Anand Sai

Anand Sai (Telugu: ఆనంద్ సాయి) is an art director who works primarily in Telugu cinema. He received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Art Director for his work in New (2004).

Sai was born in Kaviti, Andhra Pradesh on the Andhra-Odisha border into a Telugu-speaking family. His father came to Madras in 1950 to be an art director in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam shared film industries.^[1] He studied interior design in Chennai and worked in event management for a while before getting into the film industry. Since then he has worked in over 50 movies. In his first movie he recreated the Taj Mahal on the seashore for Pawan Kalyan's Tholi Prema. He went on to worked on sets for over 40 films. This has translated into wedding sets designed for leading business houses and stars of Telugu cinema.

All the sets he designs are constructed in accordance with vaastu as he feels more comfortable if they are done that way. He also suggests the lighting scheme for his sets and discusses with the cinematographer to enhance the quality of the output. He has also forayed into advertisements with brands like Pepsi, Amruthanjan, and Fair & Lovely. He received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Art Director for his work in New (2004).

He was the chief architect for the Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Yadadri temple near Bhuvanagiri, Telangana. He has been working full time on the project since 2016. The designs comply with Agama Shastra.^[2]

Anand Sai is married to actress Vasuki Anand, who acted in a supporting role in Tholi Prema (1998) as Pawan Kalyan's younger sister and Ramany vs Ramany; They have two children.^[3][4] Anand Sai is a very close friend of Pawan Kalyan and has even accompanied him to his political events.

• Anand Sai at IMDb
• * https://www.youtube.com/user/anandsaiartdirector