Tinnu Anand (born 4 May 1953), sometimes referred to as Tinnu Anand or Virender Raj Anand, is an Indian actor, writer and director from Bollywood, who is most known as the director of Amitabh Bachchan's movies including, Kaalia (1981), Shahenshah (1988), Main Azaad Hoon (1989) and Major Saab (1998).
He is the son of veteran writer Inder Raj Anand, brother of producer Bittu Anand and uncle of director Siddharth Anand.
Anand portrayed an important role in Ghajini in 2008.
He did his schooling from Mayo College in India.
In an interview, Tinu Anand spoke about his early days and also praised Amitabh Bachchan for his generosity.He also worked as an assistant director to Satyajit Ray for five years, in Bengali films, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969), Aranyer Din Ratri (1970), Pratidwandi (1970), Seemabaddha (1971) to Ashani Sanket (1973).