Anant Balani was a Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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He directed films such as Patthar Ke Phool

Patthar Ke Phool

*For the cooking ingredient see KalpasiPatthar Ke Phool is a 1991 Bollywood film starring Salman Khan who plays a police officer fighting an underworld gang. Raveena Tandon, plays the female lead role, while Vinod Mehra, Kiran Kumar, Reema Lagoo and Manohar Singh appear in supporting roles...

in 1991 which starred Salman Khan

Salman Khan

Salman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...

. He also wrote the script for Insaaf: The Justice , released in 2004.

He died of a heart attack on 29 August 2003 in Mumbai

Mumbai

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. 2003 had been a strenuous year for him and he had finished three films and was working on a fourth at his time of death. He didn't live to see any of his films of that year released which included Joggers' Park, Mumbai Matinee

Mumbai Matinee

Mumbai Matinee is a 2003 Bollywood romantic comedy film directed and written by Anant Balani and starring Rahul Bose as a 32 year old virgin. The film premiered on 26 September 2003 and was also released in the UK...

and Ek Din 24 Ghante

Ek Din 24 Ghante

Ek Din 24 Ghante is a 2003 Bollywood thriller film directed and written by Anant Balani and starring Rahul Bose and Nandita Das. The film premiered on 7 November 2003. Director Anant Balani died before the film was released on 29 August 2003...

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Filmography

• Gawahi (1989)
• Patthar Ke Phool
  Patthar Ke Phool
  *For the cooking ingredient see KalpasiPatthar Ke Phool is a 1991 Bollywood film starring Salman Khan who plays a police officer fighting an underworld gang. Raveena Tandon, plays the female lead role, while Vinod Mehra, Kiran Kumar, Reema Lagoo and Manohar Singh appear in supporting roles...
  
   (1991)
• Jazbaat
  Jazbaat (1994 film)
  Jazbaat is a 1994 Bollywood romantic film directed by Anant Balani and written by Sutanu Gupta. Starring Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Rohit Roy, Reema Lagoo, Mohnish Bahl and Kiran Kumar, it premiered on 8 July 1994 in Mumbai.-Cast:*Suchitra Krishnamoorthi...
  
   (1994)
• "A Mouthful of Sky" (1995) TV series
• Tere Liye
  Tere Liye
  Tere Liye may refer to:* Tere Liye , A Bollywood film, released in 2000, directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and starring Sonali Khare, Hiten Paintal, Bhavna Pani, Arjun Punj, Shilpa Saklani and Ansh Thakker...
  
   As writer
• Joggers' Park (2003)
• Mumbai Matinee
  Mumbai Matinee
  Mumbai Matinee is a 2003 Bollywood romantic comedy film directed and written by Anant Balani and starring Rahul Bose as a 32 year old virgin. The film premiered on 26 September 2003 and was also released in the UK...
  
   (2003)
• Ek Din 24 Ghante
  Ek Din 24 Ghante
  Ek Din 24 Ghante is a 2003 Bollywood thriller film directed and written by Anant Balani and starring Rahul Bose and Nandita Das. The film premiered on 7 November 2003. Director Anant Balani died before the film was released on 29 August 2003...
  
   (2003)
• Chameli (2003) (during shooting period he died)

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