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$15 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 | Director | Producer | Screenwriter | Actor | Role(s) | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | ...Jayate | Yes | Unreleased | [32] | ||||
1998 | Satya | Yes | [1] | |||||
1999 | Shool | Dialogues | [33] | |||||
Kaun | Yes | [34] | ||||||
2000 | Jung | Yes | [35] | |||||
Gang | Yes | Police Officer | [36] | |||||
2001 | Nayak | Dialogues | [37] | |||||
2003 | Paanch | Yes | Yes | Unreleased | [3] | |||
2004 | Paisa Vasool | Yes | [38] | |||||
Yuva | Dialogues | [39] | ||||||
Black Friday | Yes | Yes | Yes | ISI agent at landing boat | [1] | |||
2005 | Water | Dialogues | [40] | |||||
Main Aisa Hi Hoon | Dialogues | [41] | ||||||
2006 | Mixed Doubles | Dialogues | [42] | |||||
Shoonya | Yes | [43] | ||||||
2007 | No Smoking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Man in the elevator | [44] | ||
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. | Dialogues | [45] | ||||||
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal | Dialogues | [46] | ||||||
Return of Hanuman | Yes | Yes | [47] | |||||
Fool & Final | Dialogues | [48] | ||||||
Shakalaka Boom Boom | Dialogues | [49] | ||||||
2008 | Aamir | Yes | Creative producer | [50] | ||||
Mumbai Cutting | Yes | Yes | Directed the segment "Pramod Bhai 23" | [51] | ||||
2009 | Kurbaan | Dialogues | [52] | |||||
Luck by Chance | Yes | Himself | Cameo appearance | [53] | ||||
Dev.D | Yes | Yes | Yes | Chanda's customer | Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Director | [54] | ||
Gulaal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Man at the party | Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Story | [55] | ||
2010 | Udaan | Yes | Yes |
Filmfare Award for Best Story
[a] Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay [a] Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Film |
[56] | |||
I Am | Yes | Vinay | [57] | |||||
Muskurake Dekh Zara | Yes | [58] | ||||||
2011 | That Girl in Yellow Boots | Yes | Yes | Yes | [59] | |||
Soundtrack | Yes | Himself | Cameo appearance | [60] | ||||
Shagird | Yes | Bunty Bhaiya | [61] | |||||
Tera Kya Hoga Johnny | Yes | Kashyap | Cameo appearance | [62] | ||||
Trishna | Yes | Yes | [63] | |||||
Michael | Yes | [64] | ||||||
Shaitan | Yes | [65] | ||||||
2012 | Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue
[b] Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Director |
[18] [66] | ||
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
[18] [66] | ||||
Aiyyaa | Yes | [67] | ||||||
Chittagong | Yes | [68] | ||||||
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana | Yes | [69] | ||||||
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | Additional dialogues | [70] | ||||||
The Last Act | Yes | Yes | [71] | |||||
Tasher Desh | Yes | [72] | ||||||
Shahid | Yes | [22] | ||||||
Peddlers | Yes | [73] | ||||||
2013 | The Lunchbox | Yes | Critics Week Viewers Choice Award (
Cannes Film Festival) Nominated— BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language |
[74] [21] | ||||
Monsoon Shootout | Yes | [75] | ||||||
Bombay Talkies | Yes | Yes | Directed the segment "Murabba" | [20] | ||||
Lootera | Yes | Dialogues | [76] | |||||
Shorts | Yes | [77] | ||||||
2014 | Hasee Toh Phasee | Yes | Dialogues | [78] | ||||
Bhoothnath Returns | Yes | Himself | Cameo appearance | [79] | ||||
Queen | Yes |
Filmfare Award for Best Editing
[c] National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi |
[80] [81] [82] | |||||
Tigers | Yes | [83] | ||||||
Happy New Year | Yes | Selection Judge of World Dance Championship Auditions | Cameo appearance | [84] | ||||
