 He joined him, serving as an apprentice for Sreeram's film such as "Gopura Vasalile", "Amaran", "Meera", "Devar Magan" and "Thiruda Thiruda".Actually, he joined as the sixth assistant to Sreeram when Jeeva, another prominent figure in cinematography was the first assistant to Sreeram.When director Priyadarshan had approached P. C. Sreeram to work on his Malayalam film, "Thenmavin Kombath" (1994), he was unavailable and thus recommended Anand to be given the opportunity.