Anand Pandit

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Anand Pandit
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Born1963 (age 6061)
India
Occupations
Years active2000–present
OrganizationAnand Pandit Motion Pictures
Known for Kabzaa (2023)
Thank God (2022)
Chehre (2021)
The Big Bull (2021)
Total Dhamaal (2019)
Missing (2018)

Anand Pandit (born 1963) is an Indian film producer, film distributor and real estate developer. He owns sri Anand Pandit ji Motion Pictures is an Indian film a film studio that produces and distributes Bollywood films such as Total Dhamaal (2019), Missing (2018), Sarkar 3 (2018), and Great Grand Masti (2016). Recently, Anand Pandit has also produced a Gujarati film Fakt Mahilao Maate (2022) that did extremely well at the Box office. He has also produced several other films, including Thank God (2022), The Big Bull (2021) [1] and Chehre (2021). He is the founder of Lotus Developers, which develops high-end real estate in Mumbai, Maharashtra. [2] [3]

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Career

Pandit entered the media and film industry in 2000 and has produced, distributed and financed multiple Bollywood films. [4]

Anand Pandit has three films lined up for release in August 2023, Gujrati film Tron Ekka releasing on 18 August 2023, [5] Hindi film Love-All on 25 August 2023 and Marathi film Baap Manus also on 25 August 2023. [6]

Producer Anand Pandit forays into the South Indian industry with Kannada film Kabzaa which will be released in Hindi (dubbed) as Underworld Ka Kabzaa. [7] The film will hit the screens in Hindi as well as the four South Indian languages on March 17, 2023. [8]

In 2022, Anand Pandit co-produced a blockbuster Gujrati film Fakt Mahilao Maate. He was a distributor for Doctor G and produced Thank God. His Marathi film Victoria, released on 16 December 2022 and shooting has begun for his next Marathi film, Baap Maanus starring Pushkar Jog and Anusha Dandekar. In March, 2022 Pandit also announced his upcoming film Bal Shivaji, directed by Ravi Jadhav. Anand Pandit is also producing Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, a film based on the life of Veer Savarkar, starring Randeep Hooda which is slated to release on 26 May 2023.

In 2020 and 2021, Pandit had two films release the same day The Big Bull on Disney+ Hotstar and Well Done Baby, a Marathi film on Amazon Prime Video. His most recent film as a producer is titled Chehre . The film had been postponed for theatrical release several times due to COVID-19 pandemic and was released on 27 August 2021 in theaters. [9]

Anand Pandit Motion Pictures (2015–present)

Anand Pandit Motion Pictures was founded in 2015. It mainly produces and distributes films. Here is a list of the films.

TitleYearRole
Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 2015Distributor
Great Grand Masti 2016Producer
Days of Tafree 2016Producer
Sarkar 3 2017Producer
Guest iin London 2017Co-producer
Baazaar 2018Distributor
Missing 2018Producer
Satyameva Jayate 2018Distributor
Total Dhamaal 2019Producer
PM Narendra Modi 2019Producer
Section 375 2019Distributor
Khandaani Shafakhana 2019Distributor
TI & TI2019Producer and distributor
Well Done Baby 2021Producer
The Big Bull 2021Producer
Chehre 2021Producer
Fakt Mahilao Maate 2022Producer
Doctor G 2022Distributor
Thank God 2022Producer
Drishyam 2 2022Presenter
Kabzaa 2023Producer, Distributor and Presenter
2018 2023Producer
1920: Horrors of the Heart 2023Presenter
3 Ekka 2023Producer
Love All 2023Presenter
Haunted - Ghost of Past2023Producer and Presenter
Baap Manus 2023Producer
Swatantrya Veer Savarkar 2023Producer
Aisa Pehli Baar Hua Hai!2024Producer
Musafiraa 2024Producer

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