Anand or Ananda (Devnagari: आनंद) is a Sanskrit word that means "bliss", "happiness" or "joy." It is the most common first name in the Indian subcontinent and also a surname.
Anand may refer to:
Cinema
- Anand (film), a 1970 Bollywood movie directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
- Anand (2004 film), a 2004 Tollywood film starring Raja and Kamalinee Mukherjee.
People:
- Anand Lal Shimpi, the person behind AnandTech
- Anand Narayanan, well-known Editor in the Television media in South India. At present, he is with Kairali-People TV in Kerala.
- Anand Panyarachun, a former prime minister of Thailand.
- Anand Satyanand, Governor-General of New Zealand as of August 2006.
- J.Anand,Former Formula 3 Racecar Driver
- Viswanathan Anand, the Indian chess player, the current World Chess Champion
- Anand, a Kannada movie actor.
Anand (surname): Anand (surname) is found in a clan of the Kukhran sub-caste of Khatri caste in North India:
- Chetan Anand, Dev Anand's brother and classic Hindi film director/producer
- Dev Anand, a classic Hindi film actor
- Mulk Raj Anand, Indian novelist, short-story writer, and art critic writing in English.
Others
- Anand, Gujarat, a town in Gujarat, India.
- Murugananthan, Anandha murugan - other names of Lord Murugan, worshiped predominantly in south India
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