Anand Vyas is an American sitar player musician cinematographer polymath and artist who was born in Queens, New York. He joined the lineage of musicians belonging to the Indore Gharana and subsequently learned the style of the Maihar Gharana. He was initiated and groomed by Ustad Sultan Khan who was a very famous sarangi player from Jaipur. He uses thicker non-traditional strings on his sitar, which gives his music a deep and unique tone.