Famous People with Name Anand

Chetan Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Chetan Anand: was an acclaimed Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose debut film, Neecha Nagar, bagged the Palme d'Or (Best Film) award, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946.In the early 1940s, while he was teaching History, he wrote a film script on king Ashoka, which he went on to show to director, Phani Majumdar in Bombay, but not before his failed attempt to qualify, the Indian Civil Service (ICS) exams, in London. As luck would have it, Phani Majumdar, instead cast him, as a lead in his Hindi film, Rajkumar, released in 1944. He also became associated with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) in Bombay.

Deepak Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Deepak Anand: a Bollywood film director and film editor.He directed films such as Tum Se Achcha Kaun Hai in 2002.He got primary knowledge in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (Sant Ravi Das Nagar). He got Bachelors degree in Botany honors from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, in year 2005. He moved to Goa for Mater in Science in Marine Biotechnology where he was entitled for scholarship form Jawaharlal Neharu University(2005-07). He was interested in biological research and finally he qualified the Indian Institute of Science and get enrolled for Ph.D in July 2007.

Vijay Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vijay Anand: was an Indian filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor, and actor, who is known for acclaimed films like Guide (1965) and Johnny Mera Naam (1970) [1].Vijay Anand was born in Gurdaspur, Punjab and was the youngest of the four Anand siblings, including producer and director Chetan Anand and Dev Anand, a very popular Bollywood actor.Though Vijay Anand has had a career as an actor, screenwriter, editor, and producer, he will primarily be remembered as a director. In 1957, he made his directorial debut with Nau Do Gyarah, which he shot in 40 days [2].

Nikita Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Nikita Anand: was born in the Punjabi-speaking Anand family in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, in 1983. Her dad is Brigadier S.S. Anand, a doctor in the Indian Army; his frequent transfers led to Nikita studying in different schools (St. Mary's Pune, Maharashtra; Bishop Cottons, Ranchi, Jharkhand; Cathedral and John Connon, Bombay; NIFT, Delhi).

Amrik Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Amrik Anand: was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played for Southern Punjab. He was born in Rawalpindi. Anand made his debut for the team during the 1963-64 Ranji Trophy, against Delhi.