'''Vijay Anand (b. 1935)''' [[Image(vijay-anand.jpg)]] Accomplished Hindi actor, director and producer; younger brother of [[Dev]] and [[Chetan Anand]], nicknamed Goldie. Born in Gurdaspur, Punjab. Arts degree from the University of Bombay. Scripted [[Taxi Driver]] (1954) and made some of Navketan’s best films with Dev Anand, shaping Dev’s screen personality. Made [[Guide]], the first Indo-American co-production (US version directed by Tad Danielewski). Made remarkable musical sequences using location-derived sets (e.g. the song inside the Qutub Minar in [[Tere Ghar Ke Saamne]]) to achieve complex interactions between music, lyrics and story, at times evoking Western novelettes (Pearl Buck, A.J. Cronin) or Hollywood (Capra). Neo-realist overtones, inherited from brother Chetan, are used mainly as ballast to release the fantasy, a technique best exemplified by Guide and in the opening song of [[Kala Bazaar]]. Wrote some of the films he directed and edited (Kala Bazaar, Chhupa Rustom, also co-lyricist for the latter) and returned to starring roles in e.g. Chor Chor, Hum Rahe Na Hum, Double Cross; also scenarist for [[Hum Dono]] (1961) and producer of Jaan Hazir Hai (1975). Played Sam the Detective in the TV series Tahqiqat, initially directed by nephew [[Shekhar Kapur,]]. '''FILMOGRAPHY''' (** also d/* only d): 1955: Joru Ka Bhai; 1957: Agra Road; Nau Do Gyarah*; 1960: Kala Bazaar**; 1963: Tere Ghar Ke Saamne*; 1964: Haqeeqat; 1965: Guide*; 1966: Teesri Manzil*; 1967: Jewel Thief*; 1968: Kahin Aur Chal*; 1970: Johnny Mera Naam*; 1971: Tere Mere Sapne**; 1972: Double Cross; 1973: Hindustan Ki Kasam; Chhupa Rustom**; Blackmail**; 1974: Kora Kagaz; Chor Chor; 1976: Bullet*; 1978: Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki; 1980: Ram Balram*; 1981: Ghunghroo Ki Awaaz; 1982: Rajput*; 1984: Hum Rahe Na Hum; 1988: Main Tere Liye*; 1994: Tahqiqat (TV). [[Actor]] [[Director]]