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{{Short description|Indian film dialogue and screenwriter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Inder Raj Anand
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Sargodha]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj]] (present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan| West Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])
| death_date = {{death date|1987|3|6|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| occupation = {{hlist|Film dialogue writer|Screenwriter}}
| years_active = 1940s–1987
| works = ''[[Aag (1948 film)|Aag]]'', ''[[Aah (film)|Aah]]'', ''[[Anari (1959 film)|Anari]]'', ''[[Sangam (1964 Hindi film)|Sangam]]'', ''[[Shahenshah (1988 film)|Shahenshah]]''
| children = {{ubl|[[Tinnu Anand]]|Bittu Anand}}
| relatives = {{ubl|[[Siddharth Anand]] (grandson)|[[Mukul Anand]] (nephew)}}
}}
'''Inder Raj Anand''' (died 6 March 1987) was an Indian film dialogue and screenwriter in [[Hindi cinema]], who worked on many [[Raj Kapoor]] films, starting with ''[[Aag (1948 film)|Aag]]'' (1948), ''[[Aah (film)|Aah]]'' (1953), ''[[Anari (1959 film)|Anari]]'' (1959) and ''[[Sangam (1964 Hindi film)|Sangam]]'' (1964).<ref>[[#Gu|Gulzar, p. 304]]</ref> While formally referred to as a writer for Hindi films, he was actually an [[Urdu literature|Urdu writer]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Nandy|first=Ashis|title=The Secret Politics of Our Desires: Innocence, Culpability and Indian Popular Cinema|date=1998|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|isbn=9781856495165|page=97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-mFd5pfgNsC&pg=PA97|language=en}}</ref> writing his scripts and dialogues in [[Urdu]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Aḵẖtar|first1=Jāvīd|author-link1=Javed Akhtar|last2=Kabir|first2=Nasreen Munni|title=Talking Films: Conversations on Hindi Cinema with Javed Akhtar|date=2002|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=9780195664621|page=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JILAQAAMAAJ|language=en|quote=JA: I write dialogue in Urdu, but the action and descriptions are in English. Then an assistant transcribes the Urdu dialogue into Devnagari because most people read Hindi. But I write in Urdu. Not only me, I think most of the writers working in this so-called Hindi cinema write in Urdu: [[Gulzar]], or [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]] or Inder Raj Anand or [[Rahi Masoom Raza]] or [[Wajahat Mirza|Vahajat Mirza]], who wrote dialogue for films like ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'' and ''[[Gunga Jumna]]'' and ''[[Mother India]]''. So most dialogue-writers and most song-writers are from the Urdu discipline, even today.}}</ref>

He was father to actor-director [[Tinnu Anand]] and producer Bittu Anand. Inder's grandson is film director [[Siddharth Anand]] (''[[Salaam Namaste]]'' (2005) and ''[[Anjaana Anjaani]]'' (2010)).<ref>{{cite news |title=Salaam Namaste's director is 'very anxious' |url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2005/sep/06sid.htm |publisher=Rediff.com Movies |date=6 September 2005 }}</ref> Famous director [[Mukul Anand]] was Inder's nephew. [[Shahenshah (1988 film)|''Shahenshah'']], starring [[Amitabh Bachchan]], was Inder's last film as a writer. It was produced by his son, Bittu, and was directed by Tinnu. Shahenshah was released after Inder's death and it became one of the biggest hits of that year.

== Early life ==
Anand was born in [[Sargodha, Punjab]] (now [[Punjab, Pakistan]]) and would spend his student years in [[Lahore]] and [[Hyderabad, Pakistan|Hyderabad, Sindh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |date=2014 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |isbn=978-1-135-94318-9 |edition=2nd |location=Hoboken |pages=43}}</ref>

== Career ==
Anand began his career as a writer associated with [[Prithviraj Kapoor]]’s [[Prithvi Theatres]] and the People’s Theatre movement in Mumbai. He was also closely associated with writer and director [[K. A. Abbas]] through the [[Indian People's Theatre Association|Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA)]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Nandy |first=Ashis |title=The Secret Politics of Our Desires: Innocence, Culpability and Indian Popular Cinema |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=1998 |isbn=9781856495165 |page=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-mFd5pfgNsC&pg=PA97}}</ref>

