[2] His parents' story was loosely dramatised in the 1983 NBC television movie Love Is Forever, starring Michael Landon and Laura Gemser, which tells of a photojournalist who scuba dives under the Mekong River to rescue his lover from communist-ruled Laos in 1977.

[4] Ananda was born in Thailand and attended Bangkok Patana School.

He holds Australian citizenship and visited Brisbane, Australia, on school holidays.

[citation needed] Aside from Shutter, Ananda has starred in the horror-comedy Ghost Delivery and the teen-slasher movie 303 Fear Faith Revenge.

He had featured roles in the Singaporean film Pleasure Factory and in Pen-ek Ratanaruang's Ploy.