Anand Kumar (director)
{{short description| Indian film director (born 1970)}}
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| name = Anand Kumar
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|12|10}}{{cite web | url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/director/anand-kumar | title=Anand Kumar DOB |website= Nettv4u | accessdate=12 September 2014}}
| birth_place = Delhi, India
| nationality = Indian
| education = DTEA Sr. Secondary School, Lodhi Estate
| spouse = Neeta Menon Anand
| children = Krish (b.2002)
Vivaansh (b.2012)
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| parents = R. Rajappan & Shanta Raju
| relatives = Chitra Raju (Sibling)
| occupation = director, film producer, screenwriter
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Anand Kumar (born 10 December 1970) is an Indian film director, writer and producer. He was born and brought up in Delhi. He started his career in film making by directing Delhii Heights in 2007.{{cite web |title=Delhii Heights |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/delhii-heights/movie-review/1835644.cms |accessdate=12 September 2014 |website=Timesofindia}}{{Citation |last=Kumar |first=Anand |title=Delhii Heights |date=2007-03-30 |type=Drama, Romance |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0989633 |access-date=2025-04-10 |others=Jimmy Shergill, Neha Dhupia, Manoj Bakshi |publisher=Sivaji Productions}} His other movies are Jugaad (2009){{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Jugaad/movie-review/4126165.cms | title=Jugaad |website= timesofindia | accessdate=12 September 2014}} featuring Manoj Bajpai, and Zila Ghaziabad (2013) featuring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vivek Oberoi and Minisha Lamba.
Early life
Anand Kumar{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Anand-Kumar/ | title=Anand Kumar |website= TimesofIndia | accessdate=12 September 2014}}{{cite web | url=https://www.livehindustan.com/tags/director-anand-kumar | title=Anand Kumar |website= LiveHindustan | accessdate=12 September 2014}} was born in a Malayali family in Delhi. 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 a mass communication course and thereafter got the opportunity to work for various ad films, music, videos and documentaries in Mumbai, Delhi and Chandigarh.
Filmography
Production company
Kumar's company, Anand Kumar Productions, makes films as well as video content for television, social media, corporate promotions and commercials.
In 2014, it released its first action film, Desi Kattey, to mixed reviews. It is planning a biopic of the footballer Bhaichung Bhutia{{cite web | url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bhaichung-bhutia-biopic-in-works-zila-ghaziabad-director-anand-kumar-to-turn-producer-5547761.html | title=Anand Kumar Producer |website= FirstPost| accessdate=12 September 2014}}{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tiger-shroff-might-play-footballer-bhaichung-bhutia-in-biopic-report-2038101# | title=Bhaichung Bhutia |website= ndtv}}{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/bhaichung-bhutia-doesn-t-want-a-masala-biopic/story-h53R3mKsnNPsuwYwDrNb4L.html | title=Bhaichung Bhutia |website= hindustantimes}} and a thriller, Meerut Junction.{{cite web | url=https://www.koimoi.com/tag/meerut-junction-movie/ | title=Meerut Junction |website= koimoi}}{{cite web | url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/bengaluru/movies/meerut-junction/IEMV090443 | title=Meerut Junction |website= bookmyshow}}
References
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External links
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Category:Film directors from Delhi
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