Anna Bond
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| Directed by | Duniya Soori[1] |
| Written by | Duniya Soori |
| Produced by | Parvathamma Rajkumar |
| Starring | Puneeth Rajkumar Nidhi Subbaiah Priyamani Jackie Shroff[2] |
| Cinematography | Satya Hegde |
| Edited by | Deepu S Kumar |
| Music by | V. Harikrishna |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Anna Bond (Template:Lang-kn) is a romantic action Kannada film written and directed by Duniya Soori. Produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar, it stars Puneet Rajkumar, Nidhi Subbaiah and Priyamani in the lead roles[1] and Jackie Shroff in a negative role.[3] The movie was released on 1 May 2012.[4] V. Harikrishna is the music director for the film.Anna Bond had a good opening and became a commercially successful venture at the box office despite receiving mixed critical reception.
Plot
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Bond Ravi (Puneeth Rajkumar) is a guy, who has the tendency of helping others. Bond Ravi is a karate champ and is shown as working in a medical camp of Singapore. He meets Meera (Priyamani) in a bus and falls in love with her charm. One day, Meera visits the same village where Bond Ravi lives to make a documentary film. She stays with her friend Divya (Nidhi Subbaiah). Love with Meera increases for Ravi when Meera is about to leave the village, she tells him to make something big in life. Ravi along with Chapathi Babu (Rangayana Raghu) leaves his village. On the way he meets a military guy Chandrakanth (Avinash), who mistakes the identity of Bond Ravi in the forest. The military guy has come to treat the pain of an army official, Chandrakanth. Now, a sudden shoot begins from Charlie (Jackie Shroff). Bond Ravi helps Chandrakanth in this place. Dreaded personality and drug mafia is looking for his daughter, who thinks his daughter is with Chandrakanth. Next part of the movie is the revenge story of Charlie on Bond Ravi. Charlie on hunting for his daughter kills his daughter, Divya. Chandrakanth’s daughter Meera comes under the custody of Charlie as a part of revenge.The remaining movie revolves around the escape of Meera from Charlie, which was a great task for Bond Ravi.
Production
Development
Anna Bond is the second Puneet Rajkumar movie with Duniya Soori after the acclaimed and highly successful 2010 film Jackie.[5][6] The film was officially launched on 7 October 2011, a day after the release of Puneet's film Paramathma,[1] and filming commenced on October 10.[7] Being a big budget film, it is said to have a story with a revolutionary concept, but with the entertainment quotient intact and will have a lot of graphics to support its narration.[8] The area distribution rights sold for ₹13 crores.
It is the 80th film of Kannada thespian Dr. Rajkumar's production unit: Poornima Enterprises. The technical team comprises as the same as the one that worked for Jackie and would include V. Harikrishna for music, Shashidhar Adapa for art, Sathya Hegde for cinematography and Imran Sardhariya for choreography.[1] There will be five songs and the lyrics are penned by Yogaraj Bhat, Jayanth Kaikini and Kaviraj.
Filming
The film was shot in Bengaluru, Coorg and Kanakapura.[9] The film unit also shot two songs in Spain among the fanfare of localites to watch the song and dance.[10] The last song was shot in Malaysia. The budget of the movie is estimated to be around ₹8 crores.
Release
Anna Bond was considered to be year's most anticipated film, the movie was released on 1st of May 2012 in 159 screens across the Karnataka State,3 screens in Chennai(Mayajaal,PVR skywalk,sathyam) and Hyderabad and Dubai. Normally new Kannada films hit screens only on Friday's but this movie was released on Tuesday which was considered inauspicious and also May 1st being Government Holiday. It collected ₹3 crore on its first day and went on to collect ₹12 crore in its first week, which was a record collection, later broken by Kranthi Veera Sangolli Rayanna. Anna Bond was a commercial success despite mixed critical reception and average word of mouth.
Cast
- Puneeth Rajkumar as Bond Ravi alias Anna Bond
- Nidhi Subbaiah as Divya
- Priya mani as Meera
- Rangayana Raghu as Chapathi Babu
- Avinash as Major Chandrakanth
- Jackie Shroff as Charlie
- Gurudatt
- John Kokken as John Mathew
- Balunagendra as Bala
- Satish Ninasam as Director
- Achyuth
- V Manohar
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the film was released on 2 April 2012.[11] The music was composed by V. Harikrishna.
| Sl.No. | Song | Lyrics | Artist |
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| 1 | "Yenendu Hesaridali" | Jayanth Kaikini | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal |
| 2 | "Boni Aagada" | Yogaraj Bhat | Tippu |
| 3 | "Kaanadanthe" Remix | Chi. Udaya Shankar | Puneeth Rajkumar |
| 4 | "Thumba Nodbedi" | Yogaraj Bhat | V. Harikrishna |
| 5 | "He Is Anna Bond" | Yogaraj Bhat | Ranjith, Naveen Madhav, Ramya |
References
- ^ a b c d DNA India - Check out these Bond girls!
- ^ Times of India - Nidhi Subbaiah bags Suri’s next
- ^ "Anna Bond Second Schedule Over". Supergoodmovies.com. 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ^ "Anna Bond - Movie Reviews, Videos, Wallpapers, Photos, Cast & Crew, Story & Synopsis on". Popcorn.oneindia.in. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ^ 'Anna Bond' First 'Kaddi Pudi' Later
- ^ Jackie wins big at Suvarna Awards 2011
- ^ Chitraloka - Anna Bond From October 7th
- ^ Sify - Anna Bond will be the biggest venture
- ^ Puneeth to act with Priyamani in 'Anna Bond'
- ^ http://www.filmglitz.com/kannada/anna-bond-receives-appreciation-in-spain/
- ^ 'Anna Bond' Audio Hits Market