Anna teaser: Govind Namdeo, Tanishaa in biopic on the anti-corruption crusader

Marathi actor-turned-director Shashank Udapurkar has come up with a biopic on anti-corruption activist Anna Hazaree. Shashank, who has written, directed and also acted in the movie, released the teaser of the film titled Anna on Friday.

Marathi actor-turned-director Shashank Udapurkar has come up with a biopic on anti-corruption activist Anna Hazaree. Shashank, who has written, directed and also acted in the movie, released the teaser of the film titled Anna.

Shashank Udapuurkar in a poster of Anna Kisan Baburao Hazare.

The biopic stars Tanishaa Mukherji, Govind Namdeo, Sharat Saxena, Kishor Kadam and Rajit Kapoor, apart from Shashank. Tannisha plays a journalist while Shashank plays the titular role.

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Shashank completed the scripting in two years and sought Anna’s permission for the biopic in 2014. “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,” he had said. Earlier, Shashank directed a biopic on Shivaji Maharaj’s son Sambhaji Raje.

Anna, which has music composed by late Ravindra Jain, is slated to hit theatres on October 14.

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