Anurag Kashyap is an Indian filmmaker and actor, known for his work in Hindi cinema. After writing a television series Kabhie Kabhie (1997), Kashyap co-wrote Ram Gopal Varma's crime drama Satya (1998). He later wrote and directed a short television film, Last Train to Mahakali (1999), and made his feature film debut with the yet-unreleased film Paanch. He next directed Black Friday (2007), a film on the 1993 Bombay bombings. Its release was barred by India's Censor Board for two years, but was eventually released in 2007 to positive reviews. The same year, he directed the critical and commercial failure No Smoking. Return of Hanuman (2007), an animated film, was Kashyap's next directorial venture. In 2009, he directed Dev.D, a modern-day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali novel Devdas, along with the political drama Gulaal. Despite positive reviews, the latter was a box-office failure.

Kashyap's production company Anurag Kashyap Films released its first film Udaan (2010)—a critical success that earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Story and Best Screenplay. He then directed one of the short films in the anthology film Mumbai Cutting. After directing the thriller That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011), the two-part crime film Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) was his next release, which garnered him the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue. In 2013, he directed a short film on eve teasing titled That Day After Everyday, and directed one segment of the anthology film Bombay Talkies (2013). In 2013, he co-produced The Lunchbox, a film that was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and the biographical drama Shahid. In 2011, Kashyap started another production company Phantom Films, whose first feature was the period drama Lootera (2013).

Kashyap co-produced and co-edited the comedy-drama Queen (2014), which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Editing; the film also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. His next directorial ventures were the thriller Ugly (2014) and the period film Bombay Velvet (2015). The latter opened to mixed reviews from critics and failed to recover its ₹1.2 billion (US$14 million) investment. In 2015, he co-produced two commercially successful films, Hunterrr, NH10 and the critically acclaimed Masaan. Kashyap went on to direct Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016), based on the serial killer Raman Raghav, the sports drama Mukkabaaz (2018) and co-directed India's first Netflix Original series, the crime thriller Sacred Games. In 2019, he co-founded another production company, Good Bad Films, whose first film was Choked (2020).

Films

As writer, producer and director

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Screenwriter	Notes	Ref.
1997	...Jayate			Yes	Unreleased
1998	Satya			Yes
1999	Shool			Dialogues
	Kaun			Yes
2000	Jung			Yes
2001	Nayak			Dialogues
2003	Paanch	Yes		Yes	Unreleased
2004	Paisa Vasool			Yes
	Yuva			Dialogues
	Black Friday	Yes		Yes
2005	Water			Dialogues
	Main Aisa Hi Hoon			Dialogues
2006	Mixed Doubles			Dialogues
	Shoonya			Yes
2007	No Smoking	Yes		Yes
	Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.			Dialogues
	Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal			Dialogues
	Return of Hanuman	Yes		Yes
	Fool & Final			Dialogues
	Shakalaka Boom Boom			Dialogues
2008	Aamir		Yes		Creative producer
	Mumbai Cutting	Yes		Yes	Directed the segment "Pramod Bhai 23"
2009	Kurbaan			Dialogues
	Dev.D	Yes		Yes	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Director
	Gulaal	Yes		Yes	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Story
2010	Udaan		Yes	Yes	Filmfare Award for Best Story Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Film
	Muskurake Dekh Zara			Yes
2011	That Girl in Yellow Boots	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Michael		Yes
	Shaitan		Yes
	Trishna		Co-producer
2012	Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Director
	Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Aiyyaa		Yes
	Chittagong		Yes
	Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana		Yes
	Talaash: The Answer Lies Within			Additional dialogues
	The Last Act		Yes	Yes
	Tasher Desh		Yes
	Shahid		Yes
	Peddlers		Yes
2013	The Lunchbox		Yes		Critics Week Viewers Choice Award (Cannes Film Festival) Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language
	Monsoon Shootout		Yes
	Bombay Talkies	Yes		Yes	Directed the segment "Murabba"
	Lootera		Yes	Dialogues
	Shorts		Yes
2014	Hasee Toh Phasee		Yes	Dialogues
	Queen		Yes		Filmfare Award for Best Editing National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
	Tigers		Yes
	Ugly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Director
2015	NH10		Yes
	Hunterrr		Yes
	Bombay Velvet	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Masaan		Yes		FIPRESCI Award (Cannes Film Festival) Promising Future award (Cannes Film Festival)
	Meeruthiya Gangster				Co-editor
	Vakratunda Mahakaaya		Yes		Marathi film
	Shaandaar		Yes
2016	Udta Punjab		Yes
	Raman Raghav 2.0	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Madly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Directed the segment "Clean Shaven"
	Wrong Side Raju		Yes		Gujarati film
2017	Haraamkhor		Yes
	Trapped		Yes
2018	Mukkabaaz	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Bhavesh Joshi Superhero		Yes	Yes
	Lust Stories	Yes		Yes
	Manmarziyaan	Yes	Yes
2019	Moothon		Yes	Hindi dialogues	Malayalam film
	Cargo		Yes
	Saand Ki Aankh		Yes
2020	Ghost Stories	Yes
	Choked	Yes	Yes
	AK vs AK		Executive producer	Dialogues
2021	Paka (River of Blood)		Yes		Producer; Malayalam film
2022	Thar			Dialogues
	Dobaaraa	Yes	Yes
	Two Sisters and a Husband		Yes
2022	Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat	Yes		Yes
	Kennedy	Yes		Yes

