Akshay Anand

Akshay Anand
Born	John Gardner Delhi, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Roma Gardner

John Gardner, known professionally as Akshay Anand is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Hindi films and television. ^{[1] [2]}

Early life and career

Anand was born as John Gardner and he assumed the name Akshay inspired by his character in his television debut Indradhanush . The name Anand had been given to him by his mentor, actor and director Dev Anand, during his association with Dev Anand while filming Hum Naujawan . He studied economics at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai before getting into acting. ^[3]

His television debut was made in 1989 with the 13-episode TV series Indradhanush ^{[ citation needed ]} which was based on time travel.

He also mentors at his acting academy, Akshay Anand Acting Academy. ^[4] He is also active as producer and director for various web series under the banner Akshay Anand Academy Production.

Filmography

Films

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1985	Hum Naujawan	Johnny Gardner	Uncredited
1991	Do Pal
1992	Umar 55 Ki Dil Bachpan Ka
1993	Pyaar Ka Tarana
1996	Hahakaar	Rakesh
1996	Aur Ek Prem Kahani	Govindram Dinanath Vijaykumar Shastri
1996	Spotboy
1996	Indraprastham	Kiran Verma	Malayalam film
1997	Tamanna	Jugal Chopra
1997	Daava	Suraj
1997	Abhaas
1997	America America	Shashank	Kannada film
1998	Zakhm	Anand
1998	Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan	David Rathod / Jo Jo Vaswani
1998	Ghulam	Harihar Mafatlal
2000	Aaghaaz	Harish Patel
2002	23rd March 1931: Shaheed	Ram Prasad Bismil
2004	Agnipankh	Flight Engineer [5]
2004	Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai	Raj Chaudhry
2011	Ladies vs Ricky Bahl	Raina's colleague
2012	Student Of The Year	Dharmraj Singh
2018	Jaane Kyun De Yaaron	Ajay Suryavanshi
2019	Cabaret	Victor (Roza's manager)
2020	Sadak 2	John
2024	A Wedding Story
2025	Azaad	Biru

Television

Year	Serial	Role
1989	Indradhanush	Balachandran "Bala" Krishnamurthy
1995-2001	Aahat
1997–1998	Chattaan	Ajay Raj
1998	Teacher	Jatin
1997–1998	Saturday Suspense	Arvind Khanna (Episode 1)
		Inspector Avinash (Episode 9)
		Inspector Avinash (Episode 36)
		Inspector Avinash (Episode 58)
1997–1999	Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai
1999	Gubbare
	Zee Horror Show
	Rishtey	Anand (Episode 52)
		Sameer (Episode 55)
		Avinash (Episode 79)
	Suspense Hour	Abhishek (Abhi) Upadhyay (Episode 1)
		Rahul Verma (Episode 12)
2000–2001	Saamne Wali Khidki	Amit
2000–2001	Choodiyan	Meghna's Lover
2001–2002	Choti Maa - Ek Anokha Bandhan	Raghu
2002–2003	Achanak 37 Saal Baad	Rahul's Father
2002–2006	Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani	Anil Shourey
2004	Krishna Arjun	Raj Malhotra / Aseem Bose (Episode 98 & Episode 99)
	Raat Hone Ko Hai	Anil (Episode 13 – Episode 16)
2004–2005	Chi and Me [6]	Rahul Saxena
	Baal Baal Bacche	Akshay
2005	Kehta Hai Dil	S.P. Adityapratap Singh
2005–2006	Kkavyanjali	Aman Kapoor
2005–2009	Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar	Brijesh Singh
2006-2007	Dil Se Door Dil Ke Paas	Pranav
2007	Viraasat	Rohan Lamba
2007–2009	Babul Ki Bitiya Chali Doli Saja Ke	Vikram Kapoor
2008	Neelanjana	Rohit
2009	Basera	Aatish
2010–2011	Kaali- Ek Agnipariksha	Amar
2011	Behenein	Jay Mehta
2011–2012	Beend Banoongaa Ghodi Chadhunga	Mr. Poddar
2012–2013	Suvreen Guggal - Topper Of The Year	Baldev Guggal [7]
2014–2015	Balika Vadhu	Anup Shekhar
2015–2016	Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani	Kunwar Chandravardhan Singh Deo[ citation needed ]
2017	Kya Qusoor Hai Amala Ka?	Advocate Viren Asthana
	Saam Daam Dand Bhed	Prabhat Namdhari
2020–2021	Ek Duje Ke Vaaste 2	Devraj Malhotra
2022	Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul	Sultan Shah Zuhaid
2023	Vanshaj	Premraj "Prem" Mahajan
2024	Jubilee Talkies
2024–2025	Megha Barsenge	Surinder Khurana
2025	Chakravarti Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan	Jagaddeva

References

1. Ganesh, Deepa (2 March 2017). "Akshay Anand's love for the mridangam is obvious in his playing". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 17 May 2025.
2. "Akshay Anand: I rue the fact that I didn't market myself properly". The Times of India. 28 February 2020. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 17 May 2025.
3. Maheshwri, Neha. "Akshay Anand: I rue the fact that I didn't market myself properly - Times of India". The Times of India.
4. "Akshay Anand Acting Academy". Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
5. "'Agnipankh' was originally shot as a TV serial!". glamsham.com. 3 December 2003. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
6. "Zee launches kiddie daily 'Chi and me' on Monday". 11 November 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2004.
7. "Channel [v] launches new show 'Topper of the year: Suvreen Guggal'". bestmediainfo.com. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

External links

• Akshay Anand at IMDb