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]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2000 | Gang | Police Officer | Hindi | [107] | |
2004 | Black Friday | ISI agent at landing boat | Also director; cameo appearance | [1] | |
2007 | No Smoking | Man in the elevator | [43] | ||
2009 | Luck by Chance | Himself | Cameo appearance | [108] | |
Dev.D | Chanda's customer | Also director; cameo appearance | [52] | ||
Gulaal | Man at the party | Also director; cameo appearance | [53] | ||
2010 | I Am | Vinay | [109] | ||
2011 | Soundtrack | Himself | Cameo appearance | [110] | |
Shagird | Bunty Bhaiya | [111] | |||
Tera Kya Hoga Johnny | Kashyap | Cameo appearance | [112] | ||
Trishna | Himself | Also co-producer | [59] | ||
2014 | Bhoothnath Returns | Himself | Cameo appearance | [113] | |
Happy New Year | Selection Judge of World Dance Championship Auditions | Cameo appearance | [114] | ||
2016 | Akira | ACP Govind Rane | [115] | ||
2018 | Daas Dev | Vishambhar Pratap Chauhan | Guest appearance | [116] | |
Imaikkaa Nodigal | ACP Martin Roy (Rudhra) | Tamil | [117] | ||
2019 | Bombay Rose | Raja Khan (voice) | Hindi | [118] | |
2020 | Ghoomketu | Inspector Badlani Jr., Raja Badlani, and Sr. Badlani [d] | Triple role; also producer | [119] | |
AK vs AK | Himself | Also executive producer and dialogue writer | [100] | ||
2021 | Bansuri: The Flute | Sadashiv | [101] | ||
2023 | Kuttey | Politician | Cameo appearance | [120] | |
Haddi | Pramod Ahlawat | ZEE5 movie | [121] | ||
Leo | Daniel | Tamil | Cameo appearance | [122] | |
2024 | Maharaja | Selvam | [123] | ||
Bad Cop | Kazbe | Hindi | TV series on Disney+Hotstar | [124] | |
Rifle Club | Dayanand Bare | Malayalam | |||
Viduthalai Part 2 † | TBA | Tamil | Completed | ||
TBA | One 2 One† | TBA | Filming | [125] |
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Screenwriter | Actor | Ref. |
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1999 | Last Train to Mahakali | Yes | Yes | Yes | [2] | |
2010 | Tubelight ka Chaand | Yes | [126] | |||
2010 | The Joy of Giving | Yes | [127] | |||
2010 | Encounter | Yes | Yes | [128] | ||
2013 | Moi Marjaani | Yes | [129] | |||
2013 | Geek Out | Yes | [130] | |||
2013 | The Epiphany | Yes | [129] | |||
2013 | Chai | Yes | [130] | |||
2013 | Hidden Cricket | Yes | [129] | |||
2013 | That Day After Everyday | Yes | Yes | [19] | ||
2014 | Kali-Katha | Yes | Yes | Yes | [131] | |
2017 | Chhuri | Yes | [132] | |||
2018 | Beautiful World | Yes | [133] | |||
2018 | Bebaak | Yes | [134] | |||
2019 | Fool for Love | Yes | [135] | |||
2020 | Yaad | Yes | [136] | |||
2022 | Clean | Yes | [137] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2012 | The World Before Her | Presenter | [138] |
2014 | Katiyabaaz | Presenter | [139] |
2016 | India In A Day | Executive producer | [140] |
2017 | Raghu Rai: An Unframed Portrait | Producer | [141] |
2022 | Lords of Lockdown | Producer | [142] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1997 | Kabhie Kabhie | Writer | [143] | |
2014 | Traffic: An MTV EXIT Special | Anchor, Producer | [144] | |
2014 | Yudh | Creative director | [145] | |
2018 | Ghoul | Producer | [146] | |
2018–2019 | Sacred Games | Director, co-producer | [147] | |
2019 | Thriller Factory | Director, voice actor | Audio series | [148] [149] |
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