Anand (Hindi: आनंद, Urdu: آنند) is a Hindi movie written and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and released in 1970. It starred Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna. The film was both a critical and commercial success. Considered as one of the greatest movies of all time, this film beautifully captures some of the greatest philosophies of life. The dialogue of the film was written by the acclaimed poet and writer Gulzar.

Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films .

Anand (Telugu: {{Audio|AnandPronounciation.ogg|2= ఆనంద్) is a Telugu musical and a romantic film, which was directed, produced and written by Sekhar Kammula, and was released to the Indian cinemas in 2004. According to Kammula, the movie means ..contentment, happiness. The lead roles are played by Raja and Kamalinee Mukherjee. The movie was well received by critics and owing to its success at the box office, it was remade in Tamil as Ninaithale. The film's basic story was also chosen as the subject for Sekhar Kammula's thesis screenplay which was as a part of a requirement for his successful completion of his Masters in Fine Arts at Howard University.

The film begins with the tragic death of the family of a young girl as a result of a character's drunken driving. The film sketches the path of the young girl growing up into a woman who lives her life independently and with self-esteem. The protagonist enters the woman's life and how they fall in love with each other forms the rest of the story.

The film went on to win the Nandi Awards among several other prominent awards. If the award-winning Dollar Dreams (2000) set the tone, then Anand introduced the legacy of successful films made with simple stories. A noteworthy mention is of the film's soundtrack which was well appreciated for its soft melodies.

A melodramatic tale of a man with a terminal disease. The story begins with Dr Bhaksar winning a literary prize for his book about a patient called Anand. The rest is flashback. Anand, the title character, is suffering from lymphosarcoma of the intestine. He, however appears to be cheerful on the outside and is determined to extract as much pleasure from his remaining lifespan as is possible. Dr. Bhaskar his physician tends to Anand in his last days. After Anand dies we can however still hear his voice which was recorded on a tape. Dr Bhakser writes a book on his patient and wins a literary prize for it Written by Anonymous

Dr. Prakash Kulkarni (Ramesh Deo) is a skilled doctor working to assist the poor and needy, however, there is a weakness in him, which is to over-charge his more wealthy clients, even encourage and magnify minor aches and pains, much to the dislike of his more enthical colleague Dr. Bhaskar Bannerjee (Amitabh Bachchan). It is because of his "charitable disposition" that both get to meet their new, terminally ill patient, Anand Saigal (Rajesh Khanna), who is aware that he has only a short time to live, but even during this short period he will manage to bring about positive change in the lives of both the doctors as well as the people around him. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)