Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian film director and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France made him a 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. He then went on to direct ''Black Friday'' (2004), a film based on the namesake book by Hussain Zaidi about the 1993 Bombay bombings. Its release was held up for two years by the District Board of Film Certification because of the pending verdict of the case at that time but was released in 2007 to widespread critical appreciation. Kashyap's follow-up, ''No Smoking'' (2007) met with negative reviews and performed poorly at the box-office. His next venture ''Dev.D'' (2009), a modern adaptation of Devdas received positive reviews and was a commercial success; followed by the socio-political drama ''Gulaal'' (2009), and the thriller ''That Girl in Yellow Boots'' (2011).

Kashyap's prominence increased with the two-part crime drama, ''Gangs of Wasseypur'' (2012). Kashyap subsequently co-produced the critically acclaimed drama ''The Lunchbox'' (2013), and the biographical drama ''Shahid'' (2012), the former earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language nomination. His next films were the anthology ''Bombay Talkies'' (2013), and the drama ''Ugly'' (2014). In 2016, Kashyap directed ''Raman Raghav 2.0'', a film inspired by the serial killer Raman Raghav. His next film was the sports drama ''Mukkabaaz'', which was released in 2018. The same year, he co-directed India's first Netflix Original series, the crime thriller ''Sacred Games'', based on Vikram Chandra's novel of the same name and the romantic drama ''Manmarziyaan''. He is also the co-founder of a film production company, Good Bad Films. Provided by Wikipedia