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'''Mukul S. Anand''' (11 October 1951 – 7 September 1997) was an [[Indian film]] director and producer. He was the nephew of veteran film scriptwriter [[Inder Raj Anand]] and cousin of actor and director [[Tinnu Anand]].
'''Mukul S. Anand''' (11 October 1951 – 7 September 1997) was an [[Indian film]] director and producer. He was the nephew of veteran film scriptwriter [[Inder Raj Anand]] and cousin of actor and director [[Tinnu Anand]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/culture-society/sands-of-time-part-24-mukul-anand-the-merchant-of-really-large-things-news-187687|title=Sands of Time - Part 24: Mukul Anand - The Merchant of Really Large Things|date=25 March 2022|last=Roychoudhury|first=Amborish|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|access-date=3 January 2024|archive-date=4 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004084221/https://www.outlookindia.com/culture-society/sands-of-time-part-24-mukul-anand-the-merchant-of-really-large-things-news-187687|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/films/remembering-mukul-anand-gone-but-not-forgotten|title=Remembering Mukul Anand: Gone but not forgotten|first=Monojit|last=Lahiri|date=7 September 2020|work=[[National Herald]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103081943/https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/films/remembering-mukul-anand-gone-but-not-forgotten#bypass-sw|archive-date=3 January 2024|access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Mukul S. Anand made his debut as a director with the suspense thriller ''[[Kanoon Kya Karega]]'' (1984), which was inspired by the Hollywood film ''[[Cape Fear (1962 film)|Cape Fear]]''. His second film ''[[Aitbaar]]'' (1985) was inspired by [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s classic ''[[Dial M for Murder]]''. The film that first gained him recognition was the [[epic film]] ''[[Sultanat (1986 film)|Sultanat]]'' (1986), which brought together real-life father and son [[Dharmendra]] and [[Sunny Deol]] for the first time and introduced actress [[Juhi Chawla]]. That same year Anand also directed the thriller ''[[Main Balwaan (1986 film)|Main Balwan]]'', which was known for the hit songs "Rock n Roll" and "Halla Gulla".
Mukul S. Anand made his debut as a director with the suspense thriller ''Kanoon Kya Karega'' (1984), which was inspired by the Hollywood film ''[[Cape Fear (1962 film)|Cape Fear]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-09-29 |title=Director of 3 Amitabh Bachchan iconic films, once had to sell lampshades on roads for Rs 25 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/director-of-3-amitabh-bachchan-iconic-films-once-had-to-sell-lampshades-on-roads-for-rs-25/articleshow/124203048.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2026-01-04 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> His second film ''[[Aitbaar]]'' (1985) was inspired by [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s classic ''[[Dial M for Murder]]''. The film that first gained him recognition was the [[epic film]] ''[[Sultanat (1986 film)|Sultanat]]'' (1986), which brought together real-life father and son [[Dharmendra]] and [[Sunny Deol]] for the first time and introduced actress [[Juhi Chawla]]. That same year Anand also directed the thriller ''[[Main Balwaan (1986 film)|Main Balwan]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mukul Anand - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos |url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/mukul-anand/in.bookmyshow.com/person/mukul-anand/5124 |access-date=2026-01-04 |website=BookMyShow |language=en-IN}}</ref>


His first box-office success was ''[[Insaaf (1987 film)|Insaaf]]'' (1987), the film responsible for "re-introducing" [[Vinod Khanna]] to films after a hiatus. Anand's next film, ''[[Maha-Sangram]]'' (1990), reunited him with Vinod Khanna and was acclaimed for [[Aditya Pancholi]]'s angry portrayal of a Thakur. At this point, Mukul was largely considered a skilful director, who held much promise but somehow never managed to deliver solid successes.
His first box-office success was ''[[Insaaf (1987 film)|Insaaf]]'' (1987), the film responsible for "re-introducing" [[Vinod Khanna]] to films after a hiatus. Anand's next film, ''[[Maha-Sangram]]'' (1990), reunited him with Vinod Khanna.