Ugly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Director |
[85] [86] | |||
2015 | NH10 | Yes | [87] | |||||
Hunterrr | Yes | [88] | ||||||
Bombay Velvet | Yes | Yes | Yes | [89] | ||||
Masaan | Yes |
FIPRESCI Award (
Cannes Film Festival) Promising Future award ( Cannes Film Festival) |
[90] | |||||
Meeruthiya Gangster | Co-editor | [91] | ||||||
Vakratunda Mahakaaya | Yes | Marathi film | [92] | |||||
Shaandaar | Yes | [93] | ||||||
2016 | Udta Punjab | Yes | [94] | |||||
Raman Raghav 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [95] | ||||
Akira | Yes | ACP Govind Rane | [96] | |||||
Madly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Directed the segment "Clean Shaven" | [97] | |||
Wrong Side Raju | Yes | Gujarati film | [98] | |||||
2017 | Haraamkhor | Yes | [99] | |||||
Trapped | Yes | [100] | ||||||
2018 | Mukkabaaz | Yes | Yes | Yes | [101] | |||
Daas Dev | Yes | Vishambhar Pratap Chauhan | Guest appearance | [102] | ||||
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero | Yes | Yes | [103] | |||||
Lust Stories | Yes | Yes | [104] | |||||
Imaikkaa Nodigal | Yes | ACP Martin Roy (Rudhra) | Tamil film | [105] | ||||
Manmarziyaan | Yes | Yes | [106] | |||||
2019 | Bombay Rose | Yes | Raja Khan | Animation film | [107] | |||
Moothon | Yes | Hindi dialogues | Malayalam film | [108] | ||||
Cargo | Yes | [109] | ||||||
Saand Ki Aankh | Yes | [110] | ||||||
Thriller Factory | Yes | Audio web-series | [111] | |||||
2020 | Ghost Stories | Yes | [112] | |||||
Ghoomketu | Yes | Yes | Inspector Badlani, Badlani's father & Badlani's Grandfather [d] | Triple role | [113] | |||
Choked | Yes | Yes | [31] | |||||
AK vs AK | Yes | Dialogues | Yes | Himself | Executive producer | [114] | ||
2021 | Bansuri: The Flute | Yes | Sadashiv | [115] | ||||
Paka (River of Blood) | Yes | Producer; Malayalam film | [115] | |||||
2022 | Thar | Dialogues | [116] | |||||
Dobaaraa | Yes | Yes | [117] | |||||
Two Sisters and a Husband | Yes | [118] | ||||||
2023 | Kuttey | Yes | Politician | Cameo appearance | [119] | |||
Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat | Yes | Yes | [120] | |||||
Kennedy | Yes | Yes | [121] | |||||
Haddi | Yes | ZEE5 movie | [122] | |||||
Leo | Yes | Daniel | Tamil film; Cameo appearance | [123] | ||||
2024 | One 2 One † | Yes | TBA | Tamil film; Filming | [124] |
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Screenwriter | Actor | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Last Train to Mahakali | Yes | Yes | Yes | [2] | |
2010 | Tubelight ka Chaand | Yes | [125] | |||
2010 | The Joy of Giving | Yes | [126] | |||
2010 | Encounter | Yes | Yes | [127] | ||
2013 | Moi Marjaani | Yes | [128] | |||
2013 | Geek Out | Yes | [129] | |||
2013 | The Epiphany | Yes | [128] | |||
2013 | Chai | Yes | [129] | |||
2013 | Hidden Cricket | Yes | [128] | |||
2013 | That Day After Everyday | Yes | Yes | [19] | ||
2014 | Kali-Katha | Yes | Yes | Yes | [130] | |
2017 | Chhuri | Yes | [131] | |||
2018 | Beautiful World | Yes | [132] | |||
2018 | Bebaak | Yes | [133] | |||
2019 | Fool for Love | Yes | [134] | |||
2020 | Yaad | Yes | [135] | |||
2022 | Clean | Yes | [136] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | The World Before Her | Presenter | [137] |
2014 | Katiyabaaz | Presenter | [138] |
2016 | India In A Day | Executive producer | [139] |
2017 | Raghu Rai: An Unframed Portrait | Producer | [140] |
2022 | Lords of Lockdown | Producer | [141] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Kabhie Kabhie | Writer | [142] |
2014 | Traffic: An MTV EXIT Special | Anchor, Producer | [143] |
2014 | Yudh | Creative director | [144] |
2018 | Ghoul | Producer | [145] |
2018–2019 | Sacred Games | Director, co-producer | [146] |
