Anney Anney

Anney Anney
Anney Anney
	Title card
Directed by	Mouli
Written by	Mouli
Starring	Mouli; Viji; Sumithra
Cinematography	Devi Prasad
Edited by	N. R. Kittu
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production; company	Kalaivani
Release date	7 July 1983;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Anney Anney (transl. Brother! Brother!) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Mouli. He stars alongside Viji and Sumithra. The film was released on 7 July 1983, and was a hit at the box office.

Plot

Cast

Mouli as Krishnagiri
Viji as Rathna
Sumithra as Durga Krishnagiri
Vanitha Krishnachandran as Parvathy (Paaru)
Charle as Faffu
V. K. Ramasamy as 'Mountbatten' Mahadevan
Leo Prabhu as Shyam
Ramakrishna as Malli
Gundu Kalyanam

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by Vaali.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Andha Naal"	Malaysia Vasudevan	4:32
2.	"Uruginen"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	4:34
3.	"Vaikira Idathil"	Malaysia Vasudevan	4:04
4.	"Vettu Vedipom"	Malaysia Vasudevan	4:04
Total length:			17:14

Critical reception

Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised the humour but felt the film had a play kind of feel. Balumani of Anna praised the acting and music and called it an entertaining film.

References

↑ "1983-ல் வெளியான படப்பட்டியல் - தயாரிப்பாளர்கள்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
↑ "Anney Anney (1983)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
↑ Venkataramanan, Geetha (12 July 2018). "The Mouli-KB bond". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
↑ "Anney Anney Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
↑ "Anney Anney (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. 1 January 1983. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
↑ ஜெயமன்மதன் (9 October 1983). "அண்ணே! அண்ணே!". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 13–14. Retrieved 25 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ பாலுமணி (25 September 1983). "அண்ணே அண்ணே". Anna (in Tamil). p. 4. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via Endangered Archives Programme.

External links

Anney Anney at IMDb
Anney Anney at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "1983-ல் வெளியான படப்பட்டியல் - தயாரிப்பாளர்கள்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[2] "Anney Anney (1983)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[3] Venkataramanan, Geetha (12 July 2018). "The Mouli-KB bond". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[4] "Anney Anney Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

[5] "Anney Anney (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. 1 January 1983. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

[6] ஜெயமன்மதன் (9 October 1983). "அண்ணே! அண்ணே!". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 13–14. Retrieved 25 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[7] பாலுமணி (25 September 1983). "அண்ணே அண்ணே". Anna (in Tamil). p. 4. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via Endangered Archives Programme.