Siddharth Anand

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]

Siddharth Raj Anand
Born	(1978-07-31) 31 July 1978 (age 46) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Film director screenwriter producer
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Mamta Bhatia
Children	1

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.

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

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]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Producers
2004	Hum Tum	No	Yes	Executive	Co-wrote screenplay with Kunal Kohli	Yash Raj Films
2005	Salaam Namaste	Yes	Yes	No
2007	Ta Ra Rum Pum	Yes	Story	No
2008	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Yes	No	No
2010	Anjaana Anjaani	Yes	Yes	No	Co-wrote screenplay with Advaita Kala[13]	Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
2014	Bang Bang!	Yes	Story Adaptation	No	Official remake of Knight and Day[14]	Fox Star Studios
2019	War	Yes	Yes	No	Co-wrote story with Aditya Chopra. Co-wrote screenplay with Shridhar Raghavan. Third installment in the YRF Spy Universe.[15]	Yash Raj Films
2023	Pathaan	Yes	Story	No	Fourth installment in the YRF Spy Universe[16]
2024	Fighter	Yes	Story	Yes	Co-wrote story with Ramon Chibb. First installment in the Fighter franchise.[17]	Viacom18 Studios Marflix Pictures
2025	Jewel Thief	No	No	Yes	Directed by Kookie Gulati & Robbie Grewal	Netflix Marflix Pictures
2026	King	Yes	No	Yes		Red Chillies Entertainment Marflix Pictures

As assistant director

• Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi (2001)
• Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (2002)
• Hum Tum (2004)

Television

Year	Title	Writer	Producer	Notes
2020	Flesh	Story	Yes	8 Episodes

Awards and nominations

List of Siddharth Anand awards and nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
Filmfare Awards
2020	Best Director	War	Nominated
2024		Pathaan	Nominated
	Best Story		Nominated