Anand Pandit is an Indian film producer, film distributor and real estate developer. He owns Anand Pandit Motion Pictures, a film studio that produces and distributes

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films such as ''

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'' (2019), ''

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'' (2018), ''

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'' (2018), and ''

Great Grand Masti ''Great Grand Masti'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror adult black comedy film directed by Indra Kumar. It is the third installment in the Masti (film series) after '' Masti'' (2004) and ''Grand Masti'' (2013). It is p ...

'' (2016). Recently, Anand Pandit has also produced a Gujarati film Fakt Mahilao Maate (2022) that did extremely well at the Box office. He has also produced several other films, including Thank God,

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and

Chehre ''Chehre'' () is a 2021 Hindi mystery thriller film directed by Rumi Jaffery and produced by Anand Pandit with Saraswati Entertainment Private Limited. Starring Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi in lead roles, the film features Krystle D'Souz ...

. He is the founder of Lotus Developers, which develops high-end real estate in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Career

Pandit entered the media and film industry in 2000 and has produced, distributed and financed multiple

films. Producer Anand Pandit forays into the South Indian industry with Kannada film

Kabzaa (2023 film) ''Kabzaa'' () is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language period action film written and directed by R. Chandru. The film features an ensemble cast of Upendra, Shiva Rajkumar, Kiccha Sudeepa, Shriya Saran, Sudha, Murali Sharma, Nawab Shah, Suneel Purani ...

which will be released in Hindi (dubbed) as Underworld Ka Kabzaa. The film will hit the screens in Hindi as well as the four South Indian languages on March 17, 2023. In 2022, Anand Pandit co-produced a blockbuster Gujrati film Fakt Mahilao Maate. He was a distributor for

Doctor G ''Doctor G'' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Anubhuti Kashyap and produced by Junglee Pictures. It stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Rakul Preet Singh and Shefali Shah. The film follows the struggles of a medical student ...

and produced

Thank God (film) ''Thank God'' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language fantasy comedy drama film directed by Indra Kumar. It is an official remake of the 2009 Danish film '' Sorte kugler (What Goes Around, 2009)''. It stars Ajay Devgn, Sidharth Malhotra and Rakul Pree ...

. His Marathi film ''Victoria'', released on 16 December 2022 and shooting has begun for his next Marathi film, Baap Maanus starring

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and

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. In March, 2022 Pandit also announced his upcoming film Bal Shivaji, directed by

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. Anand Pandit is also producing Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, a film based on the life of Veer Savarkar, starring

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which is slated to release on 26 May 2023. In 2020 and 2021, Pandit had two films release the same day ''

'' on

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and ''Well Done Baby'', a

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film on

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. His most recent film as a producer is titled ''

''. The film had been postponed for theatrical release several times due to

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and was released on 27 August 2021 in theaters.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pandit, Anand Film directors from Gujarat Living people People from Ahmedabad 1963 births