Anwar - A convincing effort

One must first of all congratulate Amal Neerad for coming up with something meaningful post the torture that was "Sagar Alias Jacky".

The tone of the movie is properly set in the beginning with a bomb blast and the movie then moves on to introducing Prakash Raj in the role of an incisive and efficient investigating officer. The other leads in the movie also come into the picture one by one ending with the entry of our protagonist - Prithviraj. 

The movie is well paced and the story and screenplay are very convincing. Lal impresses in the role of an islamist fundamentalist and Mamta also does her part pretty well even though she doesn't have much screen time.

Amal Neerad seems to not know the difference between glamourising and commercialising a movie. This is evident in the graphics used for showing the credits. The flashy graphics spoilt the tone of the movie. Even the exotically shot video for the Shreya Ghosal crooned number could have been avoided. The ending scene in which Prithviraj and Mamta are standing next to a cottage on some mountain(I suppose Himalayas) was totally needless and what was Amal Neerad even thinking when he made a word like Peace to jump out at the audience. It sent out a ripple of laughter among the audience. The final nail on the tone of the movie was hit when the very occidently shot "what you feeling when you look into my eyes" number started rolling along with the end credits.

But I will not let some aspects of the movie overshadow my overall opinion about the movie which is that it is a good entertainer.