Mahesh Anand

Mahesh Anand (13 August 1961 – 9 February 2019) was an Indian actor, dancer and martial artist who primarily worked in Hindi and Telugu films.^[1] He is remembered for playing villainous roles in Hindi films.^[2] He was a black belt in Karate and was a model and a trained dancer before he started acting. His debut movie was Karishmaa 1984 while his last on-screen appearance was in the 2019 comedy-drama Rangeela Raja.^[3] Before acting in Karishmaa he performed for the opening sequence of Sanam Teri Kasam 1982 with his dance in silhouette.

Mahesh Anand
Born	(1961-08-13)13 August 1961 India
Died	9 February 2019 (2019-02-10) (aged 57) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Meeshi Mashy Anand
Occupations	Actor dancer martial artist
Years active	1982–2019
Spouse(s)	Barkha Roy ​ (divorced)​ Erica D'Souza ​ ​ (m. 1987, divorced)​ Madhu Malhotra ​ ​ (m. 1992, divorced)​ Usha Bachani ​ ​ (m. 2000; div. 2002)​ Lana ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	Trishul Anand (son) (born 1989)

Filmography

Hindi

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1982	Sanam Teri Kasam	Title dancer
1984	Karishmaa	Dev
1985	Bhavani Junction	Kundan
1986	Sasti Dulhan Mahenga Dulha	Shankar (Leading Role)
1987	Insaaf	Michael Fernandes
1988	Shahenshah	Local goon
	Sone Pe Suhaaga	Robert
	Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati	Shakta
	Kabzaa
1989	Hathyar	Afzal
	Ilaaka	Sami's son
	Mahaadev
	Sikka	George
	Mujrim	Raja
	Toofan	Daku Zaalim Singh
	Shehzaade	Thakur
	Aag Ka Gola	Mahesh
1990	Pathar Ke Insan
	Khatarnaak	Mahesh
	Majboor	Sangraam
	Ghar Ho To Aisa	Roadside Rowdy Goon
	Swarg	Guru
	Jungle Love	Dr. Pinto
	Jurm	Durjan
	Thanedaar	Mangal
1991	Khilaaf	Kunwer Bhanupratap Chauhan
	Pratikar	Naagraj
	Trinetra	Franco
	Indrajeet	Mahesh Sadachari
	Kasam Kali Ki[4]	Thakur S.P. Singh
	Akayla	Ranjeet
	Dancer	Brij Bhushan's henchman
1992	Lambu Dada	Bhushan
	Muskurahat	K. C.
	Nishchaiy	Joseph Lobo
	Zulm Ki Hukumat
	Vishwatma	Rajnath
1993	Waqt Hamara Hai	Major in Col Chikara Gang
	Kundan[5]	Pinto
	Gumrah	Tiger (Opposition fighter in the Ring at Hong Kong)
	Game	Afzal Khan
	Sir	Jimmy's henchman
	Tahqiqaat	Vikram
1994	Pathreela Raasta	Munna
	Khuddar	Babujaan
	Andaz	Chotey
	Krantiveer	Vaisiram
	Betaaj Badshah[6]	Rama Swamy
1995	Coolie No. 1	Gajendra's son
	Jawab	Leader of Bank Robbers
1996	Muqadama	Balbira
	Vishwasghaat	Babu Seth
	Vijeta	George
	Zordaar	Jackal
	Hum Hain Premi
	Shohrat
1997	Lahu Ke Do Rang	Tinnu Shikari
1998	Zulm-O-Sitam	Banjara
1999	Aaya Toofan	Colonel Gaddafi
	Lal Baadshah	Narayan Singh
2000	Baaghi	Chhottey
	Kurukshetra	Anna Pillai
2003	Ek Aur Ek Gyarah	Captain Mahesh
2005	Ssukh	Advocate Khalil Sheikh
2019	Rangeela Raja

Telugu

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Lankeswarudu	Mahesh
1991	Ramudu Kadhu Rakshasudu	Mahesh
1994	S. P. Parasuram	Kapali
	Number One
	Top Hero	Jala Rakshasudu
	Bobbili Simham	Rowdy
	Yes Nenante Nene[7]	Billa
1995	Alluda Majaka
	Super Mogudu[8]	Santhamurthy
	Gharana Bullodu	Bhagvan
	Telugu Veera Levara	Tiger
1996	Jagadeka Veerudu	Durjaya
	Sampradayam[9]	Bangaru Raju
	Puttinti Gowravam[10]	Anand
1998	Auto Driver	Surya
2005	Balu	Das Anna

Malayalam

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	Abhimanyu	Amar Bakhia
1992	Oottyppattanam	Dharmaraj
1999	The Godman	John Britto
2001	Praja	Raman Naik

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Veera	Harichandra
	Periya Marudhu	Sivasankaran
1996	Sivasakthi	Marc Zuber Anthony

Kannada

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Cheluva[11]	Raghuram

Death

On 9 February 2019,^[12] his maid failed to get any response from him after ringing the bell of his residence many times. She then immediately informed his sister who came there with Versova Police. Anand was found dead, sitting on a sofa and a bottle of alcohol & a food plate was found lying on a table beside him.