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$15 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 | Director | Producer | Screenwriter | Actor | Role(s) | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | ...Jayate | Yes | Unreleased | [32] | ||||
1998 | Satya | Yes | [1] | |||||
1999 | Shool | Dialogues | [33] | |||||
Kaun | Yes | [34] | ||||||
2000 | Jung | Yes | [35] | |||||
Gang | Yes | Police Officer | [36] | |||||
2001 | Nayak | Dialogues | [37] | |||||
2003 | Paanch | Yes | Yes | Unreleased | [3] | |||
2004 | Paisa Vasool | Yes | [38] | |||||
Yuva | Dialogues | [39] | ||||||
Black Friday | Yes | Yes | Yes | ISI agent at landing boat | [1] | |||
2005 | Water | Dialogues | [40] | |||||
Main Aisa Hi Hoon | Dialogues | [41] | ||||||
2006 | Mixed Doubles | Dialogues | [42] | |||||
Shoonya | Yes | [43] | ||||||
2007 | No Smoking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Man in the elevator | [44] | ||
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. | Dialogues | [45] | ||||||
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal | Dialogues | [46] | ||||||
Return of Hanuman | Yes | Yes | [47] | |||||
Fool & Final | Dialogues | [48] | ||||||
Shakalaka Boom Boom | Dialogues | [49] | ||||||
2008 | Aamir | Yes | Creative producer | [50] | ||||
Mumbai Cutting | Yes | Yes | Directed the segment "Pramod Bhai 23" | [51] | ||||
2009 | Kurbaan | Dialogues | [52] | |||||
Luck by Chance | Yes | Himself | Cameo appearance | [53] | ||||
Dev.D | Yes | Yes | Yes | Chanda's customer | Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Director | [54] | ||
Gulaal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Man at the party | Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Story | [55] | ||
2010 | Udaan | Yes | Yes |
Filmfare Award for Best Story
[a] Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay [a] Nominated— Filmfare Award for Best Film |
[56] | |||
I Am | Yes | Vinay | [57] | |||||
Muskurake Dekh Zara | Yes | [58] | ||||||
2011 | That Girl in Yellow Boots | Yes | Yes | Yes | [59] | |||
Soundtrack | Yes | Himself | Cameo appearance | [60] | ||||
Shagird | Yes | Bunty Bhaiya | [61] | |||||
Tera Kya Hoga Johnny | Yes | Kashyap | Cameo appearance | [62] | ||||
Trishna | Yes | Yes | [63] | |||||
Michael | Yes | [64] | ||||||
Shaitan | Yes | [65] | ||||||
2012 | Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue
[b] Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Director |
[18] [66] | ||
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
[18] [66] | ||||
Aiyyaa | Yes | [67] | ||||||
Chittagong | Yes | [68] | ||||||
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana | Yes | [69] | ||||||
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | Additional dialogues | [70] | ||||||
The Last Act | Yes | Yes | [71] | |||||
Tasher Desh | Yes | [72] | ||||||
Shahid | Yes | [22] | ||||||
Peddlers | Yes | [73] | ||||||
2013 | The Lunchbox | Yes | Critics Week Viewers Choice Award (
Cannes Film Festival) Nominated— BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language |
[74] [21] | ||||
Monsoon Shootout | Yes | [75] | ||||||
Bombay Talkies | Yes | Yes | Directed the segment "Murabba" | [20] | ||||
Lootera | Yes | Dialogues | [76] | |||||
Shorts | Yes | [77] | ||||||
2014 | Hasee Toh Phasee | Yes | Dialogues | [78] | ||||
Bhoothnath Returns | Yes | Himself | Cameo appearance | [79] | ||||
Queen | Yes |
Filmfare Award for Best Editing
[c] National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi |
[80] [81] [82] | |||||
Tigers | Yes | [83] | ||||||
Happy New Year | Yes | Selection Judge of World Dance Championship Auditions | Cameo appearance | [84] | ||||
