It’s not easy to live in the shadows of a legendary father. ‘Evergreen’ hero Dev Anand’s son, Suneil, failed to taste a quarter of his iconic father’s success. Born to Dev Anand, the reigning star of the 1950s to the early ‘70s, and Kalpana Kartik, Suneil was brought up in the heart of Bollywood. After completing his degree in business administration from American University, Washington, DC, Suneil decided to follow in his father’s footsteps.
He made his acting debut in the family drama ‘Anand Aur Anand’ in 1984. The movie, which also featured big names such as Raakhee, Smita Patil, and Biswajit Chatterjee, unfortunately tanked at the box office.
Thereafter, Suneil tried to revive his career by appearing in three more films—‘Car Thief,’ ‘Main Tere Liye’ (which also starred Meenakshi Sheshadri), and ‘Master.’ The last movie was his comeback after a decade as well as his directorial debut. Suneil also underwent rigorous training in Wing Chun, the classical martial art from southern China, spending time in Hong Kong to master the discipline for his role.
Sadly, ‘Master’ failed to make an impact at the box office. After his father died in 2011, Suneil stepped up to the helm of his production house, Navketan Films. In 2012, he announced a Hollywood project, ‘Vagator Mixer,’ which claimed to tackle the drug racket in Goa.
According to a report in The Times of India, the film was filmed across striking locations in Los Angeles and Goa, India. The action sequences were choreographed by Grand Master Leung Ting, a 10th-level M.O.C. expert, who is also the founder and president of the International Wing Tsun Association (I.W.T.A.), Hong Kong, and a direct disciple of the legendary Great Grand Master Yip Man. The screenplay for the project was crafted by Doug Popovich and Roland Minez, while the visual storytelling was brought to life through the lens of cinematographer Scott MacDonald.
The movie was supposed to hit the big screens in 2015. However, a legal dispute emerged between the co-producers. According to Bollywood Hungama, one of the movie’s producers, an NRI named Deen Bakshi, took legal action against Suneil, filing multiple charges. Reports even suggested that Suneil was absconding amid the controversy. For the legacy of the Navketan brand, this episode became an unwelcome and damaging chapter. The film remains unreleased.
Suneil, however, managed to carry the heritage of Navketan Films onto the international stage when he organized the screening of his father’s iconic 1965 romantic classic, Guide, at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Although he has since stepped away from the limelight and chosen a more private life away from cinema, he made a rare public appearance in 2023 during the inauguration of PVR’s film festival in Mumbai, an event held to celebrate the centenary of Dev Anand’s birth.
He made his acting debut in the family drama ‘Anand Aur Anand’ in 1984. The movie, which also featured big names such as Raakhee, Smita Patil, and Biswajit Chatterjee, unfortunately tanked at the box office.
Thereafter, Suneil tried to revive his career by appearing in three more films—‘Car Thief,’ ‘Main Tere Liye’ (which also starred Meenakshi Sheshadri), and ‘Master.’ The last movie was his comeback after a decade as well as his directorial debut. Suneil also underwent rigorous training in Wing Chun, the classical martial art from southern China, spending time in Hong Kong to master the discipline for his role.
Sadly, ‘Master’ failed to make an impact at the box office. After his father died in 2011, Suneil stepped up to the helm of his production house, Navketan Films. In 2012, he announced a Hollywood project, ‘Vagator Mixer,’ which claimed to tackle the drug racket in Goa.
According to a report in The Times of India, the film was filmed across striking locations in Los Angeles and Goa, India. The action sequences were choreographed by Grand Master Leung Ting, a 10th-level M.O.C. expert, who is also the founder and president of the International Wing Tsun Association (I.W.T.A.), Hong Kong, and a direct disciple of the legendary Great Grand Master Yip Man. The screenplay for the project was crafted by Doug Popovich and Roland Minez, while the visual storytelling was brought to life through the lens of cinematographer Scott MacDonald.
The movie was supposed to hit the big screens in 2015. However, a legal dispute emerged between the co-producers. According to Bollywood Hungama, one of the movie’s producers, an NRI named Deen Bakshi, took legal action against Suneil, filing multiple charges. Reports even suggested that Suneil was absconding amid the controversy. For the legacy of the Navketan brand, this episode became an unwelcome and damaging chapter. The film remains unreleased.
Suneil, however, managed to carry the heritage of Navketan Films onto the international stage when he organized the screening of his father’s iconic 1965 romantic classic, Guide, at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Although he has since stepped away from the limelight and chosen a more private life away from cinema, he made a rare public appearance in 2023 during the inauguration of PVR’s film festival in Mumbai, an event held to celebrate the centenary of Dev Anand’s birth.
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