Anant Mahadevan

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.^[1]

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) and son Kartik (Devansh Doshi) - to obey his commands.^[2] His next film is Mission Raniganj^[3]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Producer	Editor	Notes
1999	Ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Television film^[4]
2002	Dil Vil Pyar Vyar	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
2004	Dil Maange More	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
2006	Aksar	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
2007	Aggar: Passion Betrayal Terror	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
2007	Victoria No. 203: Diamonds Are Forever	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
2008	Anamika: The Untold Story	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
2009	Red Alert: The War Within	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
2010	Mee Sindhutai Sapkal	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Marathi film
2012	Staying Alive	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
2014	The Xposé	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
2015	Gour Hari Dastaan	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
2016	Rough Book	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
2016	Doctor Rakhmabai	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Marathi film
2017	Aksar 2	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
2020	Bittersweet	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Marathi film
2020	The Knocker	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	short film; Template:No wrap
2022	Life's Good	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Filmed in 2011
	Rocketry: The Nambi Effect	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:No
	The Storyteller	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:No
2024	Aata Vel Zaali	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Marathi film; co-edited with Kush Tripathy; also casting director
2025	Phule	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No

Acting credits

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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	The Sword of Tipu Sultan	Pandit Purnaiah
1994	Dekh Bhai Dekh
1994	Junoon	Advocate Vrinal Modi
1997	Ghar Jamai	Template:N/a	Director and writer only
1997–1998	Zabaan Sambhalke
1998	Jaal	Template:N/a	Director only
2000	Alvida Darling	Template:N/a
2001	Dial 100	Template:N/a
2001	Kabhi To Milenge	Dr. Praful	Also director
2002	Devi	Template:N/a	Director only
2009	Ghar Ki Baat Hai	Template:N/a
2010	Ishaan: Sapno Ko Awaaz De	Template:N/a
2012	Lakhon Mein EK	Template:N/a
2017–2018	Aadat Se Majboor	Roshan Lal Tootejaa	^[5]
2020	Mere Sai	Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2020–2022	Avrodh: The Siege Within	Satish Mahadevan
2026	Daldal	Manohar Swamy