Anurag Kashyap is an Indian film director, writer, editor, producer, and actor who is best known for directing several gritty and dark films including Black Friday (2007), Dev.D (2009), Gulaal (2009), Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), Ugly (2014), and Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016). He has produced/co-produced critically acclaimed films such as Aamir (2008), Udaan (2010), Shahid (2012), The Lunchbox (2013), Queen (2014), and Masaan (2015). Anurag has also co-founded the film production companies Anurag Kashyap Films and Phantom Films. Apart from films, short films, and documentaries, he has been involved in varying capacities with TV/Web series such as Yudh (2014), Sacred Games (2018-2019), and Ghoul (2018). In 2013, the Government of France honored him with the ‘Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ (Knight of the Order of Arts and letters) for his contribution to films.
Sun Sign
Virgo
Residence
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Stocky frame
- Sports a rugged beard
- Has a mole near his nose
- Short-cropped hair
Anurag Kashyap Facts
- He began his career by writing for TV series and got his breakthrough in the Hindi-language film industry when he co-wrote the script for the 1998 crime-drama film Satya.
- His directorial debut film, a crime thriller called Paanch (2003), struggled to get a theatrical or home-video release as the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in India objected to the depiction of violence, drug abuse, and filthy language in it. After Anurag agreed to cut major portions of the film, CBFC cleared it for a release but it could not make it to the big screen due to issues with the film’s producer. It had to be eventually screened only at film festivals.
- For the 2010 coming-of-age drama film Udaan, he won the Filmfare award for both ‘Best Story’ and ‘Best Screenplay’. For the 2012 crime drama film Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1, he won the Filmfare award for ‘Best Dialogue’. He won his 4th Filmfare award in the 4th different category of ‘Best Editing’ for the comedy-drama film Queen (2016).
- He has served on the juries of several film festivals including the 2009 Venice Film Festival, the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, the 2013 Marrakech Film Festival, and the 2015 Busan International Film Festival.
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Facts of Anurag Singh Kashyap
- Gender Male
- full nameAnurag Singh Kashyap
- middle nameSingh
- nicknamesAnurag
- birthplaceGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Date of Birth September 10, 1972
- Age 51 years 11 months
- Horoscope Virgo
- Lucky Number 11
- Lucky Stone Sapphire
- Lucky Color Green
- Best Match for Marriage Taurus, Capricorn
- nationalityIndian
- religionAgnostic Atheism
- net worth$110 Million
- professionFilm Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Actor
- weight84 kg or 185 lbs
- height5 ft 11 in or 180.5 cm
- hair colorBlack
- eye colorDark Brown
- body type / buildAverage
- collegeHans Raj College
- fatherSri Prakash Singh
- brothersAbhinav Kashyap
- sistersAnubhuti Kashyap