Known for Directing
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.
Born
September 10, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Filmography
195 films, 14 shows


Bandar
2026 · 2h 16m
country: India
TV star Samar's life spirals when his ex Gayatri accuses him of rape after he blocks contact with her. Despite his new relationship with Khushi, he faces arrest and encounters a corrupt justice system.


Nishaanchi 2
2025 · 2h 26m
country: India
After another stint in jail, Tony finds that Rinku, his one true love and hope, has been taken by his brother Dabloo. This shocks him into reforming, but Ambika drags him back into crime, with Kamal on his trail. How Manjari gets to have the last laugh, with Tony, Ambika and Kamal at the forefront, forms the rest of the two-part gangster drama.


Nishaanchi
2025 · 2h 56m
country: India
Twin brothers, identical looks but different values, face brotherhood, betrayal, love, and redemption. Their paths weave through crime into a deeper story of human nature and its results.


Kennedy
2023 · 2h 27m
country: India
An insomniac former cop, Kennedy has been presumed dead for years. Yet, in secret, he continues to serve a corrupt system while seeking redemption. Halfway between thriller and film noir, Kennedy chronicles a violent and bloody vendetta in the dark streets of Mumbai. At the rate of the murders, Kennedy's character reveals itself more and more and sinks into a spiral that seems to have no way out.


Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat
2023 · 1h 59m
country: India
In pursuit of forbidden love, two young couples from different worlds find their lives entangled as rebellion and intolerance collide in dual stories.


Four Slippers
2023 · 34m
country: India
Young Rajat, caught fantasising in class, is humiliated by a sadistic teacher. Permanently welding education to a feeling of shame, this primal trauma hurls Rajat into a life of progressive social isolation and emotional corruption.


Dobaaraa
2022 · 2h 15m
country: India
In the 1990s, during a wild thunderstorm night, 12-year-old Anay dies in a road accident shortly after he sees his next-door neighbor committing a crime. Twenty-five years later, in a strange turn of events, on an identical stormy night, Antara finds herself in front of a TV set through which she attempts to save Anay’s life but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.


Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai
2020 · 1h 54m
country: India
A bank employee weighed down by her jobless husband's debts - and her own broken dreams - finds a secret source of seemingly unlimited cash in her home.


Ghost Stories
2020 · 2h 24m
country: India
An anthology of four short horror tales.


Manmarziyaan
2018 · 2h 35m
country: India
A spirited girl finds herself caught in a complicated love triangle while burdened with societal and familial pressures.


Lust Stories
2018 · 2h
country: India
An anthology of four stories that sheds light on modern relationships from the viewpoint of the Indian woman.


Mukkabaaz
2018 · 2h 25m
country: India
A low caste boxer, Shravan, trains at a gym controlled by a local Don, Mishra. Shravan falls for Mishra's niece, Sunaina. Mishra does not approve of this match. Shravan strives to win Sunaina's hand in marriage and become a successful boxer while trying to avoid retaliation from Mishra.


Raman Raghav 2.0
2016 · 2h 14m
country: India
A corrupt cop and a serial killer obsessed with a psychopath from the '60s get caught up in a ruthless cat-and-mouse game.


Madly
2016 · 1h 45m
country: Argentina
Madly explores love in all its permutations in six short films from a vibrant group of filmmakers representing Japan, Argentina, the UK, the US, India, and Australia. All forms of love are on display in this anthology. And all manners of feelings expressed from jubilance to depression are done so strongly.


Bombay Velvet
2015 · 2h 31m
country: India
An ordinary man, who goes against all odds to forge his own destiny and become a star in the glittering sky of 'Bombay,' thriving on jazz and violence.


Kali-Katha: The Prologue to Ugly
2014 · 5m
country: India
A struggling actor and his desperate wife get twisted by society and conceive Kali.


That Day After Everyday
2013 · 22m
country: India
A short film on eve teasing by Anurag Kashyap, it talks about issues related to gender sensitization and equality of genders.


Ugly
2013 · 2h 8m
country: India
When a 10-year old girl goes missing, her stepfather races against time to investigate the kidnapping.


Bombay Talkies
2013 · 2h 7m
country: India
One hundred years of Hindi cinema is celebrated in four short stories showcasing the power of film.


Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2
2012 · 2h 40m
country: India
After the death of his father and brother Danish, Faizal Khan vows to take revenge by destroying Ramadhir Singh's gang.


Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
2012 · 2h 40m
country: India
In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.


That Girl in Yellow Boots
2011 · 1h 43m
country: India
An Anglo-Indian woman works in a seedy Mumbai massage parlor while trying to find her long-lost father.


Gulaal
2009 · 2h 27m
country: India
A law student witnesses the struggles of the Rajputs, deception, homicide and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.


Dev.D
2009 · 2h 24m
country: India
Dev, after spurning his childhood love Paro due to a misunderstanding, turns to drugs and alcohol for solace. Paro moves on but Dev remains in remorse. He then meets Chanda, an escort navigating her own past trauma, but Dev’s chauvinistic attitude and penchant for self-destruction stands in the way of their developing bond.


Mumbai Cutting
2008 · 2h 10m
country: India
An anthology of eleven short films from eleven directors featuring stories of life in Mumbai.


Return Of Hanuman
2007 · 2h
country: India
A young boy, Minku, ridiculed by his friends, begs the gods to send him down to Earth, and his wish is granted.


No Smoking
2007 · 2h 6m
country: India
A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.


Black Friday
2004 · 2h 42m
country: India
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.


Paanch
2003 · 2h 38m
country: Unknown
Members of a desperate, drug-fueled rock band hatch a fake kidnapping scheme to extort money from a wealthy patriarch. But when a flash of volatile violence crosses an irreversible line, the group spirals into a claustrophobic nightmare of murder, paranoia, and betrayal.


Last Train To Mahakali
2000 · 47m
country: Unknown
The story of a doctor on death row who claims to have discovered a permanent cure for any virus-based disease.