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 directoria...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Dacoit
2025
as Swamy
Revolves around a broken-up couple who cross paths again in a violent dystopian world.

Nishaanchi
2025
Director, Writer
Two brothers walk starkly different paths, exploring how their choices shape their destinies.

The Last Ride
2025
Producer
Desperate to secure a dowry for his sister's wedding and escape his exploitative boss, Aman – a migrant ride-share driver in Mumbai – decides to steal...

Tiger's Pond
2025
Producer
In the sleepy hamlet of Vaghachipani, an under-aged sheperdess is discovered to be pregnant. Her employer who is hellbent on becoming the chairman of ...

Bad Girl
2025
Producer
From her journey through high school and college, then out into the wider world, Ramya’s dream of finding the perfect guy is obstructed by societal mo...

Viduthalai: Part II
2024
as Naxal Leader
Troubles worsen for Kumaresan after the capture of Perumal, and soon he is confronted with having to make a choice between performing his duties as a ...

Rifle Club
2024
as Dayanand Bare
A historic rifle club in the Western Ghats becomes the center of a thrilling fight for survival when a dangerous arms dealer and his gang come seeking...

Saali Mohabbat
2024

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
as Sharab Customer (voice)
In a sophisticated near perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve differences. Tensions rise when the whispers of a mythical...

Footage
2024
Presenter
A video blogging couple investigate a woman's strange behaviour and find themselves in grave danger.

Bobby Beauty Parlour
2024
Producer
Childhood best friends Eelu and Manu waste their last afternoon together trapped in the local beauty parlour, drinking, napping and fighting.

Maharaja
2024
as Selvam
A barber seeks vengeance after his home is burglarized, cryptically telling police his "Lakshmi" has been taken, leaving them uncertain if it's a pers...

Leo
2023
as Daniel (Uncredited)
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, but it brings forth consequences with connection to a dangerous world, one which ...

Haddi
2023
as Pramod Ahlawat
A transgender woman, Haddi, moves to Delhi to join a gang of transpeople and cross-dressers headed by an influential man. But is this move aspirationa...

Stolen
2023
Executive Producer
The five-month-old baby of impoverished tribal woman Jhumpa Mahato is stolen. Two brothers, Gautam and Raman, who witness the kidnapping, try to help ...

Satya- Ab Tak Pachchees
2023
as Himself
The film is a compendium of several anecdotes, memories and observations of people who were directly involved in the making of Satya. At the same time...

Kennedy
2023
Director, Writer
Kennedy is an insomniac ex-Cop, long thought to be dead, still operating for the corrupt system, while looking for redemption.

Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat
2023
Writer, Director, Producer
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
Director, Producer
Young Rajat, caught fantasising in class, is humiliated by a sadistic teacher. Permanently welding education to a feeling of shame, this primal trauma...

Kuttey
2023
as Politician
A van carrying crores of cash. One rainy night in the outskirts of Mumbai. Unaware of each other, three stray gangs cross paths on the hunt. Unfortuna...

The Way We Are
2022
Producer
A husband and wife reminisce about the memories that they've hidden from each other and from themselves, and come into their own along the way.

Dobaaraa
2022
Director
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 cri...

Paka
2022
Producer
This Romeo and Juliet–esque vengeance tale is set deep in the forests of Kerala, where the river is witness to a violent, generations-old feud.

Two Sisters And A Husband
2022
Producer
Tara and Amrita are sisters. One is married to hotel manager Rajat, while the other is expecting his child. Set in the beautiful Himalayan foothills, ...

Lords of Lockdown
2022
Producer
Anxious, out of work and without access to transport during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, migrant labourers in India’s metropolises decide...

Kiss
2022
Executive Producer
At a preview theatre, a young filmmaker waits in the hope of getting his new sci-fi drama certified with ‘no cuts’ by the conservative men of the Indi...

Thar
2022
Dialogue
A mysterious stranger arrives in a village situated in the Thar desert and crosses paths with a veteran cop investigating a case of brutal killings.

Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
as Self
"Life in 24 Frames a Second" is a film about hardship, misfortune, perseverance and triumph. The personal stories of John Woo (The Killer), Anurag Kas...

The Flute
2021

AK vs AK: The Final Battle
2020
as Self
The roast of Anurag Kashyap and Anil Kapoor.

AK vs AK
2020
as Self
After a public spat with a movie star, a disgraced director retaliates by kidnapping the actor's daughter, filming the search for her in real-time.

AK vs AK
2020
Executive Producer, Dialogue
After a public spat with a movie star, a disgraced director retaliates by kidnapping the actor's daughter, filming the search for her in real-time.

Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai
2020
Director
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 hom...

Ghoomketu
2020
as Inspector Badlani
An aspiring writer from a small town in U.P. runs away to Mumbai. He gives himself 30 days to try and prove his worth.

Ghost Stories
2020
Director
An anthology of four short horror tales.

