Suneil Anand (born 30 June 1956) is a Swiss actor
and director. He is the son of actors
Dev Anand
Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema, through a career that spanned over six decades. He was ...
and
Kalpana Kartik
Mona Singha (born 19 August 1931), also known by her stage name Kalpana Kartik, is a retired Hindi film actress. She starred in six films in the 1950s. She is the widow of the late Hindi film actor and film maker Dev Anand.
Mona Singha was a ...
. He runs
Navketan Films
Navketan Films was a film production house based in Mumbai, India. Started in 1949 by actor-director and producer Dev Anand and his elder brother Chetan Anand, whose debut film, ''Neecha Nagar'', received the Palme d'Or (Best Film) award, at the ...
.
Early life
He was born in 1956 in Zurich, Switzerland, while his parents were on their way to attend the
''Karlovy Vary ''Film Festival, where he was the youngest delegate.
He has a degree in Business Administration
from
American University
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, Washington, D.C.
His uncles are
Chetan Anand and
Vijay Anand. His cousins are Indian Film director
Ketan Anand
Ketan Anand is an Indian film director. He is son of film-maker Chetan Anand (director), 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 ...
, Vivek Anand, Indian actor and film-maker
Shekhar Kapoor
Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian filmmaker and actor. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award a ...
, Neelu, and Aruna. Neelu was married to actor
Navin Nischol
Navin Nischol (18 March 1946 – 19 March 2011) was an Indian actor. He made his debut with the Hindi film ''Sawan Bhadon'' in 1970. In 1996 he worked in Pyar Zindagi Hai along with Rita Bhaduri and Raj Mohammed. The film was shot in Hyderabad. ...
, while Aruna is married to
Parikshit Sahni
Parikshit Sahni (born 1 January 1944) is an Indian actor who is known for playing the lead in TV series Barrister Vinod, ''Gul Gulshan Gulfaam'' (Doordarshan) and ''Gaatha'' (Star Plus). He has also appeared in three of Rajkumar Hirani's block ...
, son of
Balraj Sahni
Brigadier Balraj (born Balasegaram Kandiah) was a senior commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Early life
Balraj was the fifth and youngest child of Kandiah and Kannagias. He received his primary education in Kokkuthoduwaai ...
.
He has trained in Wing Tsun in
Hong Kong
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.
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Career
He has acted in ''Anand aur Anand'' (1984),
Filmography
References
* Anand, Dev (2007), ''Romancing With Life, An Autobiography, ''Penguin/ Viking, pp. p. 162, 165-166, 168, 178, 247, 274-277, 284, 314, 358-59, 411.
Living people
Indian male screenwriters
Male actors from Zürich
1956 births
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