familiar stories". Another critic noted "in the recent movies by the debutants, this is one explicit movie, which is worth watching". Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki praised Vadivelu's comedy, Vidyasagar's music, story writer for having climax which breaks formula and director for making second half interesting but felt Sarathbabu, Vijayakumar and Rekha were underutilised and panned Bala's acting as amateur, dance choreography and director for testing patience in first half. All Indian Site wrote " ‘Anbu’ has turned out to be a disappointing fare. For the first half the story moves fairly smoothly, without much flaws. But then the narration dries out". Sify wrote "Udhayageetha Cine Creations that had produced a classy film like Thangar Bachchan’s Azhagi has come out with their second film Anbu which is far from entertaining. The film is in the same genre as the Raj Kapoor classic Sangam and K.Bhagyaraj’s Antha Ezhu Naatkal". The film however did not perform well commercially at the box office.

Deepu went on to star in Nee Mattum (2004) also starring Vadivelu.

References

1. "The Hindu : "Anbu"". thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
2. "Anbu Songs". MusicIndiaOnline. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
3. ""Anbu"". The Hindu. 7 March 2003. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
4. HostOnNet.com. "BizHat.com - Anbu Review. Bala, Deepu, Vadivelu, Adithya, Abhinayasri, Vijayakumar". movies.bizhat.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
5. சிதம்பரம், கிருஷ்ணா (30 March 2003). "அன்பு". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 12. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
6. "AllIndianSite.com - Anbu - It's All About movie". kollywood.allindiansite.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
7. "Anbu". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 December 2004.
8. "'Anbu' Bala - smiling at success! - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
9. Mannath, Malini (22 March 2004). "Nee Mattum". chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

External links

• Anbu at IMDb

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• 2003 films
• 2000s Indian films
• 2000s Tamil-language films
• Indian romantic drama films
• Films scored by Vidyasagar (composer)
• Tamil-language Indian films