K. V. Anand
Indian film director (1966-2021) · India · On the map · Directors · Died at 54
Karimanal Venkatesan Anand ISC was an Indian cinematographer, film director and photojournalist, worked mainly in the Tamil film industry. After a short period as a photojournalist, he became a cinematographer in the early 1990s, working on about fifteen films in the Southern and Hindi cinema industries.
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KaappaanFilm, Director, Writer2017
KavanFilm, Director, Writer2015
AneganFilm, Director, Writer2013
KanamachiFilm, Writer2012
MaattrraanFilm, Director, Writer2011
KoFilm, Director, Writer2009
AyanFilm, Director, Writer2005
Kana KandenFilm, Director1995National Film Award for Best CinematographyAward1992
MeeraFilm, (uncredited)1966Born30 October 1966People around K. V. Anand
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Harris Jayaraj K. V. Anand directed Kaappaan and Ayan
Suriya K. V. Anand directed Kaappaan and Ayan
Gopika K. V. Anand directed Kana Kandaen (2005)
Thalaivasal Vijay K. V. Anand directed Anegan (2015)
Tamannaah Bhatia K. V. Anand directed Ayan (2009)
Anthony Also in Ko and Kaappaan
Kajal Aggarwal K. V. Anand directed Maattrraan (2012)
Dhanush K. V. Anand directed Anegan (2015)
Amyra Dastur K. V. Anand directed Anegan (2015)
Mohanlal K. V. Anand directed Kaappaan (2019)
Sayyeshaa K. V. Anand directed Kaappaan (2019)
Prithviraj Sukumaran K. V. Anand directed Kana Kandaen (2005)
Vijay Sethupathi K. V. Anand directed Kavan (2017)
Mukesh Tiwari K. V. Anand directed Anegan (2015)
Lena K. V. Anand directed Anegan (2015)
Tara K. V. Anand directed Maattrraan (2012)
Vivek K. V. Anand directed Kana Kandaen (2005)
Arya K. V. Anand directed Kaappaan (2019)
Prabhu Ganesan K. V. Anand directed Ayan (2009)
Kota Srinivasa Rao K. V. Anand directed Ko (2011)
Vinaya Prasad K. V. Anand directed Anegan (2015)
Karthik K. V. Anand directed Anegan (2015)
Srikanth K. V. Anand directed Kana Kandaen (2005)
Raj Chakraborty Directed Kanamachi (2013)
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Ko 2011
Ayan 2009
Maattrraan 2012
Filmography 9
40 credits on file
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
Anand won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his debut film as a cinematographer, Thenmavin Kombath. In 2005, Anand turned film director with the critically acclaimed Kana Kandaen. He was a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC).
