Anurag Kashyap - Produced Writers
Born in Hindi heartland Uttar Pradesh in 1972
, he completed his studies from Delhi University. He had no Bollywood connection whatsoever. All he had was a passion for the movies. In Delhi University, he joined a drama group and started doing street plays.
He was a drug and alcohol abuser at that time and remained so for a long time to come. He was always in depression and many a times during his stay in Mumbai he thought of going back because he thought he had no talent at all. All of these things are in his movies.
He was sexually abused as a child and this only worsened his situation in his later life. Later he moved to Mumbai, then Bombay, and started his film career with Mahesh Bhatt. He was making a T.V. serial Kabhie Kabhie (2007) and Anurag proved to be the right man for the job.
The soap opera became quite famous as it dealt with the personal relationship of two friends and how their life changed when they changed their playground from friendship to enmity. Intensity of the relationship between two girls was rightly showcased and for this the serial won many accolades.
His career two a big leap when he started working for Ram Gopal Verma and written for one of his most successful film Satya(1998). Satya was an instant success. It became the turning point for the Gangster movies being made at that time.
It changed the whole outlook to view the underworld. The character of Bhikhu Mhatre was accepted as the true face of the Mumbai Underworld. He continued writing for Ram Gopal Verma and wrote for his two other movies like Kaun(1999) and Shool(1999).
Kaun was a thriller of its own kind; kind of movie being made for the first time in India. At the same time his other movie SHOOL was a take on the crime politics nexus in Bihar.
He wrote the dialogue for the movie and made it a true reflection the state of the Bihar and impact of crime on the life of a normal but honest police officer. The movie was directed by the Eeshwar Niwas; another talented director from the Ram Gopal Verma camp.
He became director from the movie Paanch released in year 2003. the movie was a case in point and basically deals with drug abuse and how it wrecks a human life like nothing else. But Paanch was just a start and then he went on to direct one of the most controversial movie of Hindi cinema Black Friday.
The movie, based on 1993 Bombay bomb blast, was completed in 2004 but Bombay high court put a stay order on the screening of the movie as the verdict of the court was still awaited. The movie was later cleared for screening in 2007 and it was released.
The movie was a hit. In the same year No Smoking came which had been written as well as directed by Anurag. Though the movie bombed at the box office but its bold theme were applauded by many. John Abraham was in the lead role of the movie.
He has a selected group of actors whom he has cast in almost all movies barring DEV.D. This group includesKay Kay Menon and Aditya Srivastava. Earlier he used to work with Manoj Bajpai but their friendship developed cracks during his early career. Now they have patched up and are working together again.
Mumbai Cutting and That Woman In Yellow Boots are two of his forthcoming films. It is also rumored that he is going to make a film on famous cartoon character Doga with Kunal Kapoor. His other movie which will be released sometime next year is Bombay Velvet.
It is a thriller and is based on an incident which took place in Mumbai, then Bombay, in 1960s. the film stars Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan and John Abraham in lead role. The movie will be produced by famous director Danny Boyle of Slumdog Millionaire fame.
He is also playing the role of a child abuser in Onir produce I AM. Anurag was married to Aarti Bajaj but they are now separated and have a child from their marriage. Right now he and Kalki Koechlin are very close.
by: Karishma Roy
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