Producers: Manindra Jain, Shobhit Kumar,
Shekhar Kumar, Uddipt Jain & Aniruddha Gaikar
Director: Shashank Udapurkar
Star Cast: Shashank Udapurkar, Tanishaa Mukerji, Govind Namdeo, Rajit Kapur, Sharat Saxena, Kishor Kadam etc
Genre: Biopic
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Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare is a biographical film based on the life of an extremely popular Indian social activist namely Anna Hazare (Shashank Udapurkar). It encompasses Anna’s life right from his childhood till recently. Anna was a crusader par excellence and followed Mahatma Gandhi’s idealogy. Like Bapu he also chose the path of “Fast Unto Death” to win many social causes. He not only fought for the upliftment of his village in general but also for the betterment of the nation in particular. His fight against “Brashtar” is still going strong.
Director Shashank Udapurkar has brilliantly sketched the life of Anna Hazare. Besides he has done a perfect job by also enacting the role of Anna Hazare. But the lapses are seen in his writing with many loopholes which is evident in the slowly dragging pace of the movie. A special worthy mention should also go for the musical score by the Late Ravindra Jain which is apt for such biographical film. The rest of the cast is also good by lending an able support in carrying the narrative of the film forward.
But sadly enough one can’t expect the film to create wonders at the Box Office tunrstiles. Having said that it will certainly earn rave reviews & critical acclaim in the Indian as well as the global film festival circuit.
