Anand Bhatt is an Indian-American celebrity known for pioneering the musical genre of Latindian, which is a fusion of Latin and Indian music and cooking. He has released several successful albums blending salsa and tropical music with Indian influences. In addition to his music career, Bhatt is an author of a cookbook and is recognized for his charity work promoting cross-cultural awareness.

1. LATINDIAN
Latindian = Latin + Indian. Latindian is a Latin-Indian Fusion in music and cooking
pioneered by Latin+Indian celebrity Anand Bhatt. Anand Bhatt is the first Indian to be
at the Latin Grammys with his latin pop music dubbed “Tropical Fusion.” He is also the
author of the book Rock Star Recipes.
His album SALSA INDIA & TROPICAL FUSION along with his substantial crossver
marketing reach with endorsements have landed the celebrity many honors in the realm
of cross-cultural understand and awareness.
Named one of the Top 5 Indian-Americans to watch in Hollywood, Anand Bhatt
[pronounced ONN-INN BOTT] was born in Chicago. He is the younger child of two
children from a mechanical engineer father and a schoolteacher mother.
Anand first got public media notice while still in high school after he and his friends
choreographed a humorous dance to a song they wrote and recorded while wearing
homemade outfits to make themselves look like monkeys. The song, and the
monkey dance, became a community favorite and eventually landed the group on
Chicago radio.
Anand Bhatt is known for his internationally recognized music as both a solo artist
and as frontman for celebrated heavy rock group Anand Clique. After graduating
high school, Anand went to the University of Illinois at Chicago for both his
undergraduate and graduate degrees. It was there he met his other bandmates.
To support himself as a teenager until after grad school, Anand performed as a
"Dancing DJ" at weddings, bar mitzvahs and corporate parties with a well known
ongoing Chicago troupe in which they would put on full shows, do impersonations,
and utilize audience participation.
Anand became friends with Jim Martin, an actor from the movie "Bill & Ted's Bogus
Journey" and the lead guitar player for platinum selling 90s rock group Faith No
More, backstage at a festival they were playing together. Their collaborations were
Anand's first break on to the Grammy Awards ballot.
Anand Bhatt is the first Indian-American to be a voting member of the Latin
Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ( the Latin Grammys ). Furthermore, his
charity efforts are vast and recognized as successful.