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Anwar

Anwar

20106.22h 10m

Overview

Anwar becomes entangled with a terrorist group after personal tragedy leads him down a dark path. As he infiltrates their network, his true motives and loyalties are revealed in a tense battle between faith, vengeance, and redemption.

Directed by Amal Neerad
Written by Amal Neerad, Rafeeq Ahammed, Sreejith Divakaran
Produced by Raj Zacharias
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Top Cast

Prithviraj Sukumaran

Prithviraj Sukumaran

Anwar Ahmed

Lal

Lal

Babu Mather / Babu Sait

Mamta Mohandas

Mamta Mohandas

Ayesha Begum

Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj

DIG Stalin Manimaran IPS

Sampath Raj

Sampath Raj

Basheer Bhai

Saikumar

Saikumar

Ahmed Haji

Geetha

Geetha

Rasiya Begum

Nithya Menen

Nithya Menen

Asna Begum

Salim Kumar

Salim Kumar

Ashraf

Assim Jamal

Assim Jamal

Saleem

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Themes & Keywords

bombjailterrorism

About Anwar

Anwar is a action, thriller, crime film released in 2010 exploring themes of bomb, jail, terrorism. Directed by Amal Neerad, it stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Lal, Mamta Mohandas. Anwar becomes entangled with a terrorist group after personal tragedy leads him down a dark path. As he infiltrates their network, his true motives and loyalties are revealed in a tense battle between faith, vengeance, and redemption.

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