Anurag Kashyap
Also Known As: Anurag Singh Kashyap, Ανουράγκ Κασιάπ
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 directorial debut with Paanch, which never had a theatrical release due to censorship issues. Apart from filmmaking, Kashyap serves as the Member of board of the Mumbai-based NGO, Aangan, which helps protect vulnerable children around India. He is the founder of two film production companies: Anurag Kashyap Films, which is run by Guneet Monga, Phantom Films with partnership from directors Vikramaditya Motwane and Vikas Bahl and producer Madhu Mantena.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Birthday: September 10, 1972
Age: 52 years old
Gender: Male
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Fool For Love
Overview: It narrates the story of an Anglo indian couple Allan and Beatrice(bittu). Beatrice who lives in one of the christian dominant areas of Mumbai,India is visited by her husband one night after almost two years of disappearance. What happens next is bleak, poetic and surreal just like Shepard's plays.
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Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2019-02-11
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Haddi
Overview: A transgender woman, Haddi, moves to Delhi to join a gang of transpeople and cross-dressers headed by an influential man. But is this move aspirational or driven by revenge?
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2023-09-07
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Making "Sacred Games"
Overview: VICE met up with the directors of Sacred Games, Netflix's first foray into originals in India. Veterans Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane explain their process to us.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2019-08-11
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Maharaja
Overview: A barber seeks vengeance after his home is burglarized, cryptically telling police his "Lakshmi" has been taken, leaving them uncertain if it's a person or object, jeer at his request until they learn what they're really looking for.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2024-06-14
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Trishna
Overview: When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pursue her affections, but are his intentions as pure as they seem?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-08
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Leo
Overview: A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, but it brings forth consequences with connection to a dangerous world, one which will shake his carefully constructed life to its very core.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2023-10-18
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Satya- Ab Tak Pachchees
Overview: The film is a compendium of several anecdotes, memories and observations of people who were directly involved in the making of Satya. At the same time, it presents views and commentary on Satya's legacy from people within the industry, whom Varma's film has greatly impacted.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-11
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One 2 One
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ta
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Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Overview: In a sophisticated near perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve differences. Tensions rise when the whispers of a mythical land without the bags start to float and a fresh council member sparks an accidental revolution.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-29
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Saali Mohabbat
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2024-11-22
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Gang
Overview: After falling prey to underworld, four friends jeopardise their personal lives with point of no return.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2000-04-14
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AK vs AK: The Final Battle
Overview: The roast of Anurag Kashyap and Anil Kapoor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-29
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Rifle Club
Overview: A historic rifle club in the Western Ghats becomes the center of a thrilling fight for survival when a dangerous arms dealer and his gang come seeking revenge. The club’s members, skilled hunters with a shared passion works together to protect their lives and their legacy
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 2024-12-19
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Kuttey
Overview: A van carrying crores of cash. One rainy night in the outskirts of Mumbai. Unaware of each other, three stray gangs cross paths on the hunt. Unfortunately, all of them have the same plan. Bullets... Blood... Betrayal... It’s every man for himself... All the dogs after one bone. Will these dogs bite the bone, or will they lose to greed?
