Anbu (2003 film)

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 at the box office.

Anbu
DVD cover
Directed by	Dalapathiraj
Written by	N. Prasannakumar (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Ln. Udhayakumar
Story by	Ln. Udhayakumar
Produced by	Udhayageetha
Starring	Bala Deepu Vadivelu
Cinematography	Nithyanandham
Edited by	J. N. Harsha S. Sathish
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production company	Udhayageetha Cine Creations
Release date	6 February 2003 (2003-02-06)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Anbu, son of a politician Karuppiah, and Veena 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, 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.^[1]

Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Aval Yaaraval"	Karthik	Pa. Vijay	04:30
"Manapponnu Azhaga"	Dippu, Srivardhini	Na. Muthukumar	04:41
"Oththa Solluthan"	Anantha Raman	Arivumathi	05:08
"Sutti Payale"	Vasundhara Das, Tippu	Yugabharathi	04:27
"Thavamindri Kidaitha"	Sadhana Sargam, Hariharan	Thamarai	05:01
"Vannam Kalainthu"	Karthik	Palani Bharathi	05:06

Reception

The Hindu wrote that the director "managed to present things in an entertaining fashion in spite of the familiar stories".^[2] 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.^[3] 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".^[4]

Deepu went on to star in Nee Mattum (2004) also starring Vadivelu.^[5]