Vijay Anand (filmmaker)

Indian film director and actor (1934–2004)

For the Indian politician, see Vijay Anand (politician).

Vijay Anand

Vijay Anand in Agra Road (1957)

Born| (1934-01-22)22 January 1934[citation needed]

Gurdaspur, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, India)

Died| 23 February 2004(2004-02-23) (aged 70)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Other names| Goldie
Relatives| See Anand-Sahni family
Awards| Filmfare Best Director Award:Guide (1965)
Filmfare Best Dialogue Award: Guide (1965)
Filmfare Best Editing Award: Johnny Mera Naam (1970)

Vijay Anand (22 January 1934 – 23 February 2004), also known as Goldie Anand, was an Indian filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, editor and actor, who is known for acclaimed films such as Guide (1965), Teesri Manzil (1966), Jewel Thief (1967) and Johny Mera Naam (1970). He made most of his films for the in-house banner Navketan Films and was part of the Anand family.

## Background and personal life[edit]

Vijay Anand was born in Gurdaspur, Punjab, India, the son of Pishori Lal Anand, a successful and affluent advocate. He was the youngest of nine siblings. The producer and director Chetan Anand and the celebrated actor Dev Anand were his brothers, and among his sister was Sheel Kanta Kapur, mother of film director Shekhar Kapur.[1]

Vijay married his much younger niece, Sushma Kohli, the daughter of his older sister.[2] This uncle-niece pairing is forbidden in much of Indian society and was a scandal when it happened. The couple married in the face of resistance from many quarters, not least their own families, but they had a happy marriage which lasted all their lives.

## Career[edit]

Though Vijay Anand has had a career as an actor, screenwriter, editor, and producer, he will primarily be remembered as a director. He made his directorial debut in 1957 superhit Nau Do Gyarah. The film, where Vijay's brother Dev Anand played the leading role, was shot in only 40 days.[3]

Some of Vijay's other successful movies as a director are Kala Bazar (1960), Guide (1965), Teesri Manzil (1966), Jewel Thief (1967), Johny Mera Naam (1970), Tere Mere Sapne (1971), Ram Balram (1980) and Rajput (1982). Nearly all of these films were made by Navketan films, the production company started by the Anand brothers themselves. Notable exceptions wereTeesri Manzil, which was produced by Nasir Hussain," Ram-Balram" produced by Tony Juneja and "Rajput" produced by Mushir-Riaz.The period 1957-1970 must be reckoned the High Noon of Vijay Anand's career, as is evident from the films listed above. Vijay's 1965 film Guide starring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman, which was based on R. K. Narayan's novel of the same name, marked the acme of Vijay Anand's career. It was not only his biggest blockbuster but also his most critically acclaimed movie, celebrated by the masses, the classes and music-lovers alike. Navketan attempted an international release of an English-language remake of Guide, but without success.

Vijay Anand is known for his stylish song picturization, such as the numbers; "O Haseena Zulfonwali" (Teesri Manzil), "Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai" (Guide) and "Honthon Mein Aisi Baat" (Jewel Thief).[4]

He debuted as an actor with the film Agra Road (1957). As an actor, his most memorable roles were in the films like Kala Bazar (1960), Haqeeqat (1964), Kora Kagaz (1974), (in which he starred opposite Jaya Bachchan) and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978). Songless thriller film Chor Chor (1974), in which Leena Chandavarkar was his heroine. He acted in Ghungroo Ki Awaaz (1981) and Double Cross (1972) with Rekha as well as Chhupa Rustam (1973) and Tere Mere Sapne with Dev Anand, Hema Malini & Mumtaz.

To the younger generation of the 1990s he is also known for playing detective Sam in the television series Tehkikaat (1994).