Saand Ki Aankh
2019
Producer
Following the exciting story of the world's oldest sharpshooters Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, the drama marks the directorial debut of acclaimed script...

Moothon
2019
Dialogue, Producer
A child from Lakshadweep sets off to Mumbai in pursuit of Akbar, an elder brother who left the island due to his sexual orientation.

Cargo
2019
Producer
Prahastha, a lonely astronaut, works in a spaceship. Every morning, his spaceship comes close to Earth and Cargos are delivered at the arrival bay. Th...

Bombay Rose
2019
as Raja Khan (voice)
Amidst the bustle of a magnetic and multifaceted city, the budding love between two dreamers is tested by duty and religious divides.

Making "Sacred Games"
2019
as Self
VICE met up with the directors of Sacred Games, Netflix's first foray into originals in India. Veterans Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane explai...

Super 30
2019
Post Production Producer
Based on life of Patna-based mathematician Anand Kumar who runs the famed Super 30 program for financially weak IIT aspirants in Patna.

The Silences
2019
Associate Producer
Nuria, 12, Fabio, 9, and their mother arrive on a small island in the middle of the Amazon, bordering Brazil, Colombia and Peru. They fled the Colombi...
Fool For Love
2019
It narrates the story of an Anglo indian couple Allan and Beatrice(bittu). Beatrice who lives in one of the christian dominant areas of Mumbai,India i...

Manmarziyaan
2018
Director
A spirited girl finds herself caught in a complicated love triangle while burdened with societal and familial pressures.

Imaikkaa Nodigal
2018
as Martin 'Rudra' Roy
A CBI officer goes in search of a ruthless serial killer. Things get worse when the murderer targets the former and her family

Lust Stories
2018
Director, Screenplay, Story
An anthology of four stories that sheds light on modern relationships from the viewpoint of the Indian woman.

Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
2018
Writer, Producer
A young man who stands for the right discovers that he's destined to do bigger things, which will transform him from a common man into a Superhero.

Daas Dev
2018
as Vishambhar Pratap Chauhan
Dev who takes control of his own life gets addicted to drugs and alcohol and eventually becomes hungry for power.

Mukkabaaz
2018
Director, Screenplay, Producer
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 t...

Chhuri
2017
Smart. Subtle. Sharp.

Monsoon Shootout
2017
Co-Producer
A rookie cop joins the crime branch of the Mumbai police department, and on his first assignment is faced with the dilemma of whether he should shoot ...

Trapped
2017
Producer
A man gets stuck in an empty high rise without food, water or electricity.

India In a Day
2016
Executive Producer
Directed by Richie Mehta, executive produced by Ridley Scott and powered by Google, India in a Day is a new form of non-fiction filmmaking that uses f...

Wrong Side Raju
2016
Producer
A driver named Raju embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing lives of 3 people due to a controversial hit and run acciden...

Akira
2016
as ACP Rane
Akira Sharma is your average Jane from Jodhpur. Early in life she sees an atrocity committed on a neighbour and learns to defend herself. And, a spitf...

Raman Raghav 2.0
2016
Producer, Director, Screenplay
A corrupt cop and a serial killer obsessed with a psychopath from the '60s get caught up in a ruthless cat-and-mouse game.

Udta Punjab
2016
Producer
Drug abuse and the darker side of Punjab rear their heads in the intense, interwoven tales of a policeman, a doctor, a migrant worker, and a rockstar.

Madly
2016
Director, Story, Screenplay
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...

Haraamkhor
2015
Producer
When a vulnerable new student finds comfort in her brash teacher, their academic relationship takes a manipulative and troubling turn.

Shaandaar
2015
Producer
Jagjinder Joginder, a wedding planner, brings together the dysfunctional family of businessman Bipin Arora while making arrangements for Bipin's daugh...
Vakratunda Mahakaaya
2015
Producer
A terrorist attempts to plant a plush toy Ganesh containing a bomb in a temple, but it is stolen by a stubborn child and a race against time begins as...

Meeruthiya Gangsters
2015
Co-Editor
A group of Meerut rogues aspire to become crime kingpins and local politicos. But, a major kidnapping makes them lose their all.

Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
2015
as Self
Indian cinema has the largest audience of any art form on the planet. With a population of over a billion, India has recently enjoyed an economic boo...

Masaan
2015
Producer
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hap...

Bombay Velvet
2015
Director, Producer, Story
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...

Hunterrr
2015
Producer
An ordinary bachelor pursues girls like a hunter, but not with the intention of settling down in life.

NH10
2015
Producer
Meera and Arjun are professionals living in Gurgaon. On their way to a luxurious desert holiday they stop on a Highway dhaba for dinner, where they wi...

Kali-Katha: The Prologue to Ugly
2014
Director
A struggling actor and his desperate wife get twisted by society and conceive Kali.

