EntertainmentBy using the term ‘North East’ multiple times through the film, Anek ends up playing into the majoritarian tendency of clubbing the entire North-Eastern region of India into one homogenous entity.Chitra AhanthemHindi film director Anubhav Sinha’s latest outing Anek, meaning ‘many’ is a case of good intent (perhaps) gone bust. And that is the best that can be said about this Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer about a police official and his covert operation of working out a peace accord between an insurgent group and the government of India. For the most part, Anek reels under the weight of being a mainstream film that speaks for the North-East with the opening credit making a show of highlighting the ‘Ne’ in Anek. By doing so, it falls into a grave of its own digging for North-East is a mere geographical direction. The constant use of the term throughout the film ends...
- 5/28/2022
- by AjayR
- The News Minute
Anek
Starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Andrea Kevichüsa, J.D. Chakravarthy, Manoj Pahwa and Kumud Mishra
Directed by Anubhav Sinha
Anek, is a film that will be talked abbout for years.
Anek so titled to convey the unity-in-diversity theme of Indianness, also because the N and the E in Anek stands for the state and culture defined by Anubhav Sinha’s undefinably ambivalent drama about a state and culture on the brink.
There are no easy solutions, no sides to taken and to be honest, none offered in a state where the meek shall definitely not inherit the earth.
There is a dangerously corrupt and subversive North Eastern leader Sanga((Loitongbam Dorendra Singh) who is playing a double-edged game with the people of his State. He pretends to be their messiah while negotiating with the Indian government on terms that have nothing to do with peace.
Anek is cinema of the highest order.
Starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Andrea Kevichüsa, J.D. Chakravarthy, Manoj Pahwa and Kumud Mishra
Directed by Anubhav Sinha
Anek, is a film that will be talked abbout for years.
Anek so titled to convey the unity-in-diversity theme of Indianness, also because the N and the E in Anek stands for the state and culture defined by Anubhav Sinha’s undefinably ambivalent drama about a state and culture on the brink.
There are no easy solutions, no sides to taken and to be honest, none offered in a state where the meek shall definitely not inherit the earth.
There is a dangerously corrupt and subversive North Eastern leader Sanga((Loitongbam Dorendra Singh) who is playing a double-edged game with the people of his State. He pretends to be their messiah while negotiating with the Indian government on terms that have nothing to do with peace.
Anek is cinema of the highest order.
- 5/27/2022
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
Anubhav Sinha’s action thriller asks pertinent questions about political conflict and cultural identity
“Peace is a subjective hypothesis,” says one character in Anubhav Sinha’s new action thriller, which examines the political conflicts that have plagued Northeast India for generations. This casual aphorism – and the film itself – is riddled with ambivalence, a welcome departure from the nationalistic jingoism that has ruled Hindi cinema and its box office in recent years.
Anek asks the difficult question of what it means to be Indian, a loaded riddle in a period where Hindutva rhetoric has fostered brutal discrimination all across the country. For Aido, a Northeastern Indian boxer played by newcomer Andrea Kevichüsa, her dream of earning a spot on the national team is enough to prove her belonging in a land where her people endure racial abuse on a daily basis. For her father Wangnao (Mipham Otsal), a school teacher who...
“Peace is a subjective hypothesis,” says one character in Anubhav Sinha’s new action thriller, which examines the political conflicts that have plagued Northeast India for generations. This casual aphorism – and the film itself – is riddled with ambivalence, a welcome departure from the nationalistic jingoism that has ruled Hindi cinema and its box office in recent years.
Anek asks the difficult question of what it means to be Indian, a loaded riddle in a period where Hindutva rhetoric has fostered brutal discrimination all across the country. For Aido, a Northeastern Indian boxer played by newcomer Andrea Kevichüsa, her dream of earning a spot on the national team is enough to prove her belonging in a land where her people endure racial abuse on a daily basis. For her father Wangnao (Mipham Otsal), a school teacher who...
- 5/25/2022
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
Anubhav Sinha’s upcoming film Anek, starring Ayushmann Khurrana is all set to release on 27th May 2022. Ahead of the release, the makers have given an insight into Ayushmann’s dual identities in the film, Aman and Joshua. The actor posted a new promo to share his preparation for his new role captioning, “Aman ho ya Joshua, you will never know what my next move will be. Watch me unfold the sharp skills of an undercover cop. #AnekMissionBegins.”
In the video, Ayushmaan’s character takes a lie detector test, which he passes without letting the antagonist know about his real identity as an undercover cop. He plays the role of Aman who hides his identity as a cafe owner named Joshua.
Check it out:
The director shared how he wanted to showcase the rigorous training that undercover cops have to go through. He says, “It takes a great deal of...
In the video, Ayushmaan’s character takes a lie detector test, which he passes without letting the antagonist know about his real identity as an undercover cop. He plays the role of Aman who hides his identity as a cafe owner named Joshua.
Check it out:
The director shared how he wanted to showcase the rigorous training that undercover cops have to go through. He says, “It takes a great deal of...
- 5/14/2022
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Image credit: Saurabh Das
Ayushmann Khurrana is once again changing the narrative and transforming into new roles with his latest film Anek.
Talking about his previous films and Anek, the actor says, “I have always tried to unite the whole of India through inclusive subjects and disruptive scripts and characters that challenge the status quo at every given step. If I’m being viewed as someone who is contributing to sparking a dialogue and aiming to have a positive social impact, then I’m doing my job correctly.”
Recently, the trailer for Anek released, and netizens have heaped on the praise for the exciting action drama! We have learned that Ayushmaan is ecstatic about the film and that the trailer is getting such a great response.
Anek sees Ayushmann Khurrana once again take on a new avatar, this time of an undercover cop, in an untold story set against the...
Ayushmann Khurrana is once again changing the narrative and transforming into new roles with his latest film Anek.
Talking about his previous films and Anek, the actor says, “I have always tried to unite the whole of India through inclusive subjects and disruptive scripts and characters that challenge the status quo at every given step. If I’m being viewed as someone who is contributing to sparking a dialogue and aiming to have a positive social impact, then I’m doing my job correctly.”
Recently, the trailer for Anek released, and netizens have heaped on the praise for the exciting action drama! We have learned that Ayushmaan is ecstatic about the film and that the trailer is getting such a great response.
Anek sees Ayushmann Khurrana once again take on a new avatar, this time of an undercover cop, in an untold story set against the...
- 5/12/2022
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
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