Director: Anurag Kashyap

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Birthday: 1972-09-10
Born in: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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.

Known for

Lust Stories

An anthology of four stories that sheds light on modern relationships from the viewpoint of the Indian woman.
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Lust Stories

2018

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The Lunchbox

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.
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The Lunchbox

2013

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Dev.D

Because they come from different castes, the son of a tax collector and his true love are not allowed to marry, sending them down divergent paths.
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Ghost Stories

An anthology of four short horror tales.
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2020

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Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.
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2012

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Water

The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.
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