Mukul S. Anand (11 October 1951 – 7 September 1997) was an

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director and producer. He was the nephew of veteran film scriptwriter

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and cousin of actor and director

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Career

Mukul S. Anand made his debut as a director with the suspense thriller '' Kanoon Kya Karega'' (1984), which was inspired by the Hollywood film '' Cape Fear''. His second film '' Aitbaar'' (1985) was inspired by

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's classic ''

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''. The film that first gained him recognition was the

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'' Sultanat'' (1986), which brought together real-life father and son

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and

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for the first time and introduced actress

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. That same year Anand also directed the thriller ''

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''. His first box-office success was '' Insaaf'' (1987), the film responsible for "re-introducing"

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to films after a hiatus. Anand's next film, '' Maha-Sangram'' (1990), reunited him with Vinod Khanna. He finally hit the big league with the '' Scarface''-inspired crime thriller '' Agneepath'' (1990) with

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in the lead role, which won Amitabh a National Award for Best Actor. He was reunited with Bachchan for the family drama '' Hum'' (1991), which was a box-office success and featured the popular song "Jumma Chumma". He worked with Bachchan for the final time in the epic film '' Khuda Gawah'' (1992) which won him the

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. His last completed film, ''

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'' (1995), which had a multi-star cast including

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and

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, failed to do well at the box office. The film he was working on at the time of his death in 1997 was ''Dus'', which remained incomplete and unreleased, although the film's music did end up being released posthumously.

Personal life

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. Mukul was married to Anita and had two children named Alishka and Mikhail. They live in Mumbai.

Death

Mukul died of a

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at the age of 45 on 7 September 1997. He was on location for action film ''Dus'' in

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. The film began production in May 1997 and 40% of the shooting had been completed by August.

Filmography

References

External links

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Mukul S. Anand Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anand, Mukul S. 1951 births 1997 deaths 20th-century Indian people Hindi-language film directors Hindi film producers