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{{short description|Indian screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker (born 1950)}}
{{Indian patronymic|Anant|Mahadevan}}
{{for|the Indian-Canadian novelist|Anand Mahadevan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anant Mahadevan
| image = Anant Mahadevan (cropped).jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Mahadevan in 2019
| birth_name = Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|08|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]], [[Travancore–Cochin]], India
| occupation = {{hlist|Filmmaker|actor}}
| yearsactive = 1984–present
}}

'''Ananth Narayan Mahadevan''' (born 28 August 1950) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and an actor.

==Career==
Anant along with Sanjay Pawar received the [[National Film Award]] (2010) for the Best [[Screenplay]] and Dialogues for the Marathi film ''[[Mee Sindhutai Sapkal]]''. The film also fetched him the special jury award there.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mee Sindhutai Sapkal bags top National Awards|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-details/news-interviews/Mee-Sindhutai-Sapkal-bags-top-National-Awards/articleshow/9980710.cms|website=The Times of India|date=15 September 2011 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

Anant Mahadevan's 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 at the International Film Festival of Chennai (2014).

He plays the role of a strict patriarch who has his set opinions and wants other members in his family - his wife Vasudha ([[Mona Ambegaonkar]]), sister Sarita ([[Yamini Singh (Bollywood actress)|Yamini Singh]]) and son Kartik (Devansh Doshi) - to obey his commands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiablooms.com/showbiz-details/B/8506/cbfc-clears-gay-film-lsquo-evening-shadows-rsquo-with-u-a-certificate.html |title=CBFC clears gay film 'Evening Shadows' with U/A certificate|website=India Blooms}}</ref> His next film is [[Mission Raniganj]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hungama |first=Bollywood |date=2023-10-06 |title=Mission Raniganj Cast List {{!}} Mission Raniganj Movie Star Cast {{!}} Release Date {{!}} Movie Trailer {{!}} Review- Bollywood Hungama |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mission-raniganj/cast/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Director !! Screenwriter !! Producer !! Editor !! Notes
|-

| 1999 || ''Ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol'' || {{yes}}|| {{yes}} || {{no}}|| {{no}} || Television film<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/ananth-mahadevan-claims-kiran-rao-laapataa-ladies-similar-to-his-film-ghoonghat-ke-pat-khol-9351151/|title=Ananth Mahadevan claims Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies is similar to his 1999 film Ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol: 'Many incidents are the same'|date=25 May 2024}}</ref>
|-

| 2002 || ''[[Dil Vil Pyar Vyar]]''|| {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Dil Maange More]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Aksar]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007 || ''[[Aggar (film)|Aggar: Passion Betrayal Terror]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| ''[[Victoria No. 203 (2007 film)|Victoria No. 203: Diamonds Are Forever]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Anamika (2008 film)|Anamika: The Untold Story]]''|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Red Alert: The War Within]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Mee Sindhutai Sapkal]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || Marathi film
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Staying Alive (2012 film)|Staying Alive]]''|| {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Xposé]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Gour Hari Dastaan]]''|| {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016 || ''[[Rough Book]]''|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
| ''[[Doctor Rakhmabai (film)|Doctor Rakhmabai]]''|| {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||{{yes}} || Marathi film
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Aksar 2]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 2020
| ''[[Bittersweet (2020 film)|Bittersweet]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || Marathi film
|-
| ''The Knocker''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| short film;<br />{{no wrap|also cinematographer}}
|-
|rowspan=3|2022
| ''[[Life's Good (film)|Life's Good]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || Filmed in 2011
|-
| ''[[Rocketry: The Nambi Effect]]''
| {{no}}
| {{partial|Additional}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
|''[[The Storyteller (2025 film)|The Storyteller]]''|| {{yes}} || {{partial|Additional}}|| {{no}} || {{no}}
|
|-
|2024
|''[[Aata Vel Zaali]]''
| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}

|Marathi film;<br />co-edited with Kush Tripathy;<br />also casting director
|-
|2025
|''[[Phule (2025 film)|Phule]]''|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}
|
|}

