Ketan Anand is an Indian

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. He is son of film-maker Chetan Anand and actress Uma Anand. He is the cousin of director Shekhar Kapur. He has directed the movies Toote Khilone and ''Shart'' and was associate producer of Heer Raanjha

Personal life

In early years of his life, Ketan and his brother Vivek Anand were featured in a song alongside

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and Sheila Ramani from the movie Funtoosh. Watching his father make films, Ketan decided to forgo administration as his major and concentrated on theater. He graduated from

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. He co-authored the book ''Chetan Anand: The Poetics of Film'' with his mother. In 2008, Ketan Anand is all set to revive his father, Chetan Anand's banner

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with a psychological love story titled Petrol Pump. This movie was written some 30–40 years ago by his father Chetan Anand who had wanted to direct the film himself with Raaj Kumar and Rajesh Khanna in the lead. But things didn't work out. The script was his last gift to his son when he died. Ketan will be launching his cousin

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in the movie. He, along with his brother Vivek Anand and two employees, was convicted of murdering the actress Priya Rajvansh in 2000 and was sentenced to life imprisonment in July 2002. They were granted bail in November 2002 and got away with the murder.

Filmography

Aaja Meri Jaan ''Aaja Meri Jaan'' () is a 1993 Hindi-language romantic thriller film, written by Pawan Sethi and directed by Ketan Anand. It stars Krishan Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Pran, Prem Chopra, and Deven Verma. Plot In the opening scene, a priest is sta ...

(1993) * Shart (1986) *

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(1984) * Toote Khilone (1978)

References

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