Suneil Anand Age, Death, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Profession	• Actor • Director
Famous for	Being Dev Anand's only son
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 9" (175 cm)
Weight (approx.)	60 Kg (132 lbs)
Body Measurements (approx.)	- Chest: 40 inches - Waist: 32 inches - Biceps: 10 inches
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Grey
Career
Debut	As an actor: Anand Aur Anand (1984, as Varun Anand) As a director, producer, screenplay writer: Master (2001, acted as Ravi Pratap Singh)
Last Film	Main Tere Liye (1988, as Ajit)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	30 June 1956 (Saturday)
Birthplace	Zurich, Switzerland
Date of Death	26 July 2026
Place of Death	London, England
Age (at the time of death)	70 Years
Death Cause	Heart Attack
Zodiac sign	Cancer
College/University	American University, Washington, D.C.
Educational Qualification	Degree in business administration
Religion	Hinduism
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death)	Unmarried
Family
Parents	Father- Dev Anand (Actor) Mother- Kavita Kartik (Actress)
Siblings	Sister- Devina Anand (younger)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Suneil Anand

• Suneil Anand was the son of legendary actor and director Dev Anand and actress Kalpana Kartik.

• Born in Zurich, Switzerland, at the time, his parents were on holiday to go the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in Czechoslovakia.

• He was the youngest delegate to attend that year’s festival.

• Suneil earned his degree in business administration from American University in Washington DC.

• Upon completion of his studies, he returned to India and chose to join the film industry like his father.

• During the late 1970s and early 1980s, he worked as a co-director on a number of films directed by Dev Anand.

• He was initiated into the film industry as an actor by his father in 1984 when he was cast in the movie Anand Aur Anand.

• In that film, Dev Anand was the main lead and Raakhee and Smita Patil were co-leads and Suneil had a supporting role.

• The movie failed to make much money in the box office.

• It was in the year of 1986 when Suneil got his next opportunity in Car Thief with Vijayata Pandit. That movie was also a flop.

• Then his uncle, director Vijay Anand, signed him up for his 1989 film Main Tere Liye with Meenakshi Sheshadri.

• This one was also sponsored by his father’s production company, Navketan Films.

• However, this movie was not a success in the theaters, either. Suneil then went on a long hiatus from acting.

• He studied the Wing Chun Kung Fu martial art for 18 years in Hong Kong with Grandmaster Sifu Leung Ting, a traditional Chinese martial art.

• This training would also give him his first shot at direction in martial arts film Master in 2001.

• This was also the first Indian movie filmed in China. In this film, he was the producer, director, writer and lead actor.

• Master was no more successful in the box-office and his acting and directing career came to an end.

• After Dev Anand passed away in 2011, Suneil took over the running of Navketan Films.

• He had been helping his father with the company for years prior to that.

• In 2008, he organized shows of his father’s classic movie ‘Guide’ in the Cannes Film Festival.

• He was also on Vagator Mixer, which was a Hollywood film that took place from 2014, but ended up in a legal dispute among the producers and was never released.

• It was a tribute to his father who wanted to make a Hollywood film his whole life, he said.

• Suneil Anand is also the cousin of filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who went on to make movies like Masoom, Mr. India and Elizabeth.

• During the latter years, Suneil was a private citizen. The last time he was seen in public was the birth centenary celebration of his father in Mumbai in 2023.

• Suneil Anand passed away on 26 July 2026 in London at the age of 70. On his way from the US to India via UK, he had a heart attack.

• He was rushed to a hospital where the first assessment was made, followed by a plan of stent procedure. But before the procedure could be performed, he had another heart attack and was unable to be revived.

• His niece, Gina Narang, confirmed his death in a statement on behalf of the family, which said the family also sought privacy during his passing.

• He dies in the same hospital where his father died in 2011.

• He remained unmarried during his entire life and had no children.