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Siddharth Anand

Indian filmmaker (born 1978) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Siddharth Anand
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Siddharth Raj Anand is an Indian filmmaker. He is the grandson of screenwriter Inder Raj Anand and is primarily known for his work with Yash Raj Films. He first became known for directing the successful romantic comedies Salaam Namaste (2005), Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) and Anjaana Anjaani (2010). Siddharth then established himself as a leading action filmmaker with Bang Bang! (2014) and the YRF Spy Universe films: War (2019) and Pathaan (2023). These films rank among the highest-grossing Hindi films.[1]

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In 2021, Anand launched his own production company called Marflix. Its first release was the aerial action film Fighter (2024). The film was a major box office success.

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Early and personal life

Anand's father is Bittu Anand, the producer of the vigilante action film Shahenshah (1988).[2] His paternal grandfather is writer Inder Raj Anand and uncle is actor Tinnu Anand.[3] He is married to Mamta Anand (née Bhatia) and has a son, Ranveer.[4] Along with his wife, he owns and runs a production house called Marflix Pictures.[5]

Career

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Continuing in the YRF Spy Universe, Anand's seventh film was the action thriller Pathaan (2023), starring Shah Rukh Khan, Padukone and John Abraham. This film marked Khan's comeback after a four-year hiatus.[6]

Anand is the only Hindi film director with five 50+ crore net box office days and five 100+ crore worldwide gross box office days. Pathaan established a Bollywood opening day record of over 57 crores net domestically and over 106 crores worldwide. The film earned over 543 crores net domestically and over 1058 Crores worldwide and thus respectively entered the 500 Crore Club in India/Bollywood and the 1000 Crore Club Worldwide.[7][8]

Anand then started his own production house, Marflix, and directed its debut film Fighter (2024), an aerial action film, starring Padukone, Roshan and Anil Kapoor. The film serves as the first in a planned aerial action franchise.[9][10] He is set to take his production venture ahead with King, which will reportedly feature Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Suhana Khan, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Jaideep Ahlawat, Tara Sharma, Abhay Verma and Akshay Oberoi which was originally supposed to be directed by Sujoy Ghosh, but now he has taken over director duties after Ghosh decided to step down.[11][12]

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