Anurag Kashyap born 10 September is an Indian film director and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of four Filmfare Awards. After writing a television serial, Kashyap got his major break as a co-writer in Ram Gopal Varma 's crime drama Satya 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 , a film based on the namesake book by Hussain Zaidi about the 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 to widespread critical appreciation. Kashyap's follow-up, No Smoking met with negative reviews and performed poorly at the box-office.
His next venture Dev. D , a modern adaptation of Devdas received positive reviews and was a commercial success; followed by the socio-political drama Gulaal , and the thriller That Girl in Yellow Boots Kashyap's prominence increased with the two-part crime drama , Gangs of Wasseypur His next films were the anthology Bombay Talkies , and the drama Ugly In , Kashyap directed Raman Raghav 2.
His next film was the sports drama Mukkabaaz , which was released in 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. He did his primary schooling from Hillgrange Prepratory School in Dehradun, and grade seven onwards, from the Scindia School in Gwalior. Some of the locations used in Gangs of Wasseypur are also influenced from his own old house where he himself lived with his parents, sister, Anubhuti Kashyap, and brother, Abhinav Kashyap.
