Anand (actor)

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Anand
Born (1968-02-21) 21 February 1968 (age 56)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India)
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present
Spouse
Poornima
(m. 2009)
Children1

Anand is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films along with a few Kannada films. He has also acted in several Malayalam TV shows.

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The actor's biggest film till date is Mani Ratnam's black comedy film Thiruda Thiruda , but unlike his co-stars of that film, it failed to give him a breakthrough. He has also played second lead roles and supporting characters in several films including Kamal Haasan's Sathya and Vijayakanth's Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran . [1]

Early and personal life

Anand was born in Hyderabad as the youngest of four sons. His father V. S. Bharathi, worked for Brooke Bond India Ltd, and his mother Rajalakshmi is a house wife. His brothers are B. Ramesh, a Vice President of Finance with Times of India , Dr. B. Suresh, a teacher at English Vivekananda College, and Bharat Arun, a former Indian cricketer and now bowling coach for Indian cricket team. Anand also owns a restaurant named Zenzerro in Thiruvananthapuram. [2] [3]

Anand is married to actress Poornima since 2009.

Career

He made his film debut in 1987 with Vanna Kanavugal . [4] [5] He is best known for his works in films such as Sathya (1988), Anbe En Anbe (1988), Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989), Oor Mariyadhai (1992), Thalaivasal (1992), Thiruda Thiruda (1993), screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Enakku 20 Unakku 18 (2003). [6] [7]

Anand also produced and directed a Malayalam short film "Kassu Panam Thuttu Money Money". [2] [3] His recent works as a character actor include hits such as 1: Nenokkadine (2014), Ring Master (2014), Ivan Maryadaraman (2015), Srimanthudu (2015), and Gentleman (2016). [8]

In 2000, the actor was involved in drunk driving hit and run case, where he hit a police officer who had tried to stop him. The police officer, Ramachandran, subsequently died due to his injuries and the actor faced a murder charge. [4] The actor made a financial settlement with the victim's family. [5] Later he was acquitted, and was found innocent.[ citation needed ]