During his career, Anand wrote screenplays and dialogue for numerous Hindi films, including ''[[Safar]]'', ''[[Sangam (1964 Hindi film)|Sangam]]'', and ''[[Ek Duuje Ke Liye]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gulzar |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica (India) |year=2003 |page=304}}</ref> Several films written by Anand such as ''[[Haathi Mere Saathi (1971 film)|Haathi Mere Saathi]]'', ''[[Jaani Dushman]]'', and ''[[Shahenshah (1988 film)|Shahenshah]]'' were commercially successful and remain well known in popular Hindi cinema.<ref>{{Cite web |title=वो राइटर जिसके बिना अमिताभ बच्चन कभी न बन पाते Shahenshah, मौत से ठीक पहले लिखा था 23 पन्नों का डायलॉग |url=https://www.india.com/hindi-news/entertainment-hindi/35-years-of-amitabh-bachchan-film-shahenshah-inder-raj-anand-written-23-page-dialogue-just-before-his-death-5554998/ |access-date=4 January 2026 |website=India.com |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=5 August 2022 |title=Do you know Shahenshah writer created 23 pages of dialogues day before his death? |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/do-you-know-shahenshah-writer-created-23-pages-of-dialogues-day-before-his-death-101659607294856.html |access-date=4 January 2026 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Year !! Film !! Credit
|-
| 1948 || Phool Aur Kante || Writer
|-
| 1948 || [[Aag (1948 film)|Aag]] || Story and screenplay, dialogues
|-
| 1950 || Birha Ki Raat || Story, screenplay and dialogues
|-
| 1951 || [[Naujawan (1951 film)|Naujawan]] || Dialogues and story
|-
| 1953 || [[Aah (film)|Aah]] || Story, screenplays and dialogues
|-
| 1956 || [[New Delhi (1956 film) |New Delhi]] || Screenplay
|-
| 1956 || [[C.I.D. (1956 film)|C.I.D.]] || Screenplay and dialogues
|-
| 1957 || [[Sharada (1957 film)|Sharada]] || Screenplay
|-
| 1959 || [[Choti Bahen]] || Screenplay and dialogues
|-
| 1959 || [[Char Dil Char Rahen]] || Writer
|-
| 1959 || [[Anari (1959 film)|Anari]] || Dialogues, screenplay and story
|-
| 1960 || [[Chhalia]] || Story & Dialogues
|-
| 1961 || [[Sasural (1961 film)|Sasural]] || Dialogues and screenplay
|-
| 1962 || [[Dil Tera Diwana (1962 film)|Dil Tera Deewana]] || Writer
|-
| 1962 || [[Asli-Naqli |Asli-Naqli]] || Writer
|-
| 1963 || [[Hamrahi (1963 film)|Hamrahi]] || Screenplay and dialogues
|-
| 1963 || [[Bahurani (1963 film)|Bahurani]] || Screenplay and dialogues
|-
| 1964 || [[Sangam (1964 Hindi film)|Sangam]]|| Writer
|-
| 1964 || [[Phoolon Ki Sej]] || Writer and '''Director'''
|-
| 1964 || [[Dulha Dulhan]] || Screenplay and dialogues
|-
| 1964 || Beti Bete || Screenplay and dialogues
|-
| 1965 || Aasman Mehel || Writer
|-
| 1966 || Chotta Bhai || Dialogues
|-
| 1968 || Vaasna || Dialogues
|-
| 1968 || [[Sapno Ka Saudagar]] || Story
|-
| 1969 || Nanha Farishta || Dialogues
|-
| 1969 || Bhai Behen || Writer
|-
| 1970 || [[Safar (1970 film)|Safar]] || Writer
|-
| 1970 || [[Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani (1970 film)|Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1970 || [[Devi (1970 film)|Devi]] || Story, screenplay and dialogues
|-
| 1970 || [[Aansoo Aur Muskaan |Aansoo Aur Muskaan]] || Writer, Screenplay and dialogues
|-
| 1971 || [[Haathi Mere Saathi (1971 film)|Haathi Mere Saathi]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1971 || [[Upaasna]] || Screenplay and dialogues
|-
| 1971 || [[Rakhwala (1971 film)|Rakhwala]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1972 || [[Apna Desh]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1972 || [[Anokha Daan]] || Writer
|-
| 1972 || [[Jawani Diwani |Jawani Diwani]] || Writer
|-
| 1973 || [[Gaai Aur Gori|Gai Aur Gori]] || Writer
|-
| 1974 || [[Humshakal (1974 film)|Humshakal]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1974 || [[Faslah]] || Writer
|-
| 1974 || [[Prem Nagar (1974 film)|Prem Nagar]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1975 || [[Sunehra Sansar]] || Writer
|-
| 1975 || [[Raaja]] || Writer
|-
| 1975 || [[Julie (1975 film)|Julie]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1976 || [[Nagin (1976 film)|Nagin]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1977 || [[Dildaar]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1977 || [[Aaina (1974 film)|Aaina]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1977 || [[Yehi Hai Zindagi]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1979 || [[Jaani Dushman]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1981 || [[Ek Duuje Ke Liye]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1981 || [[Kaalia]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1982 || [[Vakil Babu]] || Dialogues
|-
| 1983 || Lovers || Dialogues
|-
| 1984 || [[Raaj Tilak]] || Writer
|-
| 1984 || [[Jeene Nahi Doonga]] || Writer
|-
| 1985 ||[[Mard (1985 film)|Mard]]|| Dialogues
|-
| 1988 ||[[Shahenshah (1988 film)|Shahenshah]]|| Screenplay
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite encyclopedia |chapter= Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema |author=Gulzar |author-link= Gulzar|first2= Govind |last2=Nihalani |first3=Saibal |last3=Chatterjee |title=Encyclopædia Britannica (India) |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=2003|isbn=8179910660 |page=304|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Inder+Raj+Anand+screenwriter&pg=PT328 |ref=Gu }}

==External links==
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* {{BH person|inder-raj-anand}}

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KennyRoss67889 at 12:07, 10 April 2026