He finally  hit the big league with the ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]''-inspired crime thriller ''[[Agneepath (1990 film)|Agneepath]]'' (1990) with [[Amitabh Bachchan]] in the lead role, which won Amitabh a National Award for Best Actor. He was reunited with Bachchan for the family drama ''[[Hum (film)|Hum]]'' (1991), which was a box-office success and featured the popular song "Jumma Chumma". He worked with Bachchan for the final time in the epic film ''[[Khuda Gawah]]'' (1992) which won him the [[Filmfare Best Director Award]]. His last completed film, ''[[Trimurti (film)|Trimurti]]'' (1995), which had a multi-star cast including [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Anil Kapoor]] and [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], failed to do well at the box office.  The film he was working on at the time of his death in 1997 was ''Dus'', which remained incomplete and unreleased, although the film's music did end up being released posthumously.
He finally  hit the big league with the ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]''-inspired crime thriller ''[[Agneepath (1990 film)|Agneepath]]'' (1990) with [[Amitabh Bachchan]] in the lead role, which won Amitabh a [[National Award for Best Actor]]. He was reunited with Bachchan for the family drama ''[[Hum (film)|Hum]]'' (1991), which was a box-office success and featured the popular song "Jumma Chumma". He worked with Bachchan for the final time in the epic film ''[[Khuda Gawah]]'' (1992) which won him the [[Filmfare Best Director Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fernandes |first=Sunil |date=2020-06-19 |title=#FRIDAYFIRSTSHOW: Amitabh Bachchan’s Mukul S Anand Trilogy Of Films; ‘Agneepath’, ‘Hum’, ‘Khuda Gawah’ [1990-1992] |url=https://theleaflet.in/miscellaneous/fridayfirstshow-amitabh-bachchans-mukul-s-anand-trilogy-of-films-agneepath-hum-khuda-gawah-1990-1992 |access-date=2026-01-04 |website=The Leaflet |language=en}}</ref> His last completed film, ''[[Trimurti (1995 film)|Trimurti]]'' (1995), which had a multi-star cast including [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Anil Kapoor]] and [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], failed to do well at the box office.  The film he was working on at the time of his death in 1997 was ''Dus'', which remained incomplete and unreleased, although the film's music did end up being released posthumously.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Inder Raj Anand who was a film scriptwriter from the late 1940s through to the late 1980s was Mukul Anand's uncle. Mukul's cousin is actor and director [[Tinnu Anand]]. Mukul was married to Anita and had two children named Alishka and Mikhail. Daughter Aliksha Anand is married to producer, actor Romesh Sharma's son actor [[Karan Sharma (actor)|Karan Sharma]] who acted in the 2005 Bollywood film ''[[Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...]]''.
Inder Raj Anand who was a film scriptwriter from the late 1940s through to the late 1980s was Mukul Anand's uncle. Mukul's cousin is actor and director [[Tinnu Anand]]. Mukul was married to Anita and had two children named Alishka and Mikhail. They live in Mumbai.{{cn|date=January 2026}}


