A software engineer-turned-filmmaker Anup Bhandari was born to Rathna Bhandari and director Sudhakar Bhandari. After completing his engineering from the Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (VVIET), Mysore, India, Anup went on the write and direct his debut project RangiTaranga (2015) which received critical acclaim post its release. With the movie being one of the most successful Kannada movies of the year, it won several accolades including the Filmfare