Anurag Kashyap filmography

Anurag Kashyap is looking away from the camera.
Kashyap attending the Rome Film Festival in 2007.

Anurag Kashyap is an Indian filmmaker and actor, known for his work in Hindi cinema. After writing a television series Kabhie Kabhie (1997), Kashyap co-wrote Ram Gopal Varma's crime drama Satya (1998).[1] He later wrote and directed a short television film, Last Train to Mahakali (1999), and made his feature film debut with the yet-unreleased film Paanch.[2][3] He next directed Black Friday (2007), a film on the 1993 Bombay bombings.[4] Its release was barred by India's Censor Board for two years,[5] but was eventually released in 2007 to positive reviews.[6] The same year, he directed the critical and commercial failure No Smoking.[6][7] Return of Hanuman (2007), an animated film, was Kashyap's next directorial venture.[8] In 2009, he directed Dev.D, a modern-day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali novel Devdas,[9] along with the political drama Gulaal.[10] Despite positive reviews, the latter was a box-office failure.[11]

Kashyap's production company Anurag Kashyap Films released its first film Udaan (2010)—a critical success that earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Story and Best Screenplay.[12][13][14] He then directed one of the short films in the anthology film Mumbai Cutting.[15] After directing the thriller That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011),[16] the two-part crime film Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) was his next release, which garnered him the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue.[17][18] In 2013, he directed a short film on eve teasing titled That Day After Everyday, and directed one segment of the anthology film Bombay Talkies (2013).[19][20] In 2013, he co-produced The Lunchbox, a film that was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language,[21] and the biographical drama Shahid.[22] In 2011, Kashyap started another production company Phantom Films,[23] whose first feature was the period drama Lootera (2013).

Kashyap co-produced and co-edited the comedy-drama Queen (2014), which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Editing; the film also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. His next directorial ventures were the thriller Ugly (2014) and the period film Bombay Velvet (2015).[24][25] The latter opened to mixed reviews from critics and failed to recover its ₹1.2 billion (US$14 million) investment.[26][27][28] In 2015, he co-produced two commercially successful films, Hunterrr, NH10 and the critically acclaimed Masaan.[29][30] Kashyap went on to direct Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016), based on the serial killer Raman Raghav, the sports drama Mukkabaaz (2018) and co-directed India's first Netflix Original series, the crime thriller Sacred Games. In 2019, he co-founded another production company, Good Bad Films, whose first film was Choked (2020).[31]

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  2. ^ Nagpaul D'souza, Dipti (18 September 2011). "The myth of Paanch is bigger than the film". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
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  4. ^ N, Patcy (5 April 2005). "Black Friday is based on facts!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  5. ^ N, Patcy (31 March 2005). "No Black Friday till blasts case verdict". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  6. ^ a b Khanna, Parul (5 July 2013). "Anurag Kashyap, the Godfather". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  7. ^ "No Smoking box-office report". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  8. ^ Guha, Aniruddha (1 February 2009). "Anurag Kashyap is jinxed no more". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  9. ^ Jason Buchanan (2015). "Dev.D Overview". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  10. ^ Sen, Raja (13 March 2009). "Gulaal is a compelling watch". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  11. ^ "Weekly Box-Office Report: "Gulaal" and "Zizou" find little colour at BO". The Times of India. 18 March 2009. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  12. ^ Walia, Shelly (27 June 2010). "Q&A: Anurag Kashyap, director". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  13. ^ Ghosh, Pratik (30 June 2013). "Looking to soar". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  14. ^ "Winners of 56th Filmfare Awards". Sify. 30 January 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  15. ^ "Fine directors get together in Mumbai Cutting". Rediff.com. 11 April 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  16. ^ "The Girl In Yellow Boots my first worldwide release: Anurag Kashyap". The Times of India. 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  17. ^ Lee, Maggie (7 June 2012). "Gangs of Wasseypur Review". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  18. ^ "Winners of 58th Idea Filmfare Awards 2012". Bollywood Hungama. 20 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  19. ^ Kaushal, Sweta (1 November 2013). "Anurag Kashyap's That Day After Everyday gets over 4 lakh hits in 2 days". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  20. ^ "Bollywood directors join hands to pay homage to Indian cinema". The Times of India. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  21. ^ "BAFTA: 'Boyhood' wins top honours, 'The Lunchbox' misses award". Zee News. 9 February 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  22. ^ M Shah, Kunal (2 August 2012). "Anurag Kashyap's film at Toronto Film Festival". Mid-Day. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  23. ^ Shackleton, Liz (24 November 2011). "Kashyap conjures up Phantom Films". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  24. ^ Malvania, Urvi (27 December 2014). "Ugly is a commercial film: Anurag Kashyap". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  25. ^ "Bombay Velvet to release on May 15". The Indian Express. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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  28. ^ "'Bombay Velvet' fades against 'Piku'". The Hindu. 19 May 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  29. ^ "Hunterrr and NH10 score well". Filmfare. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
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