Anup Bhandari
Directing
Biography
A software engineer-turned-filmmaker Anup Bhandari was born to Rathna Bhandari and director Sudhakar Bhandari. After completing his engineering from the Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (VVIET), Mysore, India, Anup went on the write and direct his debut project RangiTaranga (2015) which received critical acclaim post its release. With the movie being one of the most successful Kannada movies of the year, it won several accolades including the Filmfare Award for Best Film. Anup who had also written the songs and composed for the movie won the Filmfare Award for Best Director and the IIFA Utsavam Awards for Best Music Director and Best Lyrics. He is associated with the bilingual movies Rajaratha and Rajaratham, directed by Anup Bhandari. His 2019 release includes Aadi Lakshmi Puraana, directed by Priya V.
Known For
Almost half a century ago, a remote village in the middle of a tropical rain forest starts witnessing a series of unexplainable events which they attribute to the supernatural. Vikrant Rona, An eccentric police officer, is assigned to solve the mystery. A mysterious game unfolds where everyone in the village is a potential victim and everyone is a suspect.
Vikrant Rona
Mysterious events begin to unfold after a reclusive novelist and his wife move back to her ancestral village, followed by a journalist.
Rangi Taranga
Rajaratha is a 2018 Indian Kannada romantic comedy film written and directed by Anup Bhandari who also composed the film's music. It stars Nirup Bhandari and Avantika Shetty in the lead roles in their second collaboration with the director after the success of RangiTaranga. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Rajaratham (English: Royal Chariot) with Rana Daggubati replacing Puneeth Rajkumar as the narrator. Arya, who made his debut in Kannada cinema for the first time with the film, features in a supporting role alongside P. Ravishankar and Sruthi Hariharan.
Rajaratha
Once upon a time in 2209 A.D.
BRB: First Blood
Aaditya is an investigation officer, who is pursuing the drug mafia in the country. Lakshmi is a happy-go-lucky girl, working in a travel agency and living life through pranks and innocent lies. When Aadi and Lakshmi’s paths cross, there is a love story waiting to happen.
Aadi Lakshmi Puraana
A man from a prestigious family discovers he shares his ancestors' weakness for infidelity. As his marriage suffers, he must choose between breaking this generational pattern or losing his wife's trust forever.
Just Married
Upcoming Kannada Film directed by Anup Bhandari and presented by Kichcha Sudeep
Ashwatthama
Gurukulam - The School, a short film which won more than 17 awards globally from various international film festivals.
Gurukulam – The School
a short film portrays a beautifully crafted love story between hearing-impaired man and a speech-impaired woman.