He served a short stint as the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification, India's censor board, a position from which he resigned, in 2002, after he ran into ideological differences with the government over the introduction of ratings for adult movies.[5]

Goldie, as he was affectionately called, died on 23 February 2004 due to a heart attack. He was aged 70.[6]

## Filmography[edit]

### Director[edit]

* Nau Do Gyarah (1957)
* Kala Bazar (1960)
* Tere Ghar Ke Samne (1963)
* Guide (1965)
* Teesri Manzil (1966)
* Jewel Thief (1967)
* Kahin Aur Chal (1968)
* Johny Mera Naam (1970)
* Tere Mere Sapne (1971)
* Blackmail (1973)
* Chhupa Rustam (1973)
* Bullet (1976)
* Ek Do Teen Chaar (1980)
* Ram Balram (1980)
* Rajput (1982)
* Main Tere Liye (1988)

### Writer[edit]

* Taxi Driver (1954)
* Hum Dono (1961)

### Actor[edit]

* Agra Road (1957) - Sunil
* Kala Bazar (1960) - Nand Kumar Chattopadhyay
* Haqeeqat (1964) - Major Pratap Singh
* Tere Mere Sapne (1971) - Dr. Jagannath Kothari
* Double Cross (1972) - Ajay Arya / Vijay Arya / Jimmy
* Chhupa Rustam (1973) - Jimmy Fernandes
* Kora Kagaz (1974) - Professor Sukesh Dutt
* Chor Chor (1974) - N/A
* Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978) - Thakur Rajnath Singh Chouhan
* Ghungroo Ki Awaaz (1981) - Thakur Ranjeet Singh
* Tehkikaat TV series (1994) for Doordarshan,

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## Legacy[edit]

Sriram Raghavan's Johnny Gaddar, a Film Noir style thriller is dedicated to his influence on the Hindi noir/thriller genre.[7] It also pays tribute to him in a scene in which his movie Johny Mera Naam is being watched by a character and there he takes the name johnny to hide his identity.[8]

A retrospective of his films was held at International Film Festival of India (IFFI), held at Goa in 2007.[9]

His film Guide has been studied and analyzed by several writers and thinkers. The book Guide the Film Perspectives has an in-depth study on the genius of the director running through the film.[10] He also acted in television serial tehqiqat on Delhi doordarshan.

## Awards[edit]

* Filmfare Award for Best Director for Guide (1965)
* Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue for Guide (1965)
* Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Johnny Mera Naam (1970)[11]
* Filmfare Award for Best Editing for Johnny Mera Naam (1970)
* BFJA Awards as Best Editor for Johnny Mera Naam (1970)[12]
* BFJA Awards as Best Editor for Double Cross (1972)[13]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Dev Anand (2007). Romancing with Life — an autobiography. Penguin books India. p. 1\. ISBN 9780143418566.
2. ^ "J'accuse!". telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph. 4 March 2005. Archived from the original on 15 March 2005.
3. ^ Profile, tribuneindia.com, 7 March 2004.
4. ^ "rediff.com: The man who revolutionised Hindi film songs". specials.rediff.com.
5. ^ "The Hindu : Master of sophisticated cinema". 1 August 2004. Archived from the original on 1 August 2004.
6. ^ "Filmmaker Vijay Anand dead". Rediff.
7. ^ Bhatia, Sidharth (20 May 2016). "Goldie's Noir: The legacy of 'Teesri Manzil'". mint.
8. ^ "50 Years of Jewel Thief: Sriram Raghavan explains why this film still gives him goosebumps". Hindustan Times. 28 October 2017.
9. ^ "IFFI 2007 retrospective".
10. ^ Lata Jagtiani (20 November 2019). "How Vijay Anand's classic film 'Guide' tackles the delicate subject of adultery". scroll.in.
11. ^ "1st Filmfare Awards 1953" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
12. ^ "69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007". Archived from the original on 22 April 2008.
13. ^ "69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007". Archived from the original on 22 April 2008.