==Death==
==Death==
Mukul died of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 45 on 7 September 1997. He was on location for action film ''Dus'' in [[Utah]]. The film began production in May 1997 and 40% of the shooting had been completed by August. It never was completed or released. Promo videos and clips of what Mukul had shot for the film were later seen on Mukul's official website.
Mukul died of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 45 on 7 September 1997. He was on location for action film ''Dus'' in [[Utah]]. The film began production in May 1997 and 40% of the shooting had been completed by August.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/sep/08muk.htm|title=A tribute to director Mukul Anand|website=[[Rediff.com]]|first=Suparn|last=Verma|author-link=Suparn Verma|date=8 September 1997|access-date=4 January 2024|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127054032/https://www.rediff.com/movies/sep/08muk.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In 2005, Nitin Manmohan who was the co-producer of ''Dus'' produced another unrelated [[Dus|film with the same title]] which was directed by [[Anubhav Sinha]]. [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Shilpa Shetty]] also starred in that film.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 100%;"
! Year
! Year
! Film
! Film
! Cast
!width=65| Director
! Music
!width=65| Producer
!width=65| Writer
! Notes
|-
| 1983
|''Kanku Ni Kimat''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|Gujarati film
|-
| 1984
|''Kanoon Kya Karega''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|-
| 1985
| 1985
|''[[Aitbaar]]''
|''[[Aitbaar]]''
| [[Raj Babbar]], [[Dimple Kapadia]], [[Suresh Oberoi]], [[Danny Denzongpa]]
|{{yes}}
|[[Bappi Lahiri]]
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|  
|-
|-
| 1986
| 1986
| ''[[Main Balwaan (1986 film)|Main Balwan]]''
| ''[[Main Balwaan (1986 film)|Main Balwan]]''
|[[Dharmendra]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Meenakshi Sheshadri]]
|{{yes}}
|[[Bappi Lahiri]]
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|-
| 1986
| 1986
|''[[Sultanat (1986 film)|Sultanat]]''
|''[[Sultanat (1986 film)|Sultanat]]''
|[[Dharmendra]], [[Sunny Deol]], [[Sridevi]], [[Karan Kapoor]], [[Juhi Chawla]]
|{{yes}}
|[[Kalyanji Anandji]]
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|-
| 1987
| 1987
|''[[Insaaf (1987 film)|Insaaf]]''
|''[[Insaaf (1987 film)|Insaaf]]''
|[[Vinod Khanna]], [[Dimple Kapadia]], [[Suresh Oberoi]]
|{{yes}}
|[[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|-
| 1990
| 1990
|''[[Maha-Sangram]]''
|''[[Maha-Sangram]]''
|[[Vinod Khanna]], [[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Madhuri Dixit]], [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]], [[Sumeet Saigal]], Shaheen
|{{yes}}
|[[Anand-Milind]]
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|-
| 1990
| 1990
|''[[Agneepath (1990 film)|Agneepath]]''
|''[[Agneepath (1990 film)|Agneepath]]''
|[[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]], [[Danny Denzongpa]]
|{{yes}}
|[[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|-
| 1991
| 1991
|''[[Hum (film)|Hum]]''
|''[[Hum (film)|Hum]]''
|[[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Rajinikanth]], [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]], [[Danny Denzongpa]]
|{{yes}}
|[[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|-
| 1991
| 1991
|''[[Khoon Ka Karz]]''
|''[[Khoon Ka Karz]]''
|[[Vinod Khanna]], [[Rajinikanth]], [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Kiran Kumar]]
|{{yes}}
|[[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
|-
| 1992
| 1992
|''[[Khuda Gawah]]''
|''[[Khuda Gawah]]''
|[[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Sridevi]], [[Danny Denzongpa]], [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]]
|{{yes}}
|[[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
|{{no}}
|{{partial|Screenplay}}
|
|-
|-
| 1995
| 1995
|''[[Trimurti (film)|Trimurti]]''
|''[[Trimurti (1995 film)|Trimurti]]''
|[[Anil Kapoor]], [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], [[Mohan Agashe]]
|{{yes}}
|[[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
|{{no}}
|-
|{{no}}
| 1997- Unreleased
|
|''Dus''
|[[Vinod Khanna]], [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Raveena Tandon]], [[Shilpa Shetty]]
|[[Shankar Ehsaan Loy]]
|-
|}
 
==Producer==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Film
! Cast
! Music
|-
|-
| 1996
| 1996
|''[[Army (1996 film)|Army]]''
|''[[Army (1996 film)|Army]]''
| [[Sridevi]], [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], [[Danny Denzongpa]]
|{{no}}
| [[Anand-Milind]]
|{{Yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|-
| 1997
|''[[Prithvi (1997 film)|Prithvi]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|  
|-
|-
| Unreleased
|''Dus''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/811905/action-films-might-have-been-different-had-the-sanjay-dutt-salman-khan-starrer-dus-been-completed|title=Action films might have been different had the Sanjay Dutt-Salman Khan starrer 'Dus' been completed|first=Manish|last=Gaekwad|date=18 July 2016|website=[[Scroll.in]]|access-date=3 January 2024|archive-date=28 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828180815/https://scroll.in/reel/811905/action-films-might-have-been-different-had-the-sanjay-dutt-salman-khan-starrer-dus-been-completed|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
<references />
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0002172}}
*{{IMDb name|0002172}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120317105655/http://www.mukulsananddreamsgalore.com/ Mukul S. Anand Official Site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120317105655/http://www.mukulsananddreamsgalore.com/ Mukul S. Anand Official Site]
*[http://www.spicevienna.org/showPerson.php?p=235 Mukul S. Anand] @ [http://www.spicevienna.org/ SPICE]
 


