 Anand has wielded the camera for 14 films in languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.His final work as a cinematographer came with "Sivaji" (2007), the Rajinikanth-starrer directed by Shankar, the most expensive Tamil film ever made at the time of release.He then turned a film director with "Kana Kandaen" (2005), and his second film turned out to be a Blockbuster "Ayan" (2009), an action entertainer set on the backdrop of the Indo-African drug smuggling trade, with Suriya and Tamannaah in the lead roles.