Anek review: How to generalize a conflict
2 years, 9 months ago

Anek review: How to generalize a conflict

Live Mint  

At one point in Anubhav Sinha’s Anek, talk turns to the princely family of Yashodhara, Rahul and Siddhartha. Anyone hoping for a mid-credits Easter egg – a Bhumi Pednekar cameo, maybe – must instead settle for Khurrana moaning, “We must listen to them, we must feel their pain.” ‘They’ are the seven states clumped together as ‘the northeast’; ‘we’ are the rest of the country. Anek allows for varied and often conflicting interests: the Tiger Sanga militia, the shadowy operatives under Johnson, ‘Indian’ agents like Aman, local police doing their own thing, a special forces unit, and a ragtag armed group that fascinates teenager Niko, the son of an informant, whom Aman has sworn to keep safe. The film has no hesitation in pinpointing India’s sins in the seven northeastern states: propping up one local faction against another, turning the other way when atrocities are committed, sometimes committing atrocities itself. It’s not insignificant that a Hindi film clearly shows India sending its forces to another country to assassinate one of its own citizens.

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Anek is an honest and commendable attempt to bring the much-ignored issues of the north east to the limelight
2 years, 9 months ago

Anek is an honest and commendable attempt to bring the much-ignored issues of the north east to the limelight

Firstpost  

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ABP News  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Anek movie review: A Kashmiri Muslim symbolising the ruthless Indian establishment in the North-East? C’mon!
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Anek movie review: A Kashmiri Muslim symbolising the ruthless Indian establishment in the North-East? C’mon!

Firstpost  

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Getting to the core of Anubhav Sinha’s political thriller Anek is not easy
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Getting to the core of Anubhav Sinha’s political thriller Anek is not easy

Firstpost  

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Anek Trailer: Ayushmann Gives Goosebumps As He Turns Undercover Cop To Bring Peace In India
2 years, 10 months ago

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News 18  

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Anek: Ayushmann Khurrana turns undercover cop for political action thriller, know details
2 years, 11 months ago

Anek: Ayushmann Khurrana turns undercover cop for political action thriller, know details

India TV News  

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