His house in Uthandi, Chennai was burgled in 2008 and the actor cited that it was an "inside job". [8]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1987 Vanna Kanavugal Tamil
1988 Sathya Tamil
Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran Tamil
Anbe En AnbeTamil
Dharma Teja Telugu
Annanagar Mudhal Theru Tamil
Sudhanthira Nattin AdimaigalTamil
1989 Apoorva Sagodharargal Tamil
En KanavarTamil
1990 Nila Penne Tamil
Adhisaya Manithan Tamil
Kadapa RedammaTelugu
Anjali Tamil
1991Master PlanAntonyMalayalam
En Pottukku Sonthakkaran Tamil
Manchi RojuTelugu
Adhikari SarathTamil
1992 Oor Mariyadhai KannanTamil
Thalaivasal SudhakarTamil
Mudhal Kural KumaranTamil
1993 Chinna Mapillai Mythili's husbandTamil
Thiruda Thiruda KadhirTamil
Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam AnandTamil
1994Muthal PayanamTamil
Ammayi KapuramTelugu
1995Kizhakku MalaiTamil
Aunty Telugu
Street FighterTelugu
Khaidi Inspector [9] KumarTelugu
1996 Avathara Purushan AnandTamil
Merupu Telugu
Srikaram ChandramTelugu
Akka Bagunnava ChanduTelugu
Amma Nanna KaavaaliTelugu
Pellaala RajyamGopiTelugu
1998 Kondattam AnandTamil
Sollamale RiyazTamil
Snehithulu VijayTelugu
1999 Ninaivirukkum Varai AravindTamil
Malabar Police AnandTamil
Seenu RiyazTelugu
Unnaruge Naan Irundhal AnandTamil
Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham AnandTamil
2000 Vaanathaippola Tamil
Ennavale AnandTamil
2001 Vande Matharam Kannada
Deevinchandi Telugu
Love Channel AnandTamil
Sri Manjunatha Kannada
Sri Manjunatha Telugu
2002 Red Radha krishnanTamil
Raajjiyam Tamil
2003 Naaga Telugu
Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu Sridhar's brother-in-lawTelugu
Enakku 20 Unakku 18 Sridhar's brother-in-lawTamil
2004Shweta NaguTelugu
2005 The Tiger Sudev Sachidanand IPS — Musafir Malayalam
Thommanum Makkalum KaliyappanMalayalam
Alaiyadikkuthu Tamil
Udayananu Tharam DineshMalayalam
2006 Yes Your Honour DFO Sarath ShettyMalayalam
Vargam SheriffMalayalam
Chacko RandamanMalayalam
Oruvan SI MadhavanMalayalam
2007 Payum Puli RavishankarMalayalam
July 4VincentMalayalam
Inspector Garud SaravananMalayalam
Ali BhaiBhaskaranMalayalam
2008 Aandavan SadashivanMalayalam
2009 Josh Sathya's fatherTelugu
Muthirai Azhagar ThondaimanTamil
2010 Marykkundoru Kunjaadu JohnykuttyMalayalam
Advocate Lakshman Ladies OnlyHaridasMalayalam
Thanthonni Malayalam
The Thriller City Police Commissioner ManmohanMalayalam
Andari Bandhuvaya Telugu
2011 Arjunan Sakshi Malayalam
Christian Brothers RenjithMalayalam
2012 Etho Seithai Ennai NambiTamil
Kunjaliyan Suresh VarmaMalayalam
Ajantha Kannada
Malayalam
My Boss Mathew AbrahamMalayalam
MLA Mani Patham Classum Ghusthiyum Malayalam
2013CaribbeanShiva SubramaniyamMalayalam
Crocodile Love StoryDFOMalayalam
2014 1: Nenokkadine ChandrasekharTelugu
Ring Master RajuMalayalam
2015 Ivan Maryadaraman Indrasimhan
Sooryasimhan
Malayalam
Srimanthudu Meghna's fatherTelugu
365 Days Telugu
2016 Kalyana Vaibhogame Divya's fatherTelugu
Gentleman Ram PrakashTelugu
Aatadukundam Raa Anand RaoTelugu
Oozham KarthikeyanMalayalam
2017 Mister Chai's fatherTelugu
Thikka Madan MohanTelugu
Rangoon DRI Officer Syed NawazuddinTamil
Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi Abhi's fatherTelugu
Villain Dinesh TharakanMalayalam
Yuddham Sharanam Telugu
2018 Savyasachi Telugu
Juvva Telugu
2019 Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy Kumara MallareddyTelugu
Maharshi Ramavaram District CollectorTelugu
Dear Comrade Bobby's fatherTelugu
2020 IIT Krishnamurthy Srinivasa RaoTelugu
Joshua Malayalam
2021 Cold Case Aadhavan PadmanabhanMalayalam
Varudu Kaavalenu Telugu
2023 Paayum Oli Nee Yenakku Tamil
Kolai DCP Tilak VarmaTamil
2024 Siddharth Roy Telugu

Television

yearTitleNetworkLanguage
1998Peyarai Solla Vaa Sun TV Tamil
2000Nippulanti Nijam ETV Telugu
2001Sigaram Sun TV Tamil
Soolam
2004Aalipazham Surya TV Malayalam
2005 Kadamattathu Kathanar Asianet
2006Ezham Kadalinakkare
2007 Swami Ayyappan
2010–2012 Idhayam Sun TV Tamil
2011Devimahatmyam Asianet Malayalam
Sabarimala Shridharma Shastha
2012Veera Marthandavarma Surya TV
Dost Kairali TV
2015Spandanam Surya TV
7 Raatrikal Asianet
2016–2017 Kayamkulam Kochunniyude Makan Surya TV
2018Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo ETV Telugu
2020–2021 Ammayariyathe Asianet Malayalam
2020–2023 Anbe Vaa Sun TV Tamil
2021 Kannana Kanne
Rudramadevi Star Maa Telugu

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