## External links[edit]

* Vijay Anand at IMDb
* Vijay Anand Special Issue on Indian Auteur
* Short Biography on Upperstall.com
* A study of Guide, Vijay Anand's masterpiece on Rediff.com

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Filmfare Award for Best Director

1954–1970|

* Bimal Roy (1954)
* Bimal Roy (1955)
* Bimal Roy (1956)
* V. Shantaram (1957)
* Mehboob Khan (1958)
* Bimal Roy (1959)
* Bimal Roy (1960)
* Bimal Roy (1961)
* B. R. Chopra (1962)
* Abrar Alvi (1963)
* Bimal Roy (1964)
* Raj Kapoor (1965)
* Yash Chopra (1966)
* Vijay Anand (1967)
* Manoj Kumar (1968)
* Ramanand Sagar (1969)
* Yash Chopra (1970)

1971–1990|

* Asit Sen (1971)
* Raj Kapoor (1972)
* Sohanlal Kanwar (1973)
* Yash Chopra (1974)
* Manoj Kumar (1975)
* Yash Chopra (1976)
* Gulzar (1977)
* Basu Chatterjee (1978)
* Satyajit Ray (1979)
* Shyam Benegal (1980)
* Govind Nihalani (1981)
* Muzaffar Ali (1982)
* Raj Kapoor (1983)
* Govind Nihalani (1984)
* Sai Paranjpye (1985)
* Raj Kapoor (1986)
* Mansoor Khan (1989)
* Vidhu Vinod Chopra (1990)

1991–2010|

* Rajkumar Santoshi (1991)
* Subhash Ghai (1992)
* Mukul S. Anand (1993)
* Shekhar Kapur (1994)
* Sooraj Barjatya (1995)
* Aditya Chopra (1996)
* Rajkumar Santoshi (1997)
* J. P. Dutta (1998)
* Karan Johar (1999)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2000)
* Rakesh Roshan (2001)
* Ashutosh Gowariker (2002)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2003)
* Rakesh Roshan (2004)
* Kunal Kohli (2005)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2006)
* Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (2007)
* Aamir Khan (2008)
* Ashutosh Gowariker (2009)
* Rajkumar Hirani (2010)

2011-present|

* Karan Johar (2011)
* Zoya Akhtar (2012)
* Sujoy Ghosh (2013)
* Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (2014)
* Vikas Bahl (2015)
* Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2016)
* Nitesh Tiwari (2017)
* Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (2018)
* Meghna Gulzar (2019)
* Zoya Akhtar (2020)
* Om Raut (2021)
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1959–1970|

* Rajinder Singh Bedi (1959)
* Ramanand Sagar (1960)
* Amanullah Khan, Kamal Amrohi, Wajahat Mirza & Ehsan Rizvi (1961)
* Wajahat Mirza (1962)
* Akhtar ul Iman (1963)
* Arjun Dev Rashk (1964)
* Govind Moonis (1965)
* Akhtar ul Iman (1966)
* Vijay Anand (1967)
* Manoj Kumar (1968)
* Ali Raza (1969)
* Pt Anand Kumar (1970)

1971–1990|

* Rajinder Singh Bedi (1971)
* Gulzar (1972)
* Ramesh Pant (1973)
* Gulzar (1974)
* Kaifi Azmi (1975)
* Salim-Javed (1976)
* Sagar Sarhadi (1977)
* Vrajendra Gaur (1978)
* Rahi Masoom Raza (1979)
* Satyadev Dubey (1980)
* Shabd Kumar (1981)
* Kader Khan (1982)
* Dr. Achla Nagar (1983)
* Mahesh Bhatt (1984)
* Sai Paranjpye (1985)
* Rahi Masoom Raza (1986)
* no award (1987)
* no award (1988)
* Kamlesh Pandey (1989)
* Javed Akhtar (1990)