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Mukul S. Anand
Born(1951-10-11)11 October 1951
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Died7 September 1997(1997-09-07) (aged 45)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupationfilm director
Spouse(s)Anita
ChildrenMikhail, Alishka
RelativesInder Raj Anand, Tinnu Anand

Mukul S. Anand (11 October 1951 – 7 September 1997) was an Indian film director and producer. He was the nephew of veteran film scriptwriter Inder Raj Anand and cousin of actor and director Tinnu Anand.[1][2]

Career[edit | edit source]

Mukul S. Anand made his debut as a director with the suspense thriller Kanoon Kya Karega (1984), which was inspired by the Hollywood film Cape Fear.[3] His second film Aitbaar (1985) was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's classic Dial M for Murder. The film that first gained him recognition was the epic film Sultanat (1986), which brought together real-life father and son Dharmendra and Sunny Deol for the first time and introduced actress Juhi Chawla. That same year Anand also directed the thriller Main Balwan.[4]

His first box-office success was Insaaf (1987), the film responsible for "re-introducing" Vinod Khanna to films after a hiatus. Anand's next film, Maha-Sangram (1990), reunited him with Vinod Khanna.

He finally hit the big league with the Scarface-inspired crime thriller Agneepath (1990) with Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role, which won Amitabh a National Award for Best Actor. He was reunited with Bachchan for the family drama Hum (1991), which was a box-office success and featured the popular song "Jumma Chumma". He worked with Bachchan for the final time in the epic film Khuda Gawah (1992) which won him the Filmfare Best Director Award.[5] His last completed film, Trimurti (1995), which had a multi-star cast including Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor and Shahrukh Khan, failed to do well at the box office. The film he was working on at the time of his death in 1997 was Dus, which remained incomplete and unreleased, although the film's music did end up being released posthumously.[citation needed]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Inder Raj Anand who was a film scriptwriter from the late 1940s through to the late 1980s was Mukul Anand's uncle. Mukul's cousin is actor and director Tinnu Anand. Mukul was married to Anita and had two children named Alishka and Mikhail. They live in Mumbai.[citation needed]

Death[edit | edit source]

Mukul died of a heart attack at the age of 45 on 7 September 1997. He was on location for action film Dus in Utah. The film began production in May 1997 and 40% of the shooting had been completed by August.[6]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Year Film Director Producer Writer Notes
1983 Kanku Ni Kimat Yes No No Gujarati film
1984 Kanoon Kya Karega Yes No No
1985 Aitbaar Yes No No
1986 Main Balwan Yes No No
1986 Sultanat Yes No No
1987 Insaaf Yes No No
1990 Maha-Sangram Yes No No
1990 Agneepath Yes No No
1991 Hum Yes No No
1991 Khoon Ka Karz Yes No No
1992 Khuda Gawah Yes No Screenplay
1995 Trimurti Yes No No
1996 Army No Yes No
1997 Prithvi No Yes No
Unreleased Dus Yes No Yes [7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Roychoudhury, Amborish (25 March 2022). "Sands of Time - Part 24: Mukul Anand - The Merchant of Really Large Things". Outlook. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Lahiri, Monojit (7 September 2020). "Remembering Mukul Anand: Gone but not forgotten". National Herald. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Director of 3 Amitabh Bachchan iconic films, once had to sell lampshades on roads for Rs 25". The Economic Times. 29 September 2025. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Mukul Anand - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Fernandes, Sunil (19 June 2020). "#FRIDAYFIRSTSHOW: Amitabh Bachchan's Mukul S Anand Trilogy Of Films; 'Agneepath', 'Hum', 'Khuda Gawah' [1990-1992]". The Leaflet. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Verma, Suparn (8 September 1997). "A tribute to director Mukul Anand". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Gaekwad, Manish (18 July 2016). "Action films might have been different had the Sanjay Dutt-Salman Khan starrer 'Dus' been completed". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

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