Tinnu Anand

Tinnu Anand (born 12 October 1945), sometimes referred to as Virender Raj Anand, is a veteran Indian actor, writer and director from Bollywood, who is most known as the director of Amitabh Bachchan's movies including, Kaalia (1981), Shahenshah (1988), Main Azaad Hoon (1989) and Major Saab (1998). He is the son of veteran writer Inder Raj Anand, brother of producer Bittu Anand and uncle of director Siddharth Anand.

Anand portrayed an important role in Ghajini in 2008. He did his schooling from Mayo College in India. In an interview, Tinu Anand spoke about his early days and also praised Amitabh Bachchan for his generosity.

Anand also worked as an assistant director to Satyajit Ray for five years, in Bengali films, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969), Aranyer Din Ratri (1970), Pratidwandi (1970), Seemabaddha (1971) to Ashani Sanket (1973).

Directing
His father, Inder Raj Anand, was a well-known writer in the film industry, but he did not want Tinnu, or his younger brother Bittu, to enter this industry. Inder Raj Anand would say that it was not the place for them. In the words of Tinni Anand: "..when I told him I wanted to direct films, he was very upset. Ultimately, though, he saw that I didn't want to do anything else. So he sent me to the best school - the Satyajit Ray School. Mr. Ray and my father were friends, so my father asked him to take me under his wing."

Tinnu had been given a role in K. Abbas' film Saat Hindustani when.. "In the evening, I was given the dirty job of offering Amitabh Rs.5000 for the entire film, whether it took a year or five.. Amitabh reluctantly agreed as he was desperate to act. He got the role of the poet's friend in Saat Hindustani. When my father got the letter from Satyajit Ray saying I could work with him, I had to give up Saat Hindustani. So I left for Calcutta and Amitabh got the role of the poet that I was supposed to play. (on working with actors who consistently show up quite late and put in only a few hours) "I give all the credit to Veeru (Devgan) who taught me how to unlearn what I had learnt. He told me that if you have to survive in this industry with actors like these, you should learn how to shoot a film when the actor's not there!" and: "I felt very proud when I showed Amitabh a scene between him and Amjad Khan in a dubbing studio one day. He was shocked and said 'But I never shot with Amjad'".

As director

 * Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969, as Asst. Director)
 * Aranyer Din Ratri (1970, as Asst. Director)
 * Pratidwandi (1970, as Asst. Director)
 * Seemabaddha (1971, as Asst. Director)
 * Ashani Sanket (1973, as Asst. Director)
 * Ek Hindustani
 * Major Saab
 * Jeena Teri Gali Mein
 * Main Azaad Hoon
 * Shahenshah
 * Yeh Ishq Nahin Aasaan
 * Kaalia
 * Duniya Meri Jeb Mein

As actor
• Kahiin To Hoga (TV)... Mr. Ahulwalia

• Pushpak (1987; silent)

• Nayakan (1987; Tamil)

• Dayavan (1988)

• Agneepath (1990)

• Aditya 369 (1991; Telugu)

• Khiladi (1992)

• Chamatkar (1992) – Kunta

• Damini (1993) – Mama Ji

• Krishan Avtaar (1993)

• Chandra Mukhi (1993)

• Anjaam (1994)

• Stuntman (1994)

• Krantiveer (1994)

• Kaalapani (1994; Malayalam)

• Bombay (1994; Tamil)

• Emergency (1995; Kannada)

• Ghatotkachudu (1995)

• Ram Jaane (1995)

• Trimurti (1995)

• Halo (1996)

• Papi Gudia (1996) Special Appearance A Yadav / Ahulwalia Inspector in Doll Jail

• Krishna (1996)

• Army (1995)

• Diljale (1996)

• Ghatak (1996) – Inspector

• Masoom (1996) – Mama

• Miss 420 (1998)

• Kabhi Na Kabhi (1998)

• China Gate

• Saat Rang Ke Sapne (1998)

• Annarth (2002)... Dayal Bhai

• Hadh Kar Di Aapne (2000)

• Gang (2000)

• Chhupa Rustam (2001)

• Lajja (2001)- Purushotam

• Shararat (2002)

• Saathiya (2002) – Building Owner

• Tumse Milke Wrong Number (2003)

• Paisa Vasool (2004)

• Anji (2004) as Bhatia

• Bluffmaster! (2005)

• Hindustan (2006)

• Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love Babu

• Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007)

• Ugly Aur Pagli (2008) – Mallika's Father

• Wafa: A Deadly Love Story (2008) –

• Ghajini (2008) – Satveer Kohli (Kalpana's Boss)

• Victory (2009) – Vedpal (Harman Baweja's Coach)

• De Dana Dan (2009) – Mr. Kakkad (Katrina's father)

• Gorosthaney Sabdhan (2010)

• Khatta Meetha (2010) – Driver

• Dabangg (2010) – Shastri Master

• Gosainbaganer Bhoot (2011)

• Monica (2011) – Assem Ray

• Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (2012) – Bhatti

• Dabangg 2 (2012) – Shastri Master

• Rabba Main Kya Karoon (2013)

• Club 60 (2013)

• Phata Poster Nikhla Hero (2013) – Director

• Hasee Toh Phasee (2014) – Mukesh Adnani

• Aisa Yeh Jahaan (2015) – Director

• Puli (2015; Tamil)

• Saaho (2019; Hindi, Tamil, Telugu) as Prithvi Raj