Anand Kumar (director)

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Anand Kumar
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Born (1970-12-10) 10 December 1970 (age 53)[1]
Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
EducationDTEA Sr. Secondary School, Lodhi Estate
Occupationdirector, film producer, screenwriter
Spouse(s)Neeta Menon Anand
ChildrenKrish (b.2002)
Vivaansh (b.2012)
Parent(s)R. Rajappan & Shanta Raju
RelativesChitra Raju (Sibling)

Anand Kumar (born: 10 December 1970) is an Indian film director, writer and the founder Anand Kumar Productions pvt ltd. He was born and brought up in Delhi. He started his career in film making with Delhii Heights[2] in 2007 featuring Jimmy Shergill and Neha Dhupia which was produced by Sivaji Productions as their first venture into Mumbai Film Industry. Delhii Heights[3][4] was directed and written by him. His other movies are Jugaad (2009)[5] featuring Manoj Bajpai and Zila Ghaziabad (2013)[4] featuring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vivek Oberoi and Minisha Lamba.

Early life[edit]

Anand Kumar[6][7] was born in a Malayali family in Delhi. His parents did not belong to any creative field whatsoever. His father is a Lawyer in Delhi High Court and mother is a housewife. He received his education from DTEA Sr Secondary School, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. He was a college dropout from MDU Law College, Rohtak. He spent a few years in Hyderabad where he pursued his mass Communication course and thereafter got opportunity to work for various ad films, music, videos and documentaries in Mumbai, Delhi and Chandigarh.

Filmography[edit]

Year Film Role(s)
2007 Delhii Heights[8][9][10] Director, writer
2009 Jugaad[11][12] Director
2013 Zila Ghaziabad[4][4][13][14] Director, writer
2014 Desi Kattey[15][16][17][18][19] Director, producer
2011 Private Number (Regional) (Unreleased) Director
2018 Ek Balti Paani[20] (Short Film) Producer, director

About Anand Kumar Productions[edit]

It works on the process of producing motion pictures, video content for television, social media, corporate promotions, commercials and other media-related fields. AKPPL takes special interest in discovering talented artists be it from theater or televisions, who are independent of major studios, record labels, or other commercial channels of distribution and performances.

In 2014, AKPPL released its first Action based film, Desi Kattey. The film starred Suniel Shetty, Jay Bhanushali, sasha agha, Akhil Kapoor (debutant)and Tia Bajpai received mixed reviews.

The production house is now gearing up for the Biopic of “Bhaichung Bhutia” [21] [22] [23] and an Action Thriller “Meerut Junction” [24] [25].. "


References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Anand Kumar DOB". Nettv4u. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Delhii Heights". Timesofindia. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Delhii Heights". HindustanTimes. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rohit Vats (1 October 2011). "'Zila Ghaziabad' is a true to life story: Anand Kumar". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Jugaad". timesofindia. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Anand Kumar". TimesofIndia. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Anand Kumar". LiveHindustan. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Rajeev Masand. "Feel good movie!". Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "Delhii Heights". IMDB. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Delhii Heights Box Office". boxofficeindia. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  11. ↑ Rajeev Masand. "feel good movie!". IMDb. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  12. ↑ Rajeev Masand. "Jugaad Box Office". Boxofficeindia.
  13. ↑ "Zila Ghaziabad Cast and Crew". Fandango. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Zila Ghaziabad Box Office". boxofficeindia. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Desi Kattey". IMDb. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Desi Kattey Film Review". TimesofIndia. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "Desi Kattey". India.com. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  18. ↑ "Desi Kattey". BollywoodHelpline. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  19. ↑ "Desi Kattey Box Office". boxofficeindia. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  20. ↑ "Ek Balti Paani". IMDb.
  21. ↑ "Anand Kumar Producer". FirstPost. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  22. ↑ "Bhaichung Bhutia". ndtv.
  23. ↑ "Bhaichung Bhutia". hindustantimes.
  24. ↑ "Meerut Junction". koimoi.
  25. ↑ "Meerut Junction". bookmyshow.

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