Anurag Kashyap

Director

September 10, 1972 (53 years)

Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Biography

Anurag Kashyap is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is often regarded as the face of an emerging new wave cinema for producing numerous independent films with newcomers. For his contributions to film, the Government of France awarded him the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) in 2013. After writing a television serial, Kashyap got his major break as a co-writer in Ram Gopal Varma's crime drama Satya (1998), and made his directoria…

Filmography

6.5

Bandar

TV star Samar's life spirals when his ex Gayatri accuses him of rape after he blocks contact with her. Despite his new relationship with Khushi, he faces arrest and encounters a corrupt justice system.

7.8

Sacred Games

A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.

7.1

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.

6.2

Lust Stories

An anthology of four stories that sheds light on modern relationships from the viewpoint of the Indian woman.

7.8

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2

After the death of his father and brother Danish, Faizal Khan vows to take revenge by destroying Ramadhir Singh's gang.

5.2

Ghost Stories

An anthology of four short horror tales.

6.9

No Smoking

A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.

6.4

Kennedy

An insomniac former cop, Kennedy has been presumed dead for years. Yet, in secret, he continues to serve a corrupt system while seeking redemption. Halfway between thriller and film noir, Kennedy chronicles a violent and bloody vendetta in the dark streets of Mumbai. At the rate of the murders, Kennedy's character reveals itself more and more and sinks into a spiral that seems to have no way out.

6.3

Bombay Talkies

One hundred years of Hindi cinema is celebrated in four short stories showcasing the power of film.

7.0

Raman Raghav 2.0

A corrupt cop and a serial killer obsessed with a psychopath from the '60s get caught up in a ruthless cat-and-mouse game.

7.0

Dev.D

The son of a wealthy businessman finds solace in drugs and alcohol when he breaks up with his childhood love.

7.0

Ugly

When a 10-year old girl goes missing, her stepfather races against time to investigate the kidnapping. Can he find her before it's too late?

5.8

Nishaanchi 2

After another stint in jail, Tony finds that Rinku, his one true love and hope, has been taken by his brother Dabloo. This shocks him into reforming, but Ambika drags him back into crime, with Kamal on his trail. How Manjari gets to have the last laugh, with Tony, Ambika and Kamal at the forefront, forms the rest of the two-part gangster drama.

4.9

Madly

Madly explores love in all its permutations in six short films from a vibrant group of filmmakers representing Japan, Argentina, the UK, the US, India, and Australia. All forms of love are on display in this anthology. And all manners of feelings expressed from jubilance to depression are done so strongly.

6.7

Manmarziyaan

A spirited girl finds herself caught in a complicated love triangle while burdened with societal and familial pressures.

5.0

Star Bestsellers

Star Bestsellers is an Indian television series that was originally telecast on Star Plus in 1999–2000. Each episode in the series is a separate story written and directed by young and upcoming writer-directors and it carried the special intensity for a different feeling but all about proper human condition and indicating that each person has something great at heart. Writers and directors who worked in creating the episodes of the series include Anurag Kashyap, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Imtiaz Ali, Sriram Raghavan and Hansal Mehta.

7.6

Black Friday

Bombs tear through Bombay in 1993, wreaking havoc and polarising the citizens. With perpetrators at large, the state launches a massive man-hunt to unmask the perpetrators behind these events.

5.4

Bombay Velvet

An ordinary man, who goes against all odds to forge his own destiny and become a star in the glittering sky of 'Bombay,' thriving on jazz and violence.

6.9

Gulaal

A law student witnesses the struggles of the Rajputs, deception, homicide and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.

6.1

Nishaanchi

Twin brothers, identical looks but different values, face brotherhood, betrayal, love, and redemption. Their paths weave through crime into a deeper story of human nature and its results.