His books have been translated to different languages such as Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, English, Sinhalese, Burmese, Japense and Indonesian.

Anand has acted in two advertisement films and has also played the role of Ettappa Naicker in the TV show Swaraj on Doordarshan.

The book became a surprise bestseller, breaking into the top seller charts within a week of its launch.

[8] His second book was based on Mahabharata told from the perspective of Kaurava and was part of a two-book series.

[10] S. S. Rajamouli, the director of Baahubali series, revealed the cover of the book at the Jaipur Literature Festival in 2017.

Anand Neelakantan's fifth book Vanara,[14] the legend of Baali, Sugreeva and Tara is published by Penguin Random House and is a best seller.

Nala Damayanti was published in 2023 as a Novel by Penguin Random House India Ltd. Anand's second children's book, The Tale of Naughty Flying Mountains and the third, The Tale of a Naughty Prank was published by Puffin, a Penguin children's imprint.

Storytel published the audio drama, AMBA, based on the character of Shikandin of Mahabharata in five Indian languages in January 2023.