Aanand L. Rai

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Aanand L. Rai (born 28 June 1971) is a Hindi film director and producer known for romantic-comedy movies Tanu Weds Manu (2011), Raanjhanaa (2013), Tanu Weds Manu: Returns (2015), Zero (2018) and Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (2020).
== Early life and Background ==
Rai was born and brought up in Delhi. After his schooling in Delhi, he did his computer engineering from Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
His family's original surname was Raisinghani, and had shifted to Dehradun from Sindh, after partition of India in 1947.
== Career ==
Rai started his career as an engineer, but soon left it and moved to Mumbai where he started assisting his elder brother television director Ravi Rai in television series. Later he started directing his own shows.
Eventually he made his directorial debut with the psychological thriller Strangers, starring Jimmy Shergill, based on the 1951 Hitchcock film Strangers on a Train. This was followed by Thodi Life Thoda Magic (2008) starring Parmeet Sethi. He achieved success with the 2011 romantic hit film Tanu Weds Manu starring Madhavan and Kangana Ranaut. In 2013, he directed Raanjhanaa which featured actor Dhanush in his Bollywood debut, Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol. His 2015 movie Tanu Weds Manu: Returns received critical acclaim as well as box office success. His next film was Zero, a romantic drama starring Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif. The story revolves around a dwarf man. The film, though, described as ambitious in nature, received mixed reviews from critics and audiences.
He produces films under his banner Colour Yellow Productions.
== Filmography ==
Year	Title 	Director	Producer
2007	Strangers 	Yes 	
2008	Thodi Life Thoda Magic 	Yes 	
2011	Tanu Weds Manu 	Yes 	
2013	Raanjhanaa 	Yes 	
2015	Tanu Weds Manu: Returns 	Yes 	
2016	Nil Battey Sannata 	 	Yes
2016	Happy Bhag Jayegi 	 	Yes
2017	Shubh Mangal Saavdhan 	 	Yes
2018	Mukkabaaz 	 	Yes
2018	Meri Nimmo 	 	Yes
2018	Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi 	 	Yes
2018	Manmarziyaan 	 	Yes
2018	Tumbbad 	 	Yes
2018	Zero 	Yes 	Yes
2019	Laal Kaptaan 	 	Yes
2020	Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan	 	Yes
2021	Haseen Dillruba 	 	Yes
2021	Atrangi Re 	Yes 	Yes
2021	Good Luck Jerry 	 	Yes