Anubhav Sinha

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Anubhav Sinha
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Sinha in 2024
Born22 June 1965 [1]
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater Aligarh Muslim University
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1993–present[ clarification needed ]
Known for Tum Bin , Mulk , Article 15 , Thappad
SpouseRatnaa Sinha
Children1

Anubhav Sinha is an Indian film director, producer and writer known for his work in Hindi film industry. His films include Tum Bin (2001), Dus (2005) and Ra.One (2011) He also directed a series of socio-political films Mulk (2018), Article 15 (2019), Thappad (2020) followed by Anek , (2022) and Bheed (2023). His latest film is IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack (2024).

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Early and education

He was born on June 22, 1965 [2] in Allahabad (now Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh India to Prem Govind Sinha and Sushila Sinha. He went to school in Kalagarh, Garhwal, Government Inter College, Allahabad and Queen's College, Varanasi. He completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from The Aligarh Muslim University in 1987. [3]

Career

Anubhav Sinha began his career in the entertainment industry with TV shows like Sea Hawks and then a spate of music videos in the late 90s. Before beginning his career in entertainment industry, Sinha worked for one years in New Delhi as a theatre artist before moving to Mumbai on 4 December 1990. He worked as an assistant director to Pankaj Parashar until 1994 before branching out as an independent director for television for Zee TV. He was noticed for his work on Shikast, the flagship show of the TV network in Mumbai. This was followed by the TV show Sea Hawks for UTV. Sea Hawks was the number one show for 35 weeks across all networks. 72 episodes later, he turned to directing music videos.[ citation needed ]

In 2000, he left working on music videos to start his first feature film Tum Bin . It starred Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sandali Sinha, Himanshu Malik and Raqesh Vashisth. It went on to become a major box-office success and has gained a cult status over the years. [4] [5] [6]

Sinha's second feature Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai starred Priyanshu Chatterjee and Sakshi Shivanand. [7] His third film, the multi-starrer Dus , was the eighth highest-grossing film of the year 2005. [8] This was followed by Tathastu (2006) and Cash (2007).

Before directing and producing Tum Bin II and Mulk , Sinha directed Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer superhero film, Ra.One for which he wrote the script as well along with Kanika Dhillon.

In 2019, Sinha produced and directed Article 15 under his production house Benaras Media Works with Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead. The film is based on Article 15 of the Indian Constitution, which is about prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. [9] The film generally received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success.[ citation needed ]

In 2020, Sinha helmed Thappad starring Taapsee Pannu, which released on 28 February 2020, and received highly positive reviews from critics, but was an average success at the box-office.

Sinha is also the founder and owner of Benaras Media Works, the production company that he established in 2012 to produce his films and television projects. [10] [11]

Filmography

List of Anubhav Sinha film credits
YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2001 Tum Bin YesYesNo
2003 Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai YesYesNo
2005 Dus YesNoNo
2006 Tathastu YesNoNo
2007 Cash YesNoYes
2011 Ra.One YesYesNo
2014 Gulaab Gang NoNoYesDirected by Soumik Sen
Zid NoNoYesDirected by Vivek Agnihotri
2016 Tum Bin 2 YesYesYes
2018 Mulk YesYesYes
2019 Article 15 YesYesYes
2020 Thappad YesYesYes
2022 Anek YesYesYes
Middle Class Love NoNoYesDirected by Ratnaa Sinha
Faraaz NoNoYesDirected by Hansal Mehta [12]
2023 Bheed YesYesYes [13]
Afwaah NoNoYesDirected by Sudhir Mishra [14]
2024 IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack YesYesNoTV series on Netflix [15]
Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

Awards and nominations

List of Anubhav Sinha awards and nominations
YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
AACTA Awards
2020 Best Asian Film Thappad Nominated [16]
International Indian Film Academy Awards
2020 Best Film Article 15 Nominated [17]
Best Director Nominated
Best Story Nominated
Best Screenplay Won
2022 Best Film Thappad Nominated [18]
Best Director Nominated
Best Dialogue Won
Filmfare Awards
2019 Best Story Mulk Won [19]
Best Dialogue Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
2020 Best Film (Critics) Article 15 Won [20]
Best Story Won
Best Dialogue Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
2021 Best Film Thappad Won [21]
Best Film (Critics) Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Story Won
Best Screenplay Nominated
2024 Best Film (Critics) Bheed Nominated
Best Story Nominated
Screen Awards
2002 Best Story Tum Bin Nominated[ citation needed ]
2019 Best Film Mulk Nominated [22]
Best Film (Critics)Nominated
Best Director Nominated
2020 Best Film (Critics) Article 15 Won[ citation needed ]
Best Film Writing ( Story & Screenplay )Won
Zee Cine Awards
2019 Best Film (Critics) Mulk Nominated[ citation needed ]
Best Director Nominated
2020 Best Story & Screenplay Article 15 Won[ citation needed ]

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