Roopa (Kamalinee Mukherjee) loses her parents and other family members in a gruesome car accident. She starts living on her own as an independent woman without taking any help from her relatives. She has a boy friend named Rahul (Anuj) and is about to get married to that Marvadi guy, but backs out due to the behavior of her future mother-in-law and due to lack of confidence shown by her boyfriend. Anand (Raja) joins her neighborhood. And he starts making Roopa feel comfortable and secure. The rest of the story is about why Anand - MD of the richest corporate house of AP - has chosen to reside as neighbor of Roopa and what follows next.

Analysis :

Screenplay by National award winning Telugu director Sekhar Kammula is good. Direction of this film is excellent. This film oozes freshness and still retains local flavor. What makes Sekhar Kammula a different director is that he stuck to what he believed in and transformed it onto the silver screen the way he wanted it and made it in a way that all sensible movie lovers accept and appreciate it! Telugu Film Industry needs confident directors like Sekhar Kammula who dares to be different and strives to deliver the product with authenticity. However the following points should have been taken care of 1. Why Anand leaves Roopa when she is ready to accept him when his main aim is to get close to Roopa by putting all egos aside. 2. The film should have been sped up in the last 30 minutes towards climax.

TeluguOne Perspective :

This film has the lots of freshness and is a class apart. Sometimes, you feel like watching old classics done by the legends like K Balachandar, K Viswanath and Bapu. The first half is excellent. The second half is good. The director Sekhar Kammula should have concentrated more on the last 30 minutes, as it appeared little dragged. It is a director's film and Sekhar Kammula should be commended for making film without imitating/formulizing and for leaving his own signature on 'Anand'. This film definitely lives up to its caption of 'manchi coffee lanti cinema'. Films like Anand should be watched and appreciated by all. I would recommend 'Anand' to everybody. Cinematography by Vijay C Kumar (of Ankusam and Ammoru fame) is excellent. The color grading and lighting schemes are carefully crafted.