Trivia

Older brother of famous comedy director David Dhawan.

His son is actor Siddharth Dhawan.

Uncle to Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan and director Rohit Dhawan.

Uncle to director Punit Malhotra. Punit's dad and Anil are first cousins.

Granddaughter Anjini Dhawan was born April 2000.

Has a daughter named Shilpa who worked as an assistant to Sriram Raghavan.

Grandson Karan was born in 2005.

Starred in the shelved film Viraat Productions "Kaliyug Ki Seeta"(1975) Starring Anil Dhawan, Reshma,Abhi Bhattacharya, Bindu,Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Directed by Dilip Bose.

Starred in the shelved film Milan Productions "Parvarish"(1975). Starring Anil Dhawan,Yogita Bali, Mehmood,Bindu,Music by Raj Ratan,Directed by S.M. Sagar.

Starred in the shelved movie Star Movies "Bindaas"(1975) Starring Ashok Kumar, Anil Dhawan,Tariq,Reeta Bhaduri, Arpana Chowdhry,Seema Kapoor,Renu, Keshto Mukherjee, Abhi Bhattacharya, Bindu,Ranjeet, Junior Mehmood, Joginder,Music by Bappi Lahrir, Produced by Anil Sinha, Directed by S. Azar.

Starred in the shelved movie "Kaaniya"(1974) Starring Anil Dhawan,Reena Roy,Nutan,Imtiaz Khan,Music by Ravindra Jain, Produced by Salim Khan, Directed by Nazar Khan .

Starred in the shelved movie S A Internationals "Khooni Tantrik"(1997) Starring Anil Dhawan,Ajay Kumar,Hemakshi,Anjan Srivastav,Goga Kapoor,Rajesh Puri,Yunes Parvez,Mac Mohan,Ram Sethi,Kiran Kumar, Directed by Rakesh Sinha.

Starred in the shelved movie Seven Stars Movies " Jawab Nahin Tumhara"(2000) Starring Anil Dhawan,Aryan, Pooja Swaroop,Pramod Moutho,Raza Murad, Sudhir,Mac Mohan, Avtar Gill, Dinesh Hingoo,Harish Patel, Ashish Vidyarthi, Aly Khan. Music by Babu Kishan, Directed by Swaroop Kumar.

Starred in the shelved Trishul Movietone "Ek Aur Karna "(1992) Starring Anil Dhawan, Sudha Chandran, Emraan Hashmi (as child artiste). Music by Babul Bose, Directed by Kanti Karana Dhami.

Starred in the shelved movie Nirmala Movies "Vardi Mein Gunda (1993) Starring Rahul Ranjan,Pooja Bhasin, Anil Dhawan,Alok Nath,Goga Kapoor, Deepak Shirke, Music by Pancham Nishad, Directed by Rajesh Mitthal.

Starred in the shelved movie Raja Art International's "Uskee Talaash"(1990) Starring Anil Dhawan,Krish (Daboo) Malik,Neha, Monty Nath, Raza Murad, Saeed Jaffery, Music by Aziz Ali, Directed by Eddie Divecha.

Starred in the shelved movie Ambassodor Films "Pyar Isi Kehte Hain"(1990) Starring Anil Dhawan,Kamna, Sujit Kumar,Mayur Paintal, Prema Narayan,Music by C. Raaj, Directed P.N. Ghoshal.

There was a shelved movie C.S.Pictures "Thikana"(1982) Starring Sanjeev Kumar,Mala Sinha,Simi Garewal,Debashree Roy,Kumar Deepak,Anil Dhawan,Pradeep Kumar,Kamini Kaushal, Prema Narayan,Sujit Kumar,Dheeraj Kumar, Jagdeep, Music by Sonik-Omi, Written and Directed by Samarendra Guha.

Starred in the shelved movie Screen Films"Tere Geet Mere Awaaz"(1978) Starring Anil Dhawan, Sona, Chand Usmani, Jalal Agha, Directed by K.Shariff.

Starred in the shelved movie Navyug Films "Tumsa Nahin Dekha"(1978) Starring Jeetendra, Shabana Azmi,Anil Dhawan, Zarina Wahab,Amjad Khan, Aruna Irani Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Directed by Harmesh Malhotra.

Starred in the shelved movie Tasveer Movies "Samaaj Aur Kanoon"(1975) Starring Ashok Kumar,Rajendra Kumar, Anil Dhawan,Yogita Bali,Ranjeet,Danny Denzongpa, Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by T.H.Shah, Directed by Jai Prakash.

Starred in the shelved movie Milan Productions untitled movie in 1974. Starring Anil Dhawan,Yogita Bali, Mehmood,Bindu, Music by Raj Ratan, Directed by S.M.Sagar.

Starred in the shelved movie "Iski Topi Uske Sar"(1974) Starring Anil Dhawan, Zahhira ( Replaced Asha Sachdev),Mehmood,Jagdeep, Mehmood, Music by Ganesh, Directed by K. Parvez.

Starred in the shelved movie "Shor Sharaba"(1991) Starring Anil Dhawan,Akhil,Dipiniti,Ravi Raj,Karishma (Nepal), Music by Manoj Mahesh, Directed by Sudarshan Babbar.

Starred in the shelved film Mercury Productions "Mr.John" (1975) Starring Dev Anand, Rekha,Yogita Bali,Anil Dhawan, Pradeep Kumar,Ajit, Pran ,Mehmood,Sulochana,Music by Usha Khanna, Produced and Directed by Sawan Kumar Tak.

While studying at FTII his batch mates were Jaya Bhaduri,Danny Denzongpa.

Uncle to Rohit Dhwan and Varun Dhawan.

Son Siddarth Dhawan also worked in few films best remembered for the television series Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand.

Debut film was Chetna 1970.