Anand Bharathi is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam films, and television shows. The actor's biggest film till date is Mani Ratnam's black comedy Thiruda Thiruda (1993), but unlike his co-stars of that film, it failed to translate into a breakthrough for him. He has also played second lead roles and supporting characters in several films including Kamal Haasan's Sathyaa and Vijayakanth's Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran.
Early and personal life
Anand was born in Hyderabad as the youngest of four sons. His father V. S. Bharathi, worked for Brooke Bond India Ltd, and his mother Rajalakshmi is a house wife. His brothers are B. Ramesh, a Vice President of Finance with Times of India, Dr. B. Suresh, a teacher at English Vivekananda College, and Bharat Arun, a former Indian cricketer and now bowling coach for Indian cricket team. Anand also owns a restaurant named Zenzerro in Thiruvananthapuram.
Anand has been married to actress Poornima since 2002.
Career He made his film debut in 1987 with Vanna Kanavugal. He is best known for his works in films such as Sathya (1988), Anbe En Anbe (1988), Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989), Oor Mariyadhai (1992), Thalaivasal (1992), and Thiruda Thiruda (1993), screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.
His works as a character actor include hits such as 1: Nenokkadine (2014), Ring Master (2014), Ivan Maryadaraman (2015), Srimanthudu (2015), and Gentleman (2016).
Legal issues In 2000, the actor was involved in a drunk driving hit-and-run case, where he hit a police officer who had tried to stop him. The police officer, Ramachandran, subsequently died due to his injuries and the actor faced a murder charge. The actor made a financial settlement with the victim's family. Later he was acquitted.
His house in Uthandi, Chennai was burgled in 2008 and the actor cited that it was an "inside job".
Filmography Year Title Role Language Notes 1987 Vanna Kanavugal Tamil 1988 Sathya Anand Tamil Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran Tamil Anbe En Anbe Tamil Dharma Teja Telugu Annanagar Mudhal Theru Flirty son Tamil Sudhanthira Naattin Adimaigal Tamil 1989 Apoorva Sagodharargal Vincent Tamil En Kanavar Tamil 1990 Nila Penne Krishnamoorthy Tamil Adhisaya Manithan Vivek Tamil Kadapa Redamma Telugu Anjali Tamil Cameo appearance in a song 1991 Master Plan Antony Malayalam En Pottukku Sonthakkaran Tamil Manchi Roju Telugu Adhikari Sarath Tamil 1992 Oor Mariyadhai Kannan Tamil Thalaivasal Sudhakar Tamil Mudhal Kural Kumaran Tamil 1993 Chinna Mapillai Mythili's husband Tamil Thiruda Thiruda Kadhir Tamil Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam Anand Tamil 1994 Muthal Payanam Tamil Ammayi Kapuram Aravind Telugu 1995 Kizhakku Malai Tamil Aunty Anand Telugu Street Fighter Telugu Khaidi Inspector Kumar Telugu 1996 Avathara Purushan Anand Tamil Merupu Naveen Telugu Srikaram Chandram Telugu Akka Bagunnava Mohan Telugu Amma Nanna Kaavaali Telugu Pellala Rajyam Gopi Telugu 1997 Kurralla Rajyam Telugu 1998 Kondattam Anand Tamil Sollamale Riyaz Tamil Snehithulu Vijay Telugu 1999 Ninaivirukkum Varai Aravind Tamil Malabar Police Anand Tamil Seenu Riyaz Telugu Unnaruge Naan IrundhalAnand Tamil Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham Tamil 2000 Vaanathaippola Tamil Maa Annayya Telugu Ennavalle Tamil 2001 Vande Matharam Citizen rights