Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa

Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa
Directed by	Buddhadev Dasgupta
Produced by	Ajay Sharma
Written by	Buddhadev Dasgupta
Starring	Ananya Chatterjee; Nawazuddin Siddiqui; Pankaj Tripathi
Music by	Alokananda Dasgupta
Cinematography	Diego Romero
Edited by	Amitava Dasgupta
Release date	17 October 2013 (BFI London Film Festival); ; ; ; ; December 2013 (IFFK, India ); ; ; ; ;
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa (English title: Sniffer) is 2013 Hindi dark comedy film directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta. The film about a detective in search of himself, stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the title role, followed by Ananya Chatterjee, Pankaj Tripathi. After its premiere on 17 October 2013 at the BFI London Film Festival, the film was also screened at the 2013 International Film Festival of Kerala. However, despite critical praise, the film is awaiting its theatrical release in India.^[7]

Plot

Anwar, a maverick detective works in a small detective agency, ‘Inner Eye’ in Kolkata. He has the habit to getting involved in the personal lives of his cases, which gets him into troublesome and comic situations.

Cast

Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Mohammad Anwar
Ananya Chatterjee as Malini (Amol’s wife)
Pankaj Tripathi as Amol
Niharika Singh as Ayesha
Amrita Chattopadhyay as Nafisa
Makrand Brahme as Dayashankar Joshi (Boss of detective agency)
Farrukh Jaffar
Sohini Paul as Sudha
Masood Akhtar as Khalil

Production

National Film Award-winning director, Dasgupta returned to Hindi cinema after making Andhi Gali in 1984.^[8] He had finalized the story in 2011, but was waiting the right actor to essay role of a common man turned detective. Eventually after watching Nawazuddin Siddiqui's work in Kahaani (2012) and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), he decided to cast him for the lead role.^[9]

Principal photography started at the hill village of Shimultala in Bihar, which depicted various places in West Bengal. In April 2013, parts of the film were being shot in the hill resort of Shimultala in Bihar, when due to a bandh call by Maoists, it was wrapped up in advance. Subsequently, the remaining shooting was completed in Kolkata.^[3]^[8]