Aanand Mahendroo

Mr. Aanand Mahendroo is a renowned Screenwriter, Director, Producer with more than 40 years of experience in the Indian Film Industry. Aanand Mahendroo is known for his technical finesse, high benchmark, and TV programs with high familial values and progressive ideas that have created an impact across generations in India and the world diaspora. He has directed many popular TV shows such as DEKH BHAI DEKH (that gained cult status and is still considered one of the best and most iconic comedy shows in India and is one of the biggest living M&E brands which evokes worldwide interest on many a social media platforms. DBD stars Farida Jalal, Navin Nischol, Shekhar Suman, Liliput and others. The show launched many new faces who went on to become big television actors such as Bhavna Balsavar, Vishal Singh, Natasha Singh, Urvashi Dholakia, Amar Upadhyay and Devon Bhojania. IDHAR UDHAR ( a path breaking sitcom, the 2nd comedy show on Indian Commercial Television) starring Ratna Pathak Shah, Supriya Pathak Shah, Ravi Paswani, Liliput. A path breaking show that was an instant hit with the masses and the press lauding Aanand Mahendroo as the king of comedy. ISI BAHAANE - Indian Television's first multi-starer high production values blockbuster starring film actors such as Saeed Jaffery, Mazar Khan, Mohnish Behl, Kirron Kher, Anu Aggarwal, Malvika Tiwari, Liliput and Ajit Pal. Extremely popular, the then I&B minister H.K.L Bhagat announced in parliament that ISI BAHAANE for the second highest revenue earner for DD after Ramayan. INDRADHANUSH (the first ever sci-fi show of India) though it was specifically targeted at children between 10 to 19 it was critically acclaimed and hugely popular with audiences of all age groups pan India introducing sci-fi concepts of time & space travel, galactic wars, androids, cloning and metaphysical transformations of human beings into crystals and nano particles. It gave India some of the biggest stars in Karan Johar, Urmila Matonkdar, Akshay Anand, Vishal Singh, Ashutosh Gawarikar. Of late the show is being lauded and compared to Netflix's Stranger Things even though it released 20 yrs before in 1989. He has produced many a popular shows such as Rajni (Season 2, starring Shah Rukh Khan), Asman Se Aage, Daddy Samjha Karo, Bade Miyaan Chotte Miyaan, Aan, Vansh, Agni Pariksha (Marathi) , Inge Ange (Tamil) and many many more with the desire to create content that entertains the masses and is progressive and ahead of its time. He is an A+ distinction holder in Screenplay Writing & Film Direction from the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India and has directed more than 900 ad films, documentaries and corporate films before he ventured into Indian Television. He has produced many films such as Rang Rasiya, which was based on the life of the famous painter Raja Ravi Verma. He has been part of many national and international film festival jurys. Positions Held: Member Governing Council FTII Member Syllabus Committe SR FTII Member Syllabus Committe FTII (Present) Member Academic Council FTII (Present)