Tinnu Anand

Indian actor, writer and director (b. 1945)

Inder Raj Anand (father)

RelativesSiddharth Anand (nephew)
Agha (father-in-Law)
Jalal Agha (brother-in-law)

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.

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. Inder Raj Anand would say that it was not the place for them. 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
Assistant Director
1969	Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
1970	Aranyer Din Ratri
1971	Seemabaddha
1973	Ashani Sanket
1979	Pratidwandi

As actor


Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1987	Pushpak		Silent
1987	Nayakan		Tamil
1988	Dayavan		Hindi
1990	Agneepath	Nathu	Hindi
1991	Aditya 369		Telugu
1992	Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana	Dayal	Hindi
1992	Chamatkar	Kunta	Hindi
1992	Police Officer	Ram Kishan Verma	Hindi
1992	Khiladi		Hindi
1993	Damini	Mama Ji	Hindi
1993	Krishan Avtaar		Hindi
1993	Chandra Mukhi		Hindi
1994	Anjaam	Mohanlal	Hindi
1994	Stuntman		Hindi
1994	Krantiveer		Hindi
1994	Bombay		Tamil
1995	Ram Jaane		Hindi
1995	Trimurti		Hindi
1995	Emergency		Kannada
1995	Ghatotkachudu		Telugu
1996	Ghatak	Inspector	Hindi
1996	Krishna	Kobra	Hindi
1996	Masoom	Mama	Hindi
1996	Army	Pancham	Hindi
1996	Papi Gudia	Special Appearance A Yadav / Ahulwalia Inspector in Doll Jail	Hindi
1996	Halo		Hindi
1996	Diljale		Hindi
1996	Kaalapani		Malayalam
1997	Ek Phool Teen Kante		Hindi
1998	Share Bazaar		Hindi
1998	Miss 420		Hindi
1998	Kabhi Na Kabhi		Hindi
1998	China Gate		Hindi
1998	Saat Rang Ke Sapne		Hindi
2000	Hadh Kar Di Aapne		Hindi
2000	Gang		Hindi
2001	Lajja	Purushotam	Hindi
2001	Chhupa Rustam		Hindi
2002	Saathiya	Building Owner	Hindi
2002	Annarth	Dayal Bhai	Hindi
2002	Shararat		Hindi
2003	Tumse Milke Wrong Number		Hindi
2004	Paisa Vasool		Hindi
2004	Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...		Hindi
2004	Anji	Bhatia	Telugu
2005	Bluffmaster!		Hindi
2006	Hindustan		Hindi
2007	Kahiin To Hoga	Mr. Ahluwalia	Hindi	TV
2007	Laaga Chunari Mein Daag		Hindi
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love	Babu	Hindi
2008	Wafa: A Deadly Love Story		Hindi
2008	Ugly Aur Pagli	Mallika's Father	Hindi
2008	Ghajini	Satveer Kohli (Kalpana's Boss)	Hindi
2009	De Dana Dan	Mr. Kakkad (Katrina's father)	Hindi
2009	Victory	Vedpal (Harman Baweja's Coach)	Hindi
2010	Gorosthaney Sabdhan	Marcus Goodwin	Bengali
2010	Khatta Meetha	Driver	Hindi
2010	Dabangg	Shastri Master	Hindi
2011	Gosainbaganer Bhoot		Bengali
2011	Monica	Assem Ray	Hindi
2012	Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya	Bhatti	Hindi
2012	Dabangg 2	Shastri Master	Hindi
2013	Rabba Main Kya Karoon		Hindi
2013	Club 60		Hindi
2013	Phata Poster Nikhla Hero	Director	Hindi
2014	Hasee Toh Phasee	Mukesh Adnani	Hindi
2015	Puli		Tamil
2015	Aisa Yeh Jahaan	Director	Hindi
2019	Saaho	Prithvi Raj	Telugu, Hindi
2022	Janhit Mein Jaari		Hindi
2022	Sita Ramam	Anand Mehta	Telugu
2023	Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire	Gaikwad alias "Baba"	Telugu

References

^ N, Patcy. "I was given the dirty job of offering Amitabh Rs. 5000 for the entire film". Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ "Working with Satyajit Ray Was One of the Joys of Producing Shatranj Ke Khiladi". The Wire. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ Tinnu Anand Archived 20 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Rediff.com.
^ From Amitabh to Aamir, the show goes on... Archived 21 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine, The Hindu, 23 September 2002.
^ Amitabh Archived 14 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Rediff.com.