Mukul S. Anand (11 October 1951 – 7 September 1997) was an Indian film director and producer. He was the nephew of veteran film scriptwriter Inder Raj Anand and cousin of actor and director Tinnu Anand.[1][2]
Mukul S. Anand | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1951 |
| Died | 7 September 1997 (aged 45) |
| Occupation | film director |
| Spouse | Anita |
| Children | Mikhail, Alishka |
| Relatives | Inder Raj Anand, Tinnu Anand |
Career
editMukul S. Anand made his debut as a director with the suspense thriller Kanoon Kya Karega (1984), which was inspired by the Hollywood film Cape Fear. His second film Aitbaar (1985) was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's classic Dial M for Murder. The film that first gained him recognition was the epic film Sultanat (1986), which brought together real-life father and son Dharmendra and Sunny Deol for the first time and introduced actress Juhi Chawla. That same year Anand also directed the thriller Main Balwan.
His first box-office success was Insaaf (1987), the film responsible for "re-introducing" Vinod Khanna to films after a hiatus. Anand's next film, Maha-Sangram (1990), reunited him with Vinod Khanna.
He finally hit the big league with the Scarface-inspired crime thriller Agneepath (1990) with Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role, which won Amitabh a National Award for Best Actor. He was reunited with Bachchan for the family drama Hum (1991), which was a box-office success and featured the popular song "Jumma Chumma". He worked with Bachchan for the final time in the epic film Khuda Gawah (1992) which won him the Filmfare Best Director Award. His last completed film, Trimurti (1995), which had a multi-star cast including Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor and Shahrukh Khan, failed to do well at the box office. The film he was working on at the time of his death in 1997 was Dus, which remained incomplete and unreleased, although the film's music did end up being released posthumously.
Personal life
editInder Raj Anand who was a film scriptwriter from the late 1940s through to the late 1980s was Mukul Anand's uncle. Mukul's cousin is actor and director Tinnu Anand. Mukul was married to Anita and had two children named Alishka and Mikhail. They live in Mumbai.
Death
editMukul died of a heart attack at the age of 45 on 7 September 1997. He was on location for action film Dus in Utah. The film began production in May 1997 and 40% of the shooting had been completed by August.[3]
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Kanku Ni Kimat | Yes | No | No | Gujarati film |
| 1984 | Kanoon Kya Karega | Yes | No | No | |
| 1985 | Aitbaar | Yes | No | No | |
| 1986 | Main Balwan | Yes | No | No | |
| 1986 | Sultanat | Yes | No | No | |
| 1987 | Insaaf | Yes | No | No | |
| 1990 | Maha-Sangram | Yes | No | No | |
| 1990 | Agneepath | Yes | No | No | |
| 1991 | Hum | Yes | No | No | |
| 1991 | Khoon Ka Karz | Yes | No | No | |
| 1992 | Khuda Gawah | Yes | No | Screenplay | |
| 1995 | Trimurti | Yes | No | No | |
| 1996 | Army | No | Yes | No | |
| 1997 | Prithvi | No | Yes | No | |
| Unreleased | Dus | Yes | No | Yes | [4] |
References
edit- ^ Roychoudhury, Amborish (25 March 2022). "Sands of Time - Part 24: Mukul Anand - The Merchant of Really Large Things". Outlook. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ Lahiri, Monojit (7 September 2020). "Remembering Mukul Anand: Gone but not forgotten". National Herald. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ Verma, Suparn (8 September 1997). "A tribute to director Mukul Anand". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Gaekwad, Manish (18 July 2016). "Action films might have been different had the Sanjay Dutt-Salman Khan starrer 'Dus' been completed". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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