Anand Kumar (director)

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.^[2][3] His other movies are Jugaad (2009)^[4] featuring Manoj Bajpai, and Zila Ghaziabad (2013)^[5] featuring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vivek Oberoi and Minisha Lamba.

Anand Kumar
Born	(1970-12-10) 10 December 1970 (age 54)[1] Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	DTEA Sr. Secondary School, Lodhi Estate
Occupation(s)	director, film producer, screenwriter
Spouse	Neeta Menon Anand
Children	Krish (b.2002) Vivaansh (b.2012)
Parent(s)	R. Rajappan & Shanta Raju
Relatives	Chitra Raju (Sibling)

Early life

Anand Kumar^[6][7] 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

Year	Film	Role(s)
2007	Delhii Heights[8][9][10]	Director, writer
2009	Jugaad[11][12]	Director
2013	Zila Ghaziabad[5][13][14]	Director, writer
2014	Desi Kattey[15][16][17][18][19]	Director, producer
2011	Private Number (Regional) (Unreleased)	Director
2018	Ek Balti Paani[20] (Short Film)	Producer, director

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^[21][22][23] and a thriller, Meerut Junction.^[24][25]