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2016 Indian film

ANNA
Promotional Poster
Directed by Shashank Udapurkar
Written by Shashank Udapurkar
Produced by Manindra JainShobhit Kumar Shekhar KumarUddipt JainAniruddha Gaikar
Starring Shashank UdapurkarTanishaa MukerjiAnkit SharmaGovind NamdeoRajit KapurSharat SaxenaKishor Kadam
Edited by Sanjay Sankla
Music by Ravindra Jain
Distributed by SPE Films India
Release date 14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
Running time 130 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare is an Indian biographical film, directed and written by Shashank Udapurkar. It is based on the life of Indian social activist Anna Hazare.[1] Shashank Udapurkar, director of the film, himself would be playing the titular character. The film also stars Tanishaa Mukerji, Govind Namdev, Sharat Saxena, Kishor Kadam, Daya Shankar Pandey, and Ankit (Sourabh) Sharma in supporting roles. The film was released on 14 October 2016.

Movie director Shashank Udapurkar, addressed the media that he has received a formal consent from Anna Hazare for making a biopic on the anti-corruption activist, in April 2014.[1]

"It took me long to complete the script on Anna. I had drafted seven scripts before finalising it, since it is a mammoth task to present 75 years of his life in a two and half hour film "

—Shashank Udapurkar, Director.[1]

Anna Hazare himself promoted his biopic on The Kapil Sharma Show.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Anna movie teaser: Film is a biopic based on the life of social activist Anna Hazare | The Indian Express". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Social activist Anna Hazare to promote his biopic on The Kapil Sharma Show".