Anant Mahadevan

For the Indian-Canadian novelist, see Anand Mahadevan.

Anant Mahadevan

Born	Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation	Film director, writer and actor
Years active	1984 – present

Anant Mahadevan, also credited as Ananth Narayan Mahadevan,^[1]^[2] is a screenwriter, actor, and director of Hindi and Marathi films and television serials in India.^[3] Having been an integral part of the Indian television serials and Hindi movies since the 1980s, he is also actively involved in the professional English and Hindi theatre. Ananth along with Sanjay Pawar received the National Award (2010) for the Best Screenplay and Dialogues for the successful Marathi movie Mee Sindhutai Sapkal'. The Marathi film " Mee Sindhutai Sapkal " also fetched him the special jury award at the National Film awards 2010.

His latest film Gour Hari Dastaan was part of the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India (2014) Goa, at the International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK (2014), the International Film Festival of Bangalore, and the International Film Festival of Chennai (2014). He next film Rough Book has already created enough excitement at the festival circuit and the Film Bazaar recently held at Goa.

Filmography

Director

Rukhmabai Bhimrao Raut (Marathi) (2016 upcoming film)
RoughBook (upcoming film)^[4]
The Storyteller (Upcoming film)^[5]
Gour Hari Dastaan (2015 film)
The Xposé (2014 film) starring Himesh Reshammiya, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Sonali Raut
Life Is Good (2012 film) starring Jackie Shroff, produced by Anand Shukla
Staying Alive (2012)^[6]
Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi) (2010)
Red Alert: The War Within (2009)
Anamika: The Untold Story (2008)
Aggar: Passion Betrayal Terror (2007)
Victoria No. 203: Diamonds Are Forever (2007)
Aksar (2006)
Dil Maange More!!! (2004)
Devi (2003) TV series
Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002)

Writer

Anamika: The Untold Story (2008) (screenplay)
Aksar (2006) (story)
Dil Maange More!!! (2004) (story)
Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (screenplay)

Actor

Papanasam (film) (2015; Tamil film)
Vishwaroopam 2 (2015; Tamil/Hindi film; Vishwaroop in Hindi)
The Xposé [2014]
Staying Alive (2012)
Barood : (The Fire) - A Love Story (2010) .... Amrit Vohra
Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke (2010) .... V.G Chunawala
8 x 10 Tasveer (2009) .... Sundar Puri
EMI: Liya Hai To Chukana Padega (2008) .... Babu
Rafoo Chakkar: Fun on the Run (2008) .... Harbans Singh
Victoria No. 203: Diamonds Are Forever (2007) .... Film Director
Aap Kaa Surroor: The Moviee - The Real Luv Story
The Train: Some Lines Shoulder Never Be Crossed...
Sandwich
Joggers' Park
Satta
Aisaa Kyon
Tum Se Achcha Kaun Hai
Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta
Hum Ho Gaye Aap Ke
Chhupa Rustam: A Musical Thriller
Shikaar
Baadshah (1999) (uncredited) .... Seth. Mahendra
Mann .... Creditor
Dil Kya Kare .... DCP Krishan Kumar
Kudrat
Main Solah Baras Ki
Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
Miss 420
Ishq
Yes Boss
Vijeta
Akele Hum Akele Tum
Hum Dono
Gaddaar
Janam Kundli
God and Gun
Live Today
Prem Yog
Gangster
Baazigar (1993) .... Vishwanath Sharma (Ajay's father)
Gardish (1993) .... Havaldar Sawant
chandni (1989) .... chandni friend husband
Khiladi (1992) .... Neelam's Uncle
The Sword of Tipu Sultan (1990) .... Purniyya Pundit
Ghar Jamai (1980s) .... Subbu

References

↑ Red Alert: The War Within official site: "Cast & Crew"
↑ Tuteja, Joginder. "'Red Alert could have been set in Cuba or Ireland' - Anant Mahadevan", BollywoodHungama.com, July 7, 2010
↑ "എനിക്കും മലയാളത്തിനുമുള്ള അഭിമാനനേട്ടം - ആനന്ദ് മഹാദേവന്‍ , National Film Awards 2010 - Mathrubhumi Movies". Mathrubhumi.com. 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2012-06-12. zero width joiner character in |title= at position 57 (help)
↑ "Ananth Mahadevan's Rough Book brings Indian education into sharp focus". Hindustan Times. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
↑ "Ananth Mahadevan to adapt Satyajit Ray's short story into film". Retrieved 30 October 2012.
↑ "Staying Alive movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.