Ugly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Director |
[85] [86] | |||
2015 | NH10 | Yes | [87] | |||||
Hunterrr | Yes | [88] | ||||||
Bombay Velvet | Yes | Yes | Yes | [89] | ||||
Masaan | Yes |
FIPRESCI Award (
Cannes Film Festival) Promising Future award ( Cannes Film Festival) |
[90] | |||||
Meeruthiya Gangster | Co-editor | [91] | ||||||
Vakratunda Mahakaaya | Yes | Marathi film | [92] | |||||
Shaandaar | Yes | [93] | ||||||
2016 | Udta Punjab | Yes | [94] | |||||
Raman Raghav 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [95] | ||||
Akira | Yes | ACP Govind Rane | [96] | |||||
Madly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Directed the segment "Clean Shaven" | [97] | |||
Wrong Side Raju | Yes | Gujarati film | [98] | |||||
2017 | Haraamkhor | Yes | [99] | |||||
Trapped | Yes | [100] | ||||||
2018 | Mukkabaaz | Yes | Yes | Yes | [101] | |||
Daas Dev | Yes | Vishambhar Pratap Chauhan | Guest appearance | [102] | ||||
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero | Yes | Yes | [103] | |||||
Lust Stories | Yes | Yes | [104] | |||||
Imaikkaa Nodigal | Yes | ACP Martin Roy (Rudhra) | Tamil film | [105] | ||||
Manmarziyaan | Yes | Yes | [106] | |||||
2019 | Bombay Rose | Yes | Raja Khan | Animation film | [107] | |||
Moothon | Yes | Hindi dialogues | Malayalam film | [108] | ||||
Cargo | Yes | [109] | ||||||
Saand Ki Aankh | Yes | [110] | ||||||
Thriller Factory | Yes | Audio web-series | [111] | |||||
2020 | Ghost Stories | Yes | [112] | |||||
Ghoomketu | Yes | Yes | Inspector Badlani, Badlani's father & Badlani's Grandfather [d] | Triple role | [113] | |||
Choked | Yes | Yes | [31] | |||||
AK vs AK | Yes | Dialogues | Yes | Himself | Executive producer | [114] | ||
2021 | Bansuri: The Flute | Yes | Sadashiv | [115] | ||||
Paka (River of Blood) | Yes | Producer; Malayalam film | [115] | |||||
2022 | Thar | Dialogues | [116] | |||||
Dobaaraa | Yes | Yes | [117] | |||||
Two Sisters and a Husband | Yes | [118] | ||||||
2023 | Kuttey | Yes | Politician | Cameo appearance | [119] | |||
Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat | Yes | Yes | [120] | |||||
Kennedy | Yes | Yes | [121] | |||||
Haddi | Yes | ZEE5 movie | [122] | |||||
Leo | Yes | Daniel | Tamil film; Cameo appearance | [123] | ||||
2024 | One 2 One † | Yes | TBA | Tamil film; Filming | [124] |
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Screenwriter | Actor | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Last Train to Mahakali | Yes | Yes | Yes | [2] | |
2010 | Tubelight ka Chaand | Yes | [125] | |||
2010 | The Joy of Giving | Yes | [126] | |||
2010 | Encounter | Yes | Yes | [127] | ||
2013 | Moi Marjaani | Yes | [128] | |||
2013 | Geek Out | Yes | [129] | |||
2013 | The Epiphany | Yes | [128] | |||
2013 | Chai | Yes | [129] | |||
2013 | Hidden Cricket | Yes | [128] | |||
2013 | That Day After Everyday | Yes | Yes | [19] | ||
2014 | Kali-Katha | Yes | Yes | Yes | [130] | |
2017 | Chhuri | Yes | [131] | |||
2018 | Beautiful World | Yes | [132] | |||
2018 | Bebaak | Yes | [133] | |||
2019 | Fool for Love | Yes | [134] | |||
2020 | Yaad | Yes | [135] | |||
2022 | Clean | Yes | [136] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | The World Before Her | Presenter | [137] |
2014 | Katiyabaaz | Presenter | [138] |
2016 | India In A Day | Executive producer | [139] |
2017 | Raghu Rai: An Unframed Portrait | Producer | [140] |
2022 | Lords of Lockdown | Producer | [141] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Kabhie Kabhie | Writer | [142] |
2014 | Traffic: An MTV EXIT Special | Anchor, Producer | [143] |
2014 | Yudh | Creative director | [144] |
2018 | Ghoul | Producer | [145] |
2018–2019 | Sacred Games | Director, co-producer | [146] |