Anand Sai

Anand Sai is a famous art director in South Indian Cinema, a temple architect, and most importantly, a philanthropist. He was born and raised in Parlakhemundi Odisha. Later, he took an interior designing course in Chennai. And before debuting in the film industry, he also did event management. He is the son of B. Chellam, and his father was an art director for more than 700 movies across all the languages in North and South. He married Vasuki Anand, an actress who acted in Pawan Kalyan’s movie “ Tholi Prema Tholi Prema, a captivating Telugu television seria >> Read More... ,” as a supporting role of Pawan Kalyan’s sister. After that, she stopped acting in films and started working at Google. He has two children, a daughter Harshitha Anand and a son Sandeep Anand.

As an art director, he has worked on more than a hundred movie sets across multiple industries such as Yamadonga, Puli, Gudumba Shanker, Brindavanam, Sainikudu, Naani, Badrinath, and Baalu. He likes to design all his sets following Vaastu. Also, he prefers the lighting scheme for his sets. The things that matter to Anand Sai are Authenticity, Impact, and Inclusivity. In his debut Telugu-language romantic drama film "Tholi Prema," he recreated the Taj Mahal on the seashore in 1998. Also, he has worked in many films, including Yevadu (2014), Adhurs (2010), Okka Magadu Click to look into! >> Read More... (2008), and many more. As a production designer, he has worked in films, including Khaleja (2010), Naayak (2013), and Bhavadeeyudu Bhagat Singh (2022).

Later, he studied the Agama Shastra: A complete guide to temple architecture. On his journey as a temple enthusiast & chief architect, he has conceptualized temple towns all over India. These include The Lakshmi Narasimha Temple (also known as Yadadri Temple), The Amravati Buddha Wheel, the Shirdi Sai Baba Sai Baba/ Sai Baba Tere Hazaron Hath is the Hindi >> Read More... Temple in Malkapur (Pro Bono), and Sri Ramanujacharya Temple. He also forayed into commercial advertisements with Amrutanjan, Pepsi, and Fair & Lovely. He received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Art Director from Lt. Dr' J Jayalalithaa.' He received this award for his incredible work on the sets of the movie 'New.'