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2023-01-13
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Akira
Overview: Akira Sharma is your average Jane from Jodhpur. Early in life she sees an atrocity committed on a neighbour and learns to defend herself. And, a spitfire is born.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2016-09-01
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Viduthalai: Part II
Overview: Troubles worsen for Kumaresan after the capture of Perumal, and soon he is confronted with having to make a choice between performing his duties as a police constable, or taking a stand for what is right.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2024-12-20
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Luck by Chance
Overview: Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the path she has chosen is not an easy one.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-01-30
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Imaikkaa Nodigal
Overview: A CBI officer goes in search of a ruthless serial killer. Things get worse when the murderer targets the former and her family
Genres: Action Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2018-08-30
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Chhuri
Overview: Smart. Subtle. Sharp.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2017-12-19
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Ghoomketu
Overview: An aspiring writer from a small town in U.P. runs away to Mumbai. He gives himself 30 days to try and prove his worth.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2020-05-22
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Gulaal
Overview: A law student witnesses the struggles of the Rajputs, deception, homicide and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-03-13
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Soundtrack
Overview: Loud music, substance and alcohol abuse wreck the life and career of a talented music DJ, but Gauri helps him overcome his difficulties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-10-07
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Shagird
Overview: Hanumant Singh is the quirky cop in the police department. He is a man of action who delivers most of the time but he has unusual ways to accomplish his mission. More importantly, he doesn't think twice before hobnobbing with corrupt politicians and gangsters and taking bribes for services rendered. Trouble begins when a new and seemingly honest recruit joins his team.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-05-13
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No Smoking
Overview: A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-10-26
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Bhoothnath Returns
Overview: Boothnath vows to redeem himself when spirits tease him, and searches for a child to terrify. He befriends Akhrot, a slum kid, and helps him take on the country's most powerful politician.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2014-04-11
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Happy New Year
Overview: Six would-be thieves enter a prestigious dance competition as a cover for their larger goal of pulling off a major heist.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Adventure
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2014-10-24
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Daas Dev
Overview: Dev who takes control of his own life gets addicted to drugs and alcohol and eventually becomes hungry for power.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2018-03-23
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Tera Kya Hoga Johnny
Overview: An abused boy who sells coffee on a bicycle gets involved in a robbery.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2010-12-31
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Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
Overview: Indian cinema has the largest audience of any art form on the planet. With a population of over a billion, India has recently enjoyed an economic boom and its movie stars are treated like deities. Today their fame stretches across the diaspora, in what has become a truly global industry. As Indian cinema celebrates its centenary, Sanjeev Bhaskar travels across the subcontinent to get under the skin of the Indian movie business as never before. From young hopefuls in the slums of Mumbai to superstars like Kareena Kapoor and Aamir Khan, he meets the stars of the silver screen and the people behind the scenes - legendary producers, directors, musicians and choreographers - exploring the stories behind some of the greatest films ever made.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-06
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Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur
Overview: An extensive, in-depth account of the making of an ultimate revenge saga through the eyes of Anurag Kashyap, the cast and the crew of "Gangs of Wasseypur".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2013-01-21
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AK vs AK
Overview: After a public spat with a movie star, a disgraced director retaliates by kidnapping the actor's daughter, filming the search for her in real-time.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2020-12-24
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The Flute
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2021-04-16
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Black Friday
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2004-08-13
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I Am
Overview: I Am is a 2011 Indian anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films: "Omar", "Afia", "Abhimanyu", and "Megha". Each film shares the common theme of fear and each is also based on real life stories. The film was financed by donations from more than 400 different people around the world, many of whom donated through social networking sites like Facebook. There are four stories but the characters are interwoven with each story. "Abhimanyu" is based on child abuse, "Omar" on gay rights, "Megha" is about Kashmiri Pandits and "Afia" deals with sperm donation. I Am was released with subtitles in all regions as six different languages are spoken in the film: Hindi, English, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and Kashmiri.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-04-29
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Life in 24 Frames a Second
Overview: "Life in 24 Frames a Second" is a film about hardship, misfortune, perseverance and triumph. The personal stories of John Woo (The Killer), Anurag Kashyap (Sacred Games), Rithy Panh (The Missing Picture) and Lav Diaz (The Woman Who Left), who survived extreme poverty, disease, sexual abuse, genocide and civil war to go on to become maestros of world cinema. 'Survivors' united by their abiding love of the movies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-26
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Bombay Rose
Overview: Amidst the bustle of a magnetic and multifaceted city, the budding love between two dreamers is tested by duty and religious divides.
Genres: Animation Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2019-08-28
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Delulu
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Original Language: ml
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Dacoit
Overview: Revolves around a broken-up couple who cross paths again in a violent dystopian world.
Genres: Action Romance Thriller
Original Language: te
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