Tinnu Anand

Tinu Anand (born Virender Raj Anand, 12 October 1945) is an Indian actor, director, writer and producer in Hindi cinema and a few Telugu and Tamil films.

Tinnu Anand
Anand in 2011
Born	Virender Raj Anand (1945-10-12) 12 October 1945 (age 79) Bombay, Bombay Province, British India
Alma mater	Mayo College
Occupations	Actor director writer producer
Notable work	Shahenshah Kaalia Nayakan Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire Anji (film)
Spouse	Shahnaz Anand
Children	2 (Isha Anand & Diksha Anand)
Father	Inder Raj Anand
Relatives	Siddharth Anand (nephew) Agha (father-in-Law) Jalal Agha (brother-in-law)

Early life

He is the son of veteran writer Inder Raj Anand, brother of producer Bittu Anand and uncle of director Siddharth Anand. He did his schooling from Mayo College in India. He is married to Shahnaz, daughter of veteran actor Agha.

Career

His father, Inder Raj Anand, was a well-known writer in the film industry, but he did not want Tinnu, or his younger brother Bittu, to enter this industry. In the words of Tinnu Anand: "..when I told him I wanted to direct films, he was very upset. Ultimately, though, he saw that I didn't want to do anything else. So he sent me to the best school – the Satyajit Ray School. Mr. Ray and my father were friends, so my father asked him to take me under his wing."

Tinnu had been given a role in K. Abbas' film Saat Hindustani when.. "In the evening, I was given the dirty job of offering Amitabh Rs.5000 for the entire film, whether it took a year or five.. Amitabh reluctantly agreed as he was desperate to act. He got the role of the poet's friend in Saat Hindustani. When my father got the letter from Satyajit Ray saying I could work with him, I had to give up Saat Hindustani. So I left for Calcutta and Amitabh got the role of the poet that I was supposed to play.

(on working with actors who consistently show up quite late and put in only a few hours) "I give all the credit to Veeru (Devgan) who taught me how to unlearn what I had learnt. He told me that if you have to survive in this industry with actors like these, you should learn how to shoot a film when the actor's not there!" and: "I felt very proud when I showed Amitabh a scene between him and Amjad Khan in a dubbing studio one day. He was shocked and said 'But I never shot with Amjad'".^[1]

Anand also worked as an assistant director to Satyajit Ray for five years, in Bengali films, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969), Aranyer Din Ratri (1970), Pratidwandi (1970), Seemabaddha (1971) to Ashani Sanket (1973).^[2]

Anand portrayed an important role in Ghajini in 2008.^[3][4] In an interview, Tinu Anand spoke about his early days and also praised Amitabh Bachchan for his generosity.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Film	Notes
Director
1979	Duniya Meri Jeb Mein
1981	Kaalia
1984	Yeh Ishq Nahin Aasaan
1988	Shahenshah
1989	Main Azaad Hoon
1991	Jeena Teri Gali Mein
1998	Major Saab
2003	Ek Hindustani	Unreleased
Assistant Director
1969	Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
1970	Aranyer Din Ratri
	Pratidwandi
1971	Seemabaddha
1973	Ashani Sanket

As actor

Hindi films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Dayavan
1990	Agneepath	Nathu
1992	Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana	Dayal
	Chamatkar	Kunta
	Police Officer	Ram Kishan Verma
	Khiladi
1993	Damini	Shekhar's maternal uncle
	Kohra[6]	Peter Gonsalves
	Krishan Avtaar
	Chandra Mukhi
1994	Anjaam	Mohanlal
	Fauj[7]	Inspector Ramlakhan Yadav
	Stuntman
	Krantiveer
1995	Ram Jaane
1995	Trimurti
1996	Ghatak	Inspector
	Krishna	Kobra
	Masoom	Mama
	Army	Pancham
	Papi Gudia	A Yadav / Ahulwalia Inspector in Doll Jail	Special Appearance
	Halo
	Diljale
1997	Ek Phool Teen Kante
1998	Share Bazaar
	Miss 420
	Kabhi Na Kabhi
	China Gate
	Saat Rang Ke Sapne
2000	Hadh Kar Di Aapne
	Gang
2001	Lajja	Purushotam
	Chhupa Rustam
2002	Saathiya	Building Owner
	Annarth	Dayal Bhai
	Shararat
2003	Tumse Milke Wrong Number
2004	Paisa Vasool
	Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...	Sandeep Malhotra
2005	Bluffmaster!	Parimal Bajaj
2006	Hindustan
2007	Kahiin To Hoga	Mr. Ahluwalia	TV series
	Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love	Babu
2008	Wafa: A Deadly Love Story
	Ugly Aur Pagli	Mallika's Father
	Ghajini	Satveer Kohli (Kalpana's Boss)
2009	De Dana Dan	Himanshu Kakkar
	Victory	Vedpal (Coach)
2010	Khatta Meetha	Driver
	Dabangg	Shastri Master
2011	Monica	Assem Ray
2012	Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya	Bhatti
2012	Dabangg 2	Shastri Master
2013	Rabba Main Kya Karoon
	Club 60
	Phata Poster Nikhla Hero	Director
2014	Hasee Toh Phasee	Mukesh Adnani
2015	Aisa Yeh Jahaan	Director
2019	Saaho	Prithvi Raj
2021	Uma	TBA	Unreleased
2022	Janhit Mein Jaari
2024	Merry Christmas	Yadhoom Uncle
2025	Crazxy	Gurudutt Prasad
	Dil Dosti Aur Dogs	Counsellor

Other language films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1987	Pushpak	killer	Silent
	Nayakan	Ajith Kelkar	Tamil
1991	Aditya 369	Prof. Ramdas	Telugu
1994	Bombay	Sakthi Samaj Head	Tamil
1995	Emergency		Kannada
	Ghatotkachudu	Scientist	Telugu
1996	Kaalapani	Ram Lakhan	Malayalam
2004	Anji	Bhatia	Telugu
2007	Framed	Professor	English
2010	Gorosthaney Sabdhan	Marcus Goodwin	Bengali
2011	Gosainbaganer Bhoot	Manmatha Ukil	Bengali
2015	Puli	Sage	Tamil
2019	Saaho	Prithvi Raj	Telugu
2022	Sita Ramam	Anand Mehta	Telugu
2023	Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire	Gaikwad alias "Baba"	Telugu
2024	Lucky Baskhar	Rajbir Lokhande	Telugu
2025	Good Bad Ugly	Mastaan Bhai	Tamil