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Produced by Ajay Sharma Music by Alokananda Dasgupta Initial release 17 October 2013 Screenplay Buddhadeb Dasgupta | 7.8/10 IMDb Written by Buddhadev Dasgupta Cinematography Diego Romero Director Buddhadeb Dasgupta Music director Alokananda Dasgupta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta
Shamas Siddiqui Starring Ananya Chatterjee
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa (English title: Sniffer) is 2013 Hindi dark comedy film directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta. The film about a detective in search of himself, stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the title role, followed by Ananya Chatterjee, Pankaj Tripathi. After its premiere on 17 October 2013 at the BFI London Film Festival, the film was also screened at the 2013 International Film Festival of Kerala. However, despite critical praise, the film is awaiting its theatrical release in India.
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Plot
Anwar, a maverick detective works in a small detective agency, ‘Inner Eye’ in Kolkata. He has the habit to getting involved in the personal lives of his cases, which gets him into troublesome and comic situations.
Cast
Production
National Film Award-winning director, Dasgupta returned to Hindi cinema after making Andhi Gali in 1984. He had finalized the story in 2011, but was waiting the right actor to essay role of a common man turned detective. Eventually after watching Nawazuddin Siddiqui's work in Kahaani (2012) and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), he decided to cast him for the lead role. Ananya Chatterjee played the role of Anwar's love interest in the film. while Farrukh Jaffar, who previously worked with Siddiqui in Peepli Live (2010), played the role of an old widow.
Principal photography started at the hill village of Shimultala in Bihar, which depicted various places in West Bengal. In April 2013, parts of the film were being shot in the hill resort of Shimultala in Bihar, when due to a bandh call by Maoists, it was wrapped up in advance. Subsequently, the remaining shooting was completed in Kolkata.