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Anamorelin
Anamorelin (Adlumiz) is an oral ghrelin mimetic drug approved in Japan in 2020 to treat cancer cachexia, but not approved in the US or Europe.
Anamorphic format
Anamorphic format: widescreen cinematography technique, also known as the CinemaScope process. Anamorphic lenses horizontally squeeze a wide image (classically 2x) onto standard film or sensors, de-squeezed at projection or in post, yielding 2.39:1 with oval bokeh and horizontal flares.
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis is a distorted-projection art technique in which a pre-distorted image resolves only from one vantage point, in a curved mirror (catoptric), or through a lens; famous examples include Holbein's The Ambassadors skull and modern street art.
Anamudi (ആനമുടി)
Anamudi (ആനമുടി), also known as Anai Peak, is a mountain in Kerala, India, whose name means "elephant's head" and is the highest point in the Western Ghats.
Anan ben David (anti-exilarch; founder of Karaism)
Anan ben David was an 8th-century Babylonian Jew of Davidic descent who composed the legal code Sefer ha-mitsvot and was later called the founder of Karaism.
Anan Ruckariyapong
Anan Ruckariyapong is a Thai business executive who started a snack company in 1973 that grew into Sappe, the beverage maker behind Mogu Mogu, sold in over 100 countries.
Anancus
Anancus is an extinct genus of anancine gomphothere proboscideans of Africa, Europe, and Asia, Miocene to Early Pleistocene, defined by anancoid tetralophodont molars; A. arvernensis was the last European species.
Anand
Anand (આણંદ), Gujarat, India: city and headquarters of Anand District, the Milk Capital of India, home of Amul, NDDB, GCMMF, and IRMA, and birthplace of the Anand Pattern dairy cooperative model.
Anand (actor)
Anand, also credited as Thalaivasal Anand, is an Indian character actor who debuted in Tamil cinema with Vanna Kanavugal in 1987 and works across four South Indian film industries.
Anand (आनंद) (1971 film)
Anand (आनंद) is a 1971 Hindi drama by Hrishikesh Mukherjee starring Rajesh Khanna as a dying cancer patient and Amitabh Bachchan as his doctor; it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and six Filmfare Awards.
Anand (ఆనంద్) (2004 film)
Anand (ఆనంద్) is a 2004 Telugu romantic comedy-drama directed by Sekhar Kammula, starring Raja and Kamalinee Mukherjee, released 15 October 2004, an NFDC-backed small-budget super hit.
Anand Bakshi
Anand Bakshi (आनंद बख़्शी), 1930-2002, Hindi film lyricist from Rawalpindi; wrote 3,500+ songs in 630+ films, won 4 Filmfare Awards, famed for simple 'people's poet' lyrics.
Anand Bhadauriya
Anand Bhadauriya, born in 1978 in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, is an Indian Samajwadi Party politician elected to the Lok Sabha from the Dhaurahra constituency in the 2024 general election.
Anand Daniel
Anand Daniel is a partner at Accel's India practice who joined in 2010 after engineering and management roles at Intel, investing in startups including Swiggy, BlackBuck, Spinny, and Vedantu.
Anand Datta
Anand Datta is a venture capital investor and Partner at Nexus Venture Partners in Bengaluru, focusing on fintech, insuretech, and B2B companies after earlier operating and consulting roles.
Anand Dighe
Anand Dighe (Dharmaveer, 1951–2001) was Shiv Sena's Thane district chief, never contested elections, mentored Eknath Shinde, faced 1989 murder-conspiracy charges, and remains central to Sena faction politics.
Anand Ekarshi
Anand Ekarshi (ആനന്ദ് ഏകർഷി) is a Kerala-based Indian filmmaker and Lokadharmi theatre actor whose debut feature Aattam won the 70th National Film Award for Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing.
Anand Gandhi
Anand Gandhi (born 1980, Mumbai) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and playwright, director of Ship of Theseus (National Award for Best Feature Film) and creative director of Tumbbad, also producer of An Insignificant Man and co-creator of OK Computer and the MAYA universe.
Anand Giridharadas
Anand Giridharadas, American journalist and author of Winners Take All, The Persuaders, and Man in the Mirror; former New York Times India correspondent, MS NOW analyst, and publisher of the newsletter The.Ink.
Anand K.
Anand K. is an Indian healthcare executive who served as chief executive of SRL Diagnostics from 2020, leading its 2023 rebranding to Agilus Diagnostics, until stepping down in 2026.
Anand Karaj (ਅਨੰਦ ਕਾਰਜ)
Anand Karaj (ਅਨੰਦ ਕਾਰਜ), the Sikh marriage ceremony of "blissful union," centers on four Laavan hymns by Guru Ram Das and circling the Guru Granth Sahib; legally validated in India by the Anand Marriage Act, 1909, amended 2012.
Anand Kumar (आनंद कुमार)
Anand Kumar (आनंद कुमार), born 1973 in Patna, is the Indian mathematics educator who founded Super 30 in 2002 with Abhayanand, coaching 30 poor students yearly free for the IIT entrance exam; Padma Shri 2023, subject of the film Super 30, and of 2018 fraud litigation.
Anand Kumar Gond
Anand Kumar Gond is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician, elected to the Lok Sabha from the Bahraich constituency of Uttar Pradesh in the 2024 general election.
Anand Lunia
Anand Lunia is an Indian venture capitalist, founding partner of Bengaluru-based seed fund India Quotient, launched in 2012, known for early bets on ShareChat and Sugar Cosmetics.
Anand Mahindra (आनंद गोपाल महिंद्रा)
Anand Mahindra (आनंद गोपाल महिंद्रा), born 1955, is an Indian industrialist who chairs the Mahindra Group, led development of the Scorpio SUV, and received the Padma Bhushan in 2020.
Anand Math
Anand Math (आनंद मठ, Anandamath) is Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's 1882 Bengali novel set in the Sannyasi Rebellion, source of the hymn Vande Mataram, India's National Song, and of the 1952 Hindi film by Hemen Gupta.
Anand Menen
Anand Menen (also Anand Menon), Malayalam film director from Vaikom, Kerala; directed Gauthamante Radham (2020) and Vaazha – Biopic of a Billion Boys (2024), written by Vipin Das; third film HappiLoop with Manju Warrier.
Anand Mishra
Anand Mishra (born 1989), former 2011-batch Assam cadre IPS officer known as the Singham of Assam, resigned in 2024, lost Buxar Lok Sabha 2024 as an Independent, joined the BJP in August 2025, and won the Buxar Bihar Assembly seat.
Anand Raj Anand (music)
Anand Raj Anand is an Indian composer, lyricist, and playback singer of Hindi film music who debuted with Masoom in 1996 and composed for more than 90 films.
Anand Rajaraman
Anand Rajaraman is a computer scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded the comparison-shopping company Junglee, acquired by Amazon in 1998, and later Kosmix, Rocketship.vc, and Milliways Ventures.