As an actor

Year	Title	Role(s)	Language	Notes	Ref.
2000	Gang	Police Officer	Hindi
2004	Black Friday	ISI agent at landing boat		Also director; cameo appearance
2007	No Smoking	Man in the elevator
2009	Luck by Chance	Himself		Cameo appearance
	Dev.D	Chanda's customer		Also director; cameo appearance
	Gulaal	Man at the party		Also director; cameo appearance
2010	I Am	Vinay
2011	Soundtrack	Himself		Cameo appearance
	Shagird	Bunty Bhaiya
	Tera Kya Hoga Johnny	Kashyap		Cameo appearance
	Trishna	Himself		Also co-producer
2014	Bhoothnath Returns	Himself		Cameo appearance
	Happy New Year	Selection Judge of World Dance Championship Auditions		Cameo appearance
2016	Akira	ACP Govind Rane
2018	Daas Dev	Vishambhar Pratap Chauhan		Guest appearance
	Imaikkaa Nodigal	ACP Martin Roy (Rudhra)	Tamil
2019	Bombay Rose	Raja Khan (voice)	Hindi
2020	Ghoomketu	Inspector Badlani Jr., Raja Badlani, and Sr. Badlani		Triple role; also producer
	AK vs AK	Himself		Also executive producer and dialogue writer
2021	Bansuri: The Flute	Sadashiv
2023	Kuttey	Politician		Cameo appearance
	Haddi	Pramod Ahlawat		ZEE5 movie
	Leo	Daniel	Tamil	Cameo appearance
2024	Maharaja	Selvam
	Bad Cop	Kazbe	Hindi	TV series on Disney+Hotstar
	One 2 One †	TBA	Tamil	Filming

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Screenwriter	Actor	Ref.
1999	Last Train to Mahakali	Yes	Yes	Yes
2010	Tubelight ka Chaand		Yes
2010	The Joy of Giving		Yes
2010	Encounter			Yes	Yes
2013	Moi Marjaani		Yes
2013	Geek Out		Yes
2013	The Epiphany		Yes
2013	Chai		Yes
2013	Hidden Cricket		Yes
2013	That Day After Everyday	Yes	Yes
2014	Kali-Katha	Yes	Yes	Yes
2017	Chhuri				Yes
2018	Beautiful World		Yes
2018	Bebaak		Yes
2019	Fool for Love				Yes
2020	Yaad		Yes
2022	Clean			Yes

Documentary films

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2012	The World Before Her	Presenter
2014	Katiyabaaz	Presenter
2016	India In A Day	Executive producer
2017	Raghu Rai: An Unframed Portrait	Producer
2022	Lords of Lockdown	Producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	Kabhie Kabhie	Writer
2014	Traffic: An MTV EXIT Special	Anchor, Producer
2014	Yudh	Creative director
2018	Ghoul	Producer
2018–2019	Sacred Games	Director, co-producer
2019	Thriller Factory	Director, voice actor	Audio series

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