Anup Bhandari

Anup Bhandari is an Indian software engineer, turned to film maker,film director, composer and lyricist who works primarily in Kannada cinema, now debut Kannada film director Anup Bhandari seems to have charted out his career graph well in advance. He was born in Mangaluru to director Sudhakar Bhandary and Rathna Bhandari, raised in Mysuru and has worked in the US, but hopes to settle down in Bengaluru. Anup holds an Engineering degree from Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (VVIET), Mysuru. His directorial début mystery thriller Kannada movie Rangitaranga has been critically acclaimed. Anup also wrote the lyrics and composed music for the movie. His other works include a short movie "Words" for which cinematography was done by Lance Kaplan. He is currently working on his next film with Sudeep