Anand Sivakumaran is a writer, director based in [India]. He began his life as a Chemical Engineer for I.I.T Mumbai, before a drastic career change. After dabbling with Advertising, Journalism and Event Management, he ended up working in Mumbai's Television and Film Industry as a Writer and Director.
Anand is currently working on his Bollywood directorial debut - MONEY DEVO BHAVA, an edgy, topical youth movie about greed and consumerism and how it drives college kids to amoral activities. He will follow this up with CHICKOTEE, a nostalgic piece about one idyllic summer in a boy’s life when he discovered love, a sweet tale of friendship, innocence and the madness of being young.
Anand has earlier made an English feature film– Detour, a wicked little thriller about lust, lies and cups of tea. Distribution is awaited. Clips from the film and other details are up at www.detourthefilm.com
His film (Dreamers a 32 min short film on which he was the Screenwriter) won accolades at festivals abroad. He has done a considerable amount of work on Indian television spanning shows like Miley Jab Hum Tum, Jab Love Hua, Shakira, Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin, Lucky, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan et al. He has been Executive Creative Director of Rose Audio Visuals. He was writer and associate director on an episode of Rishtey - Izzat Ka Falooda that won the ITA award for best Mini Series.
His was one of the two runners up at the Write Angle Contest organized by sulekha.com and B4U Television in 2001/2002 for his comedy of errors titled Ye Shadi Nahin Ho Sakti[1].
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