The movie is about the journey of a Malayali youth Anwar ( Prithviraj ) into the clutches of anti-social elements . The protagonist has another hidden agenda in joining the terrorist outfit . The movie opens with visuals of the Coimbatore bomb blast and the introduction of a special team under Stalin Manimaran ( Prakash Raj ) who arrests Babu Sait ( Lal ) , a local community leader as a suspect in the bomb blast case . Meanwhile , Anwar , a Muslim youth is arrested while carrying with some Hawala money and is sent to jail with Babu Sait and his team . Anwar performs his Namaaz daily five times . He is also fascinated by the terrorist activities of Babu Sait . Babu Sait helps Anwar in getting bail and interests him in his activities . Anwar is attracted towards terror acts and even successfully terminates two local drug dealers . Soon he becomes the most trusted and obedient right hand of Babu Sait . Anwar succeeds in planting a bomb in the police headquarters and is soon introduced to Basheer Bhai ( Sampath Raj ) , who selects him to spearhead another big , but dangerous project of chain blasts . Their plans are to plant a series of chain blasts in Mumbai . Though Anwar goes on with their plans , he has a haunting flashback , which forms the twist in the story . Babu Sait shows the pictures of the Coimbatore blast , which diverts Anwar to his flashback . The Flashback goes like this : Anwar and his family live in a rural area of Palakkad . Anwar , an NRI , returns from America for his sister 's wedding . There he meets his sister 's best friend Ayesha ( Mamta Mohandas ) , and falls for her . His family knows about this and proposes to her . She accepts . But when they go out for shopping to Coimbatore , Anwar goes out of the cloth shop for some air and a sudden blast happens , killing the whole family except him . Meanwhile , Ayesha is arrested & then Anwar goes out to Stalin for her bail . But he refuses and says it could not be done owing to lack of proof . He then tells Stalin that he will assist in the discovery of the terrorists , which leads to the present part of the story . Both of them have a secret meeting about the bomb blasts planned by Babu Sait & Co . Stalin brings Ayesha so that they could meet after a long time . When Babu Sait 's men arrive , Stalin tells Anwar to act as if they were having a fight , and one of the Babu Sait 's men shoot Stalin , thereby killing him , thinking that Anwar was having a fight . But after that , Anwar is given the big responsibility of transporting the deadly terrorists to Mumbai , through a ship containing full of explosives & weapons . Anwar at first makes them think that he is on their side , but soon he blasts the ship by firing on it and killing all of the terrorists . Babu Sait becomes furious , that Anwar cheats them . When Anwar says about his parents , their flashbacks , which Babu Sait commits suicide . Anwar then calls the phone of Stalin which is under the police custody . He tells that the mission is over . After that it is narrated that Stalin & his colleague got bravery awards but no one has recognised the near-death battle Anwar has played . The film ends when both Anwar & Ayesha are in a quiet place , living together in a small house . The end-credits rolls with the " Njan " song
Coimbatore bomb blast
1998 Coimbatore bombings
Anwar (2010 film)