1) ‘Kanku Ni Keemat’(Gujrati film)Produced by Romesh Sharma
2) ‘Kanoon Kya Karega’ Produced by Alam & Bhagwandas, starring Suresh Oberoi, Deepti Naval & Danny Denzongpa.(1984)
3) ‘Aitbaar’ Produced by Romesh Sharma, starring Dimple Kapadia, Raj Babbar, Suresh Oberoi & Danny Denzongpa.(1985)
4) ‘Sultanat’ Produced by Arjun Hingorani, starring Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Sridevi, introducing Juhi Chawla & Karan Kapoor(1986).
5) ‘Insaaf’ Produced by Nitin Manmohan, starring Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia & Danny Denzongpa.(1987)
‘Mahasangram’ Produced by Nitin Manmohan, starring Vinod Khanna, Madhuri Dixit, Sumit Saigal, Shaheen & Aditya Pancholi.(1990)
‘Khoon ka Karz’ Produced by ……..starring Mithun Chakraborthy, Kimi Katkar, Dimple Kapadia(1991)
8) ‘Agneepath’ Produced by Yash Johar, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Madhavi, Danny Denzongpa, Mithun Chakraborthy & Neelam(1990).
9) ‘Hum’ Produced by Romesh Sharma, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Kimi Katkar, Rajnikant, Govinda, Shilpa Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa, Kader Khan & Anupam Kher.(1991)
10) ‘Khuda gawah’ produced by Manoj Desai & Hussain, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Shilpa Shirodkar, Nagarjuna, Danny Denzongpa & Kiran Kumar'(1992)
11) ‘Trimurti’produced by Subhash Ghai, starring Anil Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan, Jackie Shroff, Gautami, Tinnu Anand & Dr. (1995)
12) ‘Dus’ (unfinished) produced by Mukul S Anand(Director too) , Sunil Manchanda & Nitin Manmohan, starring Sunjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Vinod Khanna, Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty & Rahul Dev.(1997)
I am Anita, Mukul Anand’s wife. It would be obvious that I was (and still am) a huge fan of my husband’s work. Technically, a very sound director and way beyond his times, Mukul was a perfectionist and his films reflected his passion for film making. I could go on about Mukul and his talent, but that isn’t my aim. His last film ‘DUS’ which unfortunately, never got completed was his baby…… right from the story, script to production and direction. This film would have been his first attempt in all these fields, but proved to be his last instead!
I remember waking up every morning to see Mukul sitting hunched over his laptop, spectacles on his nose, writing the script of ‘Dus’. He could not type, so with one finger he would be patiently getting his thoughts together on the laptop. I would hear snippets of the ever evolving script.
‘Dus’ was the story of 2 men, who were Force 10 (hence the title), and part of the Indian Intelligence team, sent to restore peace between India and Pakistan. They were on a mission to destroy Mast Gul, the terrorist from Afghanistan. The climax of the film was the saving of the Pakistan prime minister, who was on a visit to Delhi on a peace mission, from the asassination attempt of Mast Gul.
The location recce for ‘Dus’ to Utah, where they were planning to shoot the climax of the film and all the action scenes, was done in May/June 1997. It was also a holiday for the family. My 2 kids, Alishka and Mikhail (aged 11 & 5 at that time) and me accompanied him. I remember going along with Vikas Sivaraman (the cameraman) and Mukul into the Utah mountains and photographing the locations. We drove through winding roads and mountains, rivers and bridges, stopping all the way. Vikas and Mukul would be surveying the landscape from all angles and shortlisting the locations they thought would be great to shoot at. I could see the mounting excitement of the two men as they found the locations they wanted. 15 days later, Mukul had a complete idea of the locations for his magnum opus. Today, when I look back, I’m happy we went along, as it wasn’t just a holiday but also an opportunity to see my husband at work.