Anurag Kashyap
Birthday: Born in 1972-09-10 in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Deathday: Alive
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.
TV Credits
Made in Heaven
Character: Anurag (Director)
The story of two wedding planners in Delhi, where tradition jostles with modern aspirations against the backdrop of big fat Indian weddings revealing many secrets and lies....
Modern Love Mumbai
Character: Self
Explore 6 unique yet universal stories of human connection and love in its varied forms – romantic, platonic, parental, sexual, familial, marital, self-love....
Son of Abish
Character: Self
Son Of Abish is a variety comedy talk show with host Abish Mathew....
Koffee with Karan
Character: Self
Celebrity host Karan Johar gets up close and personal with various Bollywood personalities and discusses their major career milestones....
The Kapil Sharma Show
Character: Self
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Bad Cop
Character: Kazbe
Twin brothers on the opposite sides of the law get caught in a complex web of deceit, loyalty and betrayal....
युद्ध
Character: Mr. Sikarwar
Principled but hard-driving businessman Yudhisthir Sikarwar works to expand his empire whilst keeping an explosive secret....
MTV Troll Police
Character:
Ranvijay on a mission to unmask the sadistic trollers and teach them a lesson to set an example who trolls celebrities to put them down....
India's Got Talent
Character: Self - Judge
This talent show features a huge variety of talent ranging from the mundane to the bizarre from heart-stopping feats to the seemingly impossible giving Indians a platform to showcase their talents like no other....
Movie Credits
Fool For Love
Character:
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....
Haddi
Character: Pramod Ahlawat
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?...
Making "Sacred Games"
Character: Self
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....
Maharaja
Character: Selvam
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....
Trishna
Character: Self
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?...
Leo
Character: Daniel (Uncredited)
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....
Satya- Ab Tak Pachchees
Character: Himself
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....
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Character: Sharab Customer (voice)
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....
Saali Mohabbat
Character:
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Gang
Character: Police officer
After falling prey to underworld, four friends jeopardise their personal lives with point of no return....
AK vs AK: The Final Battle
Character: Self
The roast of Anurag Kashyap and Anil Kapoor....
Rifle Club
Character: Dayanand Bare
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, work together to protect their lives and their legacy....
Kuttey
Character: Politician
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?...
Akira
Character: ACP Rane
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....
Viduthalai: Part II
Character: Naxal Leader
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....
Luck by Chance
Character: Deepak
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....
Imaikkaa Nodigal
Character: Martin 'Rudra' Roy
A CBI officer goes in search of a ruthless serial killer. Things get worse when the murderer targets the former and her family...
Chhuri
Character:
Smart. Subtle. Sharp....
Ghoomketu
Character: Inspector Badlani
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....
Gulaal
Character: Man in the Party
A law student witnesses the struggles of the Rajputs, deception, homicide and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college....
Soundtrack
Character: Self
Loud music, substance and alcohol abuse wreck the life and career of a talented music DJ, but Gauri helps him overcome his difficulties....
Shagird
Character: Bunty Bhaiya
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....
No Smoking
Character: Man in Elevator (uncredited)
A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit....
Bhoothnath Returns
Character: Himself (Cameo Appearance)
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....
Happy New Year
Character: Auditions Judge
Six would-be thieves enter a prestigious dance competition as a cover for their larger goal of pulling off a major heist....
Daas Dev
Character: Vishambhar Pratap Chauhan
Dev who takes control of his own life gets addicted to drugs and alcohol and eventually becomes hungry for power....
Tera Kya Hoga Johnny
Character: Kashyap (Cameo Appearance)
An abused boy who sells coffee on a bicycle gets involved in a robbery....
Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
Character: Self
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 sup...
Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur
Character: Self
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"....
AK vs AK
Character: Self
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....
The Flute
Character:
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Black Friday
Character: ISI agent at landing point
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....
I Am
Character:
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, "M...
Life in 24 Frames a Second
Character: Self
"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....
Bombay Rose
Character: Raja Khan (voice)
Amidst the bustle of a magnetic and multifaceted city, the budding love between two dreamers is tested by duty and religious divides....
Dacoit
Character: Swamy
Revolves around a broken-up couple who cross paths again in a violent dystopian world....