====Acting credits====
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Films !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Khandaan (TV series)|Khandaan]]'' || Subbu ||
|-
| 1986 || ''Mazhe Ghar Mazha Sansar'' || Chintamani || Marathi Film
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Isabella (1988 film)|Isabella]]'' || Ananthu ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Chandni (1989 film)|Chandni]]'' || Chandni's friend's husband ||
|-
|1991|| ''[[Vishkanya (1991 film)|Vishkanya]]''|| Bajrang ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1992 || ''[[Nagin Aur Lootere]]''|| Nagraj ||
|-
| ''[[Khiladi (1992 film)|Khiladi]]''|| Neelam's Uncle ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1993 || ''[[Professor Ki Padosan]]''|| Vaidyaji ||
|-
| ''[[Gardish]]''|| Havaldar Sawant ||
|-
| ''[[Baazigar]]''|| Vishwanath Sharma ||
|-
| ''[[Bedardi]]''|| Professor Harish Thakkar ||
|-
| ''[[Bhookamp]]''|| Akhtar ||
|-
| ''[[Kanoon (1993 TV series)|Kanoon]]''|| Pasha Polyster ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1994 || ''[[Gangster (1994 film)|Gangster]]''|| ||
|-
| ''[[Prem Yog]]''|| ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1995 || ''[[God and Gun]]''|| ||
|-
| ''[[Janam Kundli]]''|| Pandit Dindayal Shastri ||
|-
| ''[[Gaddaar (1995 film)|Gaddaar]]''|| Mr. Saxena ||
|-
| ''[[Hum Dono (1995 film)|Hum Dono]]''|| ||
|-
| ''[[Akele Hum Akele Tum]]''|| ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Vijeta (1996 film)|Vijeta]]''|| Inquiry Officer ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997|| ''[[Yes Boss (film)|Yes Boss]]''|| ||
|-
|''[[Ishq]]''|| Brijesh Lal Saxena ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998||''[[Miss 420]]''|| ||
|-
|''[[Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha]]''|| ||
|-
| ''[[Kudrat (1998)|Kudrat]]''|| Police Inspector ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1999|| ''[[Dil Kya Kare]]''|| DCP Krishan Kumar ||
|-
|''[[Mann (1999 film)|Mann]]''|| Creditor ||
|-
| ''[[Baadshah (1999 film)|Baadshah]]''|| Mahender Seth ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Rhythm (2000 film)|Rhythm]]''|| Temple Priest || Tamil film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004 || ''[[Shikaar (2004 film)|Shikaar]]''|| ||
|-
|''[[Chhupa Rustam: A Musical Thriller|Chhupa Rustam]]''|| Mr. Chinoy ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta]]''|| Anand Mhatre ||
|-
| 2002 ||''[[Tum Se Achcha Kaun Hai]]''|| Sunil Madhavan ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003 || ''[[Satta (2003 film)|Satta]]''|| ||
|-
| ''[[Joggers' Park (film)|Joggers' Park]]''|| ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Sandwich (2006 film)|Sandwich]]''|| Mr. Rao ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007||''[[Aap Kaa Surroor (film)|Aap Kaa Surroor]]''|| News Reporter ||
|-
| ''Victoria No. 203: Diamonds Are Forever''|| Film Director ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008 || ''Rafoo Chakkar: Fun on the Run''|| Harbans Singh ||
|-
| ''[[EMI (film)|EMI]]''|| Babu ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[8 x 10 Tasveer]]'' || Sundar Puri ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke'' || V.G Chunawala ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Staying Alive (2012 film)|Staying Alive]]'' || ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[The Xposé]]'' || Subba Prasad || Also director
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Papanasam (film)|Papanasam]]'' || Prabhakar || Tamil film
|-
| 2017 || ''Kaccha Limbu'' || Venkatesh ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2018 || ''[[Vishwaroopam 2]]'' || Eshwar Iyer || Bilingual film
|-
| ''[[Evening Shadows]]'' || Damodar ||
|-
| ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]'' || Scientist || Tamil film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020 || ''[[Scam 1992]]'' || [[S. Venkitaramanan]], [[RBI Governor]]||
|-
| ''[[Durgamati]]'' || Psychiatrist ||
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Kaadan]]'' || Kurunjinathan/ Kanakamedala Raja Gopalam/ Jagannath Sevak|| Trilingual film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2022 || ''[[Forensic (2022 film)|Forensic]]'' || Dr. Rajeev Gupta ||
|-
| ''[[Salaam Venky]]'' || Guruji ||
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Mission Raniganj]]'' || PM Natarajan ||
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Ameena (film)|Ameena]]'' || Aftab Hasnain ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2025 || ''[[Sikandar (2025 film)|Sikandar]]'' || Chief Minister ||
|-
|''[[Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat]]'' || Adaa's Father
|-
|TBA
| ''[[3 Monkeys (upcoming film)|3 Monkeys]]'' || ||
|-
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1990 || ''[[The Sword of Tipu Sultan]]'' || [[Pandit]] [[Purnaiah]] ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Dekh Bhai Dekh]]'' || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Junoon (1994 TV series)|Junoon]]'' || Advocate Vrinal Modi ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Ghar Jamai (TV series)|Ghar Jamai]]'' || {{n/a}} || Director and writer only
|-
| 1997–1998 || ''[[Zabaan Sambhalke]]'' || ||
|-
| 1998
| ''Jaal''
| {{n/a}}
|rowspan=3| Director only
|-

| 2000
| ''Alvida Darling''
| {{n/a}}
|-
|rowspan=2| 2001
| ''[[Dial 100 (TV series)|Dial 100]]''
| {{n/a}}
|-
| ''[[Kabhi To Milenge]]''
| Dr. Praful
| Also director
|-
| 2002|| ''[[Devi (TV series)|Devi]]'' || {{n/a}}
|rowspan=4|Director only
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Ghar Ki Baat Hai]]''
| {{n/a}}

|-
| 2010
| ''[[Ishaan: Sapno Ko Awaaz De]]''
| {{n/a}}

|-
| 2012
| ''Lakhon Mein EK''
| {{n/a}}

|-
| 2017–2018 || ''[[Aadat Se Majboor (TV series)|Aadat Se Majboor]]'' || Roshan Lal Tootejaa ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Ananth Mahadevan says, there's no reason to look down upon television|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/ananth-mahadevan-says-theres-no-reason-to-look-down-upon-television/1149302|accessdate=6 October 2017|publisher=Free Press Journal}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Mere Sai]]'' || [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]] ||
|-
| 2020–2022 || ''[[Avrodh: The Siege Within]]'' || Satish Mahadevan ||
|-
|2026 || ''[[Daldal (2026 TV series)|Daldal]]'' || Manohar Swamy ||
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0536705}}

{{NationalFilmAwardBestScreenplay}}

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