Master Anand

Master Anand
Born	H. Anand 04 January 1984 (Age 33)
Residence	Bangalore, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor, Director, Comedian
Years active	1989 - present
Television	SSLC Nan Maklu Paduvaralli Paddegalu Robo Family Niguda Raatri
Website	http://masteranand.in

H. Anand, popularly known as Master Anand is a Kannada actor, comedian and director who debuted as a child artist. He acted in the Kannada film Gauri Ganesha alongside Ananth Nag, Sihi Kahi Chandru and Ramesh Bhat which was a huge hit of 1991.

Career

Anand began his career as a child artist in many other films including Kindarijogi along the years. It is notable that his name being credited with the prefix 'Master' throughout his career in childhood, which became a popular name and has been tagged with his name to date. His rise to fame was the character he played in the film Friends which released in 2002. He then took up direction of comedy television series with SSLC Nan Maklu in 2010 which was telecasted on Asianet Suvarna. He debuted into film direction with the film 5 Idiots in 2011. He later directed Paduvaralli Paddegalu TV series for Asianet Suvarna and Robo Family TV series for Colors Kannada. He was a participant of second season of Dancing Stars^[1] aired on Colors Kannada where he emerged as the winner^[2] in the grand finale. He has acted in over 60 films^[3] and has received various awards.^[4] He even tasted success as a host through Drama Juiniors which was telecasted in Zee Kannada followed by Comedy Khiladigalu for the same channel which is judged by Navarasanayaka Jaggesh, Yograj Bhat and Rakshita.

Personal life

Anand was born on 4 January 1984 to V Hariharan and B S Latha in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. He has a brother Arun who is also an actor. Anand married Yashaswini in 2010 and have two children.

Awards and honours

• Karnataka State Award: Best Child Artist (Gauri Ganesha - 1991-92)
• Karnataka State Award: Best Child Artist (Thayi Illada Thavaru - 1994-95)
• Filmfare Award: Best Child Artist (Makkala Sakshi - 1995-96)

Filmography

Films

• Gauri Ganesha
• Golmaal Govindam (Telugu)
• Belliyappa Bangarappa
• Kindari Jogi
• Muthina Haara
• Karpoorada Gombe
• Friends
• Devaru Varavanu Kotre
• Mani
• Preethigaagi
• Preetisle Beku
• Jyeshta
• Meera Madhava Raghava
• Sajni
• Hosavarsha
• Preethi Nee Heegeke
• 5 Idiots (also director)
• Pyarge Aagbittaite
• Bullet Basya
• Jaathre (special appearance)
• Machcha Baglako (also director)^[5]

Television Shows

Reality Shows

References

External links

• 'A Comedian can be an All-rounder'