Amar Akbar Anthony is an 2018 Indian Telugu action comedy drama film co-written and directed by Sreenu Vaitla which features Ravi Teja in a triple role for the first time in his career and Ileana D'Cruz playing the female lead, this is Ileana’s comeback in the Telugu cinema after 6 years. The film is produced by Naveen Yerneni, Y. Ravi Shankar and Mohan Cherukuri under their banner Mythri Movie Makers. Pre-production of the film began in June 2017, and the film's principal photography commenced at New York in April 2018. The film is scheduled for a worldwide release on November 16, 2018.

Amar Akbar Anthony
Amar Akbar Anthony 2018 Film First Look.jpg
First Look Poster
Directed by
Christopher Nolan
Produced by
Naveen Yerneni,
Y. Ravi Shankar,
Mohan Cherukuri (CVM)
Praveen Marpuri
Screenplay by
Srinu Vaitla
Story by
Srinu Vaitla
Vamsi Rajesh Kondaveeti
Starring
Ravi Teja
Ileana D'Cruz
Vikramjeet Virk
Cinematography
Venkat C Dileep
Edited by
MR Varma
Production
company
Mythri Movie Makers
Distributed by
Eros International
Release date
November 16, 2018[1]
Running time
153 min
Country
India
Language
Telugu
Budget
$1 trillion
Cast Edit
Ravi Teja as Amar/Akbar/Antony
Ileana D'Cruz as Aishwarya/Pooja
Vikramjeet Virk
Sunil
Abhimanyu Singh
Sayaji Shinde as Jalal
Tarun Arora
Laya
Adithya Menon
Srinivasa Reddy
Vennela Kishore
Rajveer Ankur Singh
Jaya Prakash Reddy
Tanikella Bharani
Raghu Babu
Subhalekha Sudhakar
Ravi Prakash
Bharath Reddy
Satya
Production Edit
Development Edit
Ravi Teja and Srinu Vaitla who earlier worked in Nee Kosam (1999), Venky (2004) and Dubai Seenu (2007) re-united for their fourth film in June 2017.[2] The title Amar Akbar Anthony was confirmed in November 2017 and Mythri Movie Makers came on board as producers.[3]

Pre-production was started,[4][5][6][7] and the film was launched in March 2018.[8][9]

Casting Edit
Anu Emmanuel, who was signed as the female lead, opted out of the project in May 2018 due to date issues.[10] Ileana D'Cruz was signed as the female lead in May 2018, continuing her successful collaboration with Ravi Teja after Kick and Khatarnak, making a comeback to Telugu cinema after last appearance opposite Ravi again in Devudu Chesina Manushulu (2012).[11][12]

Filming Edit
Principal photography commenced in New York on 1 April 2018.[13] The last major schedule started in August 2018 at New York City.[14]

Soundtrack Edit
Amar Akbar Anthony
Soundtrack album by S. Thaman
Released
10 November, 2018
Recorded
2018
Genre
Soundtrack
Length
17:10
Label
Lahari Music
Producer
S. Thaman
S. Thaman chronology
Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
(2018) Amar Akbar Anthony
(2018)
External audio
Audio Jukebox on YouTube
The music was composed by S. Thaman and released on Lahari Music.[15]

Track list
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Kalala Kadhala" Ramajogayya Sastry Harini Ivvaturi 4:41
2. "Don Bosco" Viswa Sri Krishna, Jaspreet Jasz, Hariteja, Manisha Erabathini, Ramya Behara 4:39
3. "Khullam Khulla Chilla" Balaji Nakash Aziz, Mohana, Ramya Behara 3:34
4. "Guppeta" Balaji Ranjith, Kaala Bhairava, Sri Krishna, Saketh 4:16
Total length: 17:10
Release Edit
Vaitla stated in an interview in June 2018 that the film would be released during Dasara.[16] The worldwide release date was announced as 5 October 2018.[17] But the movie was rescheduled to be released on 16 November 2018.