Anand Sai

Anand Sai (Telugu: ఆనంద్ సాయి) is an art director in South Indian cinema. He received a state award by Tamil Nadu for his work in the movie New. Sai was born in Kaviti in Andhra Pradesh; his father came to Madras in 1950 to be an art director in film industry.^[1]

Anand Sai
ఆనంద్ సాయి
Born	Parlakimidi
Education	Interior Design
Occupation	Art Director
Spouse	Vasuki Anand
Children	2
Father	B. Chalam

Education and career

Sai studied interior design in Chennai and worked in event management for a while before getting into the film industry. Since then he has worked in over 50 movies. In his first movie he recreated the Taj Mahal on the seashore for Pawan Kalyan's Tholi Prema.

Sai has worked on sets for several movies. This has translated into wedding sets designed for leading business houses and stars of Telugu cinema.

All the sets he designs are constructed in accordance with vaastu as he feels more comfortable if they are done that way. He also suggests the lighting scheme for his sets and discusses with the cinematographer to enhance the quality of the output. He has also forayed into advertisements, with Pepsi, Amruthanjan, Fair and Lovely. He received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Art Director for his work in the movie New.

He is the chief architect for the Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Yadadri temple near Bhuvanagiri, Telangana. He has been working full time on the project since 2016. The designs comply with Agama Shastra.^[2]

Personal life

Anand Sai is married to actress Vasuki Anand,^[3] who acted in a supporting role in Pawan Kalyan's movie 'Tholi Prema' as Pawan Kalyan's sister and Ramany vs Ramany.^[4] They have two children.

Partial filmography

• Tholi Prema (1998)
• Naani (2004)
• New (2004; Tamil)
• Gudumba Shankar (2004)
• Balu (2005)
• Sainikudu (2006)
• Yamadonga (2007)
• Komaram Puli (2010)
• Brindavanam (2010)