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Mukul S. Anand
Mukul S. Anand | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1951-10-11)11 October 1951 Bombay, Bombay State, India |
| Died | 7 September 1997(1997-09-07) (aged 45) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | film director |
| Spouse(s) | Anita |
| Children | Mikhail, Alishka |
| Relatives | Inder Raj Anand, Tinnu Anand |
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.
Contents
1 Career
2 Personal life
3 Filmography
4 Producer
5 References
6 External links
Career
Mukul 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, which was known for the hit songs "Rock n Roll" and "Halla Gulla".
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 and was acclaimed for Aditya Pancholi's angry portrayal of a Thakur. At this point, Mukul was largely considered a skilful director, who held much promise but somehow never managed to deliver solid successes.
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 was Dus, which remained incomplete and unreleased, although the film's music did end up being released posthumously.
Personal life
Inder 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.
Mukul 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. It never was completed or released. Promo videos and clips of what Mukul had shot for the film were later seen on Mukul's official website.
In 2005, Nitin Manmohan who was the co-producer of Dus produced another unrelated film with the same title which was directed by Anubhav Sinha. Sanjay Dutt and Shilpa Shetty also starred in that film.
Filmography
| Year |
Film |
Cast |
Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 |
Aitbaar |
Raj Babbar, Dimple Kapadia, Suresh Oberoi, Danny Denzongpa |
Bappi Lahiri |
| 1986 |
Main Balwan |
Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Meenakshi Sheshadri |
Bappi Lahiri |
| 1986 |
Sultanat |
Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Sridevi, Karan Kapoor, Juhi Chawla |
Kalyanji Anandji |
| 1987 |
Insaaf |
Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Suresh Oberoi |
Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
| 1990 |
Maha-Sangram |
Vinod Khanna, Aditya Pancholi, Madhuri Dixit, Govinda, Sumeet Saigal, Shaheen |
Anand-Milind |
| 1990 |
Agneepath |
Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavi, Danny Denzongpa |
Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
| 1991 |
Hum |
Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Govinda, Danny Denzongpa |
Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
| 1991 |
Khoon Ka Karz |
Vinod Khanna, Rajinikanth, Sanjay Dutt, Kiran Kumar |
Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
| 1992 |
Khuda Gawah |
Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Danny Denzongpa, Akkineni Nagarjuna |
Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
| 1995 |
Trimurti |
Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Shahrukh Khan, Mohan Agashe |
Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
| 1997- Unreleased |
Dus |
Vinod Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty |
Shankar Ehsaan Loy |
Producer
| Year |
Film |
Cast |
Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 |
Army |
Sridevi, Shahrukh Khan, Danny Denzongpa |
Anand-Milind |
References
External links
Mukul S. Anand on IMDb- Mukul S. Anand Official Site
Mukul S. Anand @ SPICE
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