Anand (1986 film)

Anand
Film poster
Directed by	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Produced by	Parvathamma Rajkumar
Story by	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
Starring	Shivrajkumar Sudha Rani Rajesh Jayanthi
Music by	Sankar-Ganesh
Cinematography	B. C. Gowrishankar
Edited by	P. Bhaktavatsalam
Production company	Dakshayini Combines
Release date	19 June 1986 (1986-06-19)
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Anand is a 1986 Indian Kannada film directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. The film starred Shivrajkumar and Sudha Rani in lead roles with both making their debuts. The film went on to be a huge success running for 38 weeks. Shivarajkumar was introduced as a dancer in this film. This was his first of the three consecutive hits at the box-office on debut which gave him the title Hat-trick Hero. He once said, "I can never forget Anand, my first film which made me an actor. Singeetam was just explaining the scene to us and was telling this is what the work I expect from you people. He was bringing out such better performance from all of us."

The music of the film was composed by the duo Sankar-Ganesh with lyrics penned by Chi. Udayashankar.