External links

Anant Mahadevan at the Internet Movie Database

National Film Award for Best Screenplay

1967–1980

S. L. Puram Sadanandan (1967)
Pandit Anand Kumar (1968)
Puttanna Kanagal (1969)
Satyajit Ray (1970)
Tapan Sinha (1971)
Gulzar (1972)
Mrinal Sen and Ashish Burman (1973)
Satyajit Ray (1974)
No Award (1975)
Vijay Tendulkar (1976)
Satyadev Dubey, Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad (1977)
T. S. Ranga and T. S. Nagabharana (1978)
Sai Paranjpye (1979)
Mrinal Sen (1980)

1981–2000

2001–present

Neelakanta (2001) Aparna Sen (2002) Goutam Ghose (2003) Manoj Tyagi and Nina Arora (2004) Prakash Jha, Manoj Tyagi and Shridhar Raghavan (2005) Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra (2006) Feroz Abbas Khan (2007) Sachin Kundalkar (2008)

Original	P. F. Mathews and Harikrishna (2009) Vetrimaaran (2010) Nitish Tiwary, Vikas Bahl and Vijay Maurya (2011) Sujoy Ghosh (2012) P. Sheshadri (2013) Srijit Mukherji (2014)

Adapted	Gopal Krishan Pai and Girish Kasaravalli (2009) Anant Mahadevan and Sanjay Pawar (2010) Avinash Deshpande Nigdi (2011) Bhavesh Mandalia and Umesh Shukla (2012) Panchakshari (2013) Joshy Mangalath (2014)

Dialogues	Pandiraj (2009) Sanjay Pawar (2010) Girish Kulkarni (2011) Anjali Menon (2012) Sumitra Bhave (2013) Vishal Bhardwaj (2014)

National Film Award—Special Jury Award (Feature Film)

1978–1980

No Award (1978) No Award (1979) No Award (1980)

Special Mention	Mrinal Sen and Muzaffar Ali (1978) No Award (1979) No Award (1980)

1981–2000

Satyajit Ray (1981) No Award (1982) Mankada Ravi Varma (1983) T. S. Ranga (1984) Sudha Chandran (1985) John Abraham (1986) M. B. Sreenivasan (1987) Ashok Ahuja (1988) Amitabh Chakraborty (1989) Pankaj Kapur, Sunny Deol and Jayabharathi (1990) Soumitra Chatterjee (1991) Sivaji Ganesan and Ketan Mehta (1992) Shashi Kapoor and Pallavi Joshi (1993) Radhu Karmakar and Shaji N. Karun (1994) Shyam Benegal (1995) Amol Palekar and Kirron Kher (1996) Jaimala (1997) Drishyakavya and Ashoke Viswanathan (1998) Kalabhavan Mani (1999) Soumitra Chatterjee (2000)

Special Mention	No Award (1981) No Award (1982) Kumar Shahani (1983) No Award (1984) No Award (1985) Sandip Ray (1986) No Award (1987) Aamir Khan (1988) Anupam Kher and Mohanlal (1989) Anoubham Kiranmala (1990) Mamata Shankar and Raveendran (1991) Sibaprasad Sen (1992) Tahir Hussain, Mahesh Bhatt, Jugal Debata and Susant Misra (1993) Mahesh Mahadevan, Bishnu Kharghoria and S. Kumar (1994) Uttara Baokar, Rohini and Benaf Dadachandji (1995) Dolon Roy and Bhagirathee (1996) Akkineni Nagarjuna and Jomol (1997) Dasari Narayana Rao, Prakash Raj and Manju Warrier (1998) Mohan Joshi, Manju Borah and Kavitha Lankesh (1999) No Award (2000)

2001–present

Janaki Vishwanathan (2001) Prakash Raj (2002) Manoj Bajpai, Roopkatha and Goutam Halder (2003) J. Phillip (2004) Anupam Kher (2005) Vishal Bhardwaj (2006) Anil Kapoor and Feroz Abbas Khan (2007) NFDC and K. M. Madhusudhanan (2008) A. Sreekar Prasad (2009) Bindiya Khanolkar, Sachin Khanolkar and Anant Mahadevan (2010) Anjan Dutt (2011) Rituparno Ghosh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui (2012) Viva In En, Mahesh Limaye, Future East Film Pvt Ltd and Ashim Ahluwalia (2013)

Special Mention	Dilip Doley and Narayan Seal (2001) Jyothirmayi (2002) H. G. Dattatreya and Nedumudi Venu (2003) Gurdas Maan and Pradeep Nair (2004) No Award (2005) Thilakan and Prosenjit Chatterjee (2006) No Award (2007) No Award (2008) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009) K. Shivaram Karanth and V. I. S. Jayabalan (2010) Mallika and Sherrey (2011) Lal, H. G. Dattatreya, Bishnu Kharghoria, Parineeti Chopra, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Hansraj Jagtap and Thilakan (2012) Gauri Gadgil, Sanjana Rai and Anjali Patil (2013) Bhaurao Karhade, Musthafa, Palomi Ghosh, Parth Bhalerao (2014)

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