1991–2010|

* Suraj Sanim (1991 )
* Rahi Masoom Raza (1992)
* Kader Khan (1993)
* Prof Jay Dixit (1994)
* K K Singh (1995)
* Aditya Chopra & Javed Siddiqui (1996)
* Gulzar (1997)
* Aditya Chopra (1998)
* Rajkumar Santoshi & K. K. Raina (1999)
* Hriday Lani & Pathik Vats (2000)
* O. P. Dutta (2001)
* Karan Johar (2002)
* Gulzar & Jaideep Sahni (2003)
* Abbas Tyrewala (2004)
* Aditya Chopra (2005)
* Prakash Jha (2006)
* Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi (2007)
* Imtiaz Ali (2008)
* Manu Rishi (2009)
* Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (2010)

2011–present|

* Habib Faisal (2011)
* Farhan Akhtar (2012)
* Anurag Kashyap, Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh Jaiswal & Sachin Ladia (2013)
* Subhash Kapoor (2014)
* Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani (2015)
* Himanshu Sharma (2016)
* Ritesh Shah (2017)
* Hitesh Kewaliya (2018)
* Akshat Ghildial (2019)
* Vijay Maurya (2020)
* Juhi Chaturvedi (2021)

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Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay

1969–1980|

* Nabendu Ghosh (1969)
* Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1970)
* Vijay Anand (1971)
* Basu Chatterjee (1972)
* Arvind Mukherjee (1973)
* Salim-Javed (1974)
* Shama Zaidi & Kaifi Azmi (1975)
* Salim-Javed (1976)
* Basu Chatterjee (1977)
* Lekh Tandon, Vrajendra Kaur & Madhusudan Kalekar (1978)
* Kamleshwar (1979)
* Girish Karnad & B. V. Karanth (1980)

1981–2000|

* Vijay Tendulkar (1981)
* K. Balachander (1982)
* Salim-Javed (1983)
* Vijay Tendulkar (1984)
* Mrinal Sen (1985)
* Goutam Ghose & Partha Banerjee (1986)
* no award (1987)
* no award (1988)
* Nasir Hussain (1989)
* Shiv Kumar Subramaniam (1990)
* Basu Chatterjee (1991)
* Tapan Sinha (1992)
* Aziz Mirza & Manoj Lalwani (1993)
* Robin Bhatt, Javed Siddiqui & Akash Khurana (1994)
* Sooraj Barjatya (1995)
* Aditya Chopra (1996)
* Rajkumar Santoshi (1997)
* Subhash Ghai (1998)
* Karan Johar (1999)
* John Matthew Matthan (2000)

2001–present|

* Honey Irani & Ravi Kapoor (2001)
* Farhan Akhtar (2002)
* Mani Ratnam (2003)
* Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Lajan Joseph (2004)
* Mani Ratnam (2005)
* Nina Arora & Manoj Tyagi (2006)
* Jaideep Sahni (2007)
* Anurag Basu (2008)
* Yogendra Vinayak Joshi & Upendra Sidhaye (2009)
* Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Abhijat Joshi (2010)
* Anurag Kashyap & Vikramaditya Motwane (2011)
* Akshat Verma (2012)
* Sanjay Chauhan & Tigmanshu Dhulia (2013)
* Chetan Bhagat, Abhishek Kapoor, Supratik Sen & Pubali Chaudhari (2014)
* Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (2015)
* Juhi Chaturvedi (2016)
* Shakun Batra & Ayesha Devitre (2017)
* Shubhashish Bhutiani (2018)
* Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Yogesh Chandekar & Hemanth M. Rao (2019)
* Zoya Akhtar & Reema Kagti (2020)
* Rohena Gera (2021)

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Films directed by Vijay Anand

* Blackmail
* Bullet
* Chhupa Rustam
* Guide
* Jewel Thief
* Johny Mera Naam
* Kahin Aur Chal
* Kala Bazar
* Main Tere Liye
* Nau Do Gyarah
* Rajput
* Ram Balram
* Teesri Manzil
* Tere Ghar Ke Samne
* Tere Mere Sapne

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