council member Kannada Deevinchandi Telugu Love Channel Anand Tamil Sri Manjunatha Manjunatha's friend Kannada 2002 Red Radha krishnan Tamil Raajjiyam Kiran Kumar Tamil 2003 Naaga Telugu Enakku 20 Unakku 18 Sridhar's brother-in-law Tamil Bilingual film; guest appearance Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu Telugu 2004 Swetha Naagu Tribal man TeluguKannada 2005 The Tiger Sudev Sachidanand / Musafir Malayalam Thommanum Makkalum Kaliyappan Malayalam Alaiyadikkuthu Tamil Udayananu Tharam Dinesh Malayalam 2006 Yes Your Honour DFO Sarath Shetty Malayalam Vargam Sheriff Malayalam Chacko Randaaman Kaalan Madhavan Malayalam Oruvan SI Madhavan Malayalam 2007 Payum Puli Ravishankar Malayalam July 4 Vincent Malayalam Inspector Garud Saravanan Malayalam Ali Bhai Bhaskaran Malayalam 2008 Aandavan Sadashivan Malayalam 2009 Josh Sathya's father Telugu Muthirai Azhagar Thondaiman Tamil 2010 Marykkundoru Kunjaadu Johnykutty Malayalam Advocate Lakshman Ladies Only HaridasMalayalam Thanthonni Malayalam The Thriller Manmohan Malayalam Andari Bandhuvaya Telugu 2011 Arjunan Sakshi Rajan Thomas Malayalam Christian Brothers Renjith Malayalam 2012 Etho Seithai Ennai Nambi Tamil Kunjaliyan Suresh Varma Malayalam Ajantha Singer KannadaMalayalam My Boss Mathew Abraham Malayalam MLA Mani: Patham Classum Gusthiyum Ananthan Malayalam 2013 Crocodile Love Story DFOMalayalam Careebeyans Shiva Subramaniyam Malayalam 2014 1: Nenokkadine Chandrasekhar Telugu Ring Master Raju Malayalam 2015 Ivan Maryadaraman Indrasimhan Malayalam Srimanthudu Meghana's father Telugu 365 Days Chandrasekhar Telugu 2016 Kalyana Vaibhogame Divya's father Telugu Gentleman Ram Prakash Telugu Aatadukundam Raa Anand Rao Telugu Oozham Karthikeyan Malayalam 2017 Mister Chai's father Telugu Thikka Madan MohanTeluguRangoon Syed Nawazuddin Tamil Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi Abhi's father Telugu Villain Dinesh Tharakan Malayalam 2018 Savyasachi Mahalakshmi's husband Telugu Juvva Sivakrishna Hegde Telugu 2019 Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy Kumara Mallareddy Telugu Maharshi Ramavaram District Collector Telugu Dear Comrade Bobby's father Telugu 2020 IIT Krishnamurthy Srinivasa Rao Telugu Joshua Malayalam 2021 Cold Case Aadhavan Padmanabhan Malayalam Varudu Kaavalenu Karthik's father Telugu 2023 Paayum Oli Nee Yenakku Tamil Kolai Tilak Varma Tamil 2024 Siddharth Roy Telugu 2025 Dilruba Telugu Arjun Son of Vyjayanthi Vishwanath Telugu 2026 Parasakthi MP Bhaskar Rao Tamil SkyTelugu Maa Inti Bangaaram Ramaiah Raju Telugu Rao BahadurA. JagannadhanTelugu
Television YearTitle NetworkLanguage1998Peyarai Solla VaaSun TVTamil2000Nippulanti NijamETVTelugu2001 Sigaram Sun TV Tamil Soolam 2004AalipazhamSurya TVMalayalam2005Kadamattathu KathanarAsianet2006Ezham Kadalinakkare2007Swami Ayyappan2010–2012IdhayamSun TVTamil 2011DevimahatmyamAsianetMalayalamSabarimala Shridharma Shastha2012Veera MarthandavarmaSurya TVDostKairali TV2015SpandanamSurya TV7 RaatrikalAsianet2016–2017Kayamkulam Kochunniyude MakanSurya TV2018Lahiri Lahiri LahiriloETVTelugu2020–2021 AmmayariyatheAsianetMalayalam2020–2023Anbe VaaSun TVTamil 2021Kannana KanneRudramadeviStar MaaTelugu2025TeacherammaAsianetMalayalam2026–PresentPodarilluStar MaaTelugu
Other work TitleLanguageNotes Kassu Panam Thuttu Money Money Malayalam short film; as director and producer
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