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.