Tigers
2014
Producer
Ayan, a pharmaceutical salesman in Pakistan, takes on the multinational health care corporation he works for after he realizes they knowingly marketed...

Happy New Year
2014
as Auditions Judge
Six would-be thieves enter a prestigious dance competition as a cover for their larger goal of pulling off a major heist.

Bhoothnath Returns
2014
as Himself (Cameo Appearance)
Boothnath vows to redeem himself when spirits tease him, and searches for a child to terrify. He befriends Akhrot, a slum kid, and helps him take on t...

Queen
2014
Editor, Producer
Rani, a 24-year-old homely girl, decides to go on her honeymoon alone when her fiancé calls off the wedding. Traveling around Europe, she finds joy, m...

Hasee Toh Phasee
2014
Dialogue, Producer
On the eve of Nikhil and Karishma’s engagement, Karishma’s wealthy father, Devesh Solanki, expresses his disapproval, believing Nikhil to be a lackada...

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

Shahid
2013
Producer
A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist ac...

The Lunchbox
2013
Producer
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the du...

The Land of Cards
2013
Producer
A royal prince arrives on an island of fascist rule and inspires a rebellion among its women in this hallucinogenic adaptation of a classic play.

Shorts
2013
Producer
Exploring a common theme 'India Is a Visual Journey', 'Shorts' is a compilation of 5 short films that focus on things that are quintessentially Indian...

Geek Out
2013
Producer
The dual lives we lead, that virtual alter ego we all have nurtured and empowered, The Indian "Geek" today is no longer that lad who sat in a corner. ...

The Epiphany
2013
Producer
After their college reunion in Pune, a divorced couple is forced to take a ride together to Mumbai. As they meet an old woman on the highway in desper...

Ugly
2013
Director, Producer, Story
A team of the best cops in Mumbai is dispatched to find a girl who has gone missing from her father's car. As the hunt for the kidnapper begins, finge...

Bombay Talkies
2013
Director, Screenplay
One hundred years of Hindi cinema is celebrated in four short stories showcasing the power of film.

Lootera
2013
Dialogue, Producer
In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings them together a year later....

Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur
2013
as Self
An extensive, in-depth account of the making of an ultimate revenge saga through the eyes of Anurag Kashyap, the cast and the crew of "Gangs of Wassey...

Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
2012
Producer
On-the-run from the London mafia, Omi returns to his ancestral village – a place he’d flown from with his grandad’s money and grander ‘London Dreams’....

Aiyyaa
2012
Producer
Meenakshi, a Marathi gal with an ultra-sensitive sense of smell, lives her life in her dreams, dancing and enacting her favourite actresses Sridevi, M...

Chittagong
2012
Producer
Jhunku, a 14-year-old youth in 1930s British Bangladesh, embarks on a journey to determine where he belongs.

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2
2012
Director, Producer, Story
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
Director, Producer, Story
In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.

Peddlers
2012
Producer
The lives of a rookie cop, a streetwise orphan and a beautiful young ex-teacher collide explosively in the drug underworld of Mumbai in this edgy, pow...

Soundtrack
2011
as Self
Loud music, substance and alcohol abuse wreck the life and career of a talented music DJ, but Gauri helps him overcome his difficulties.

Michael
2011
Producer
After accidentally shooting a 12-year-old boy, a dedicated cop is removed from his position. Forced to take work at a local cinema and beginning to lo...

Trishna
2011
as Self
When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pu...

Trishna
2011
Producer
When her father is killed in a road accident, Trishna's family expect her to provide for them. The rich son of an entrepreneur starts to restlessly pu...

That Girl in Yellow Boots
2011
Director, Producer, Story
An Anglo-Indian woman works in a seedy Mumbai massage parlor while trying to find her long-lost father.

Shaitan
2011
Producer
Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.

Shagird
2011
as Bunty Bhaiya
Hanumant Singh is the quirky cop in the police department. He is a man of action who delivers most of the time but he has unusual ways to accomplish h...

I Am
2011
I Am is a 2011 Indian anthology film by Onir. It consists of four short films: "Omar", "Afia", "Abhimanyu", and "Megha". Each film shares the common t...

Tera Kya Hoga Johnny
2010
as Kashyap (Cameo Appearance)
An abused boy who sells coffee on a bicycle gets involved in a robbery.

Udaan
2010
Screenplay, Producer
Upon returning to his industrial hometown, a young man must decide whether to follow his own dreams or acquiesce to his father's plans for his future.

Kurbaan
2009
Dialogue
When a handsome young Indian couple (Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor) moves into the suburbs to claim their stake in the American dream, they are sho...

Gulaal
2009
as Man in the Party
A law student witnesses the struggles of the Rajputs, deception, homicide and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.

Gulaal
2009
Screenplay, Story, Director
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
Director, Story
The son of a wealthy businessman finds solace in drugs and alcohol when he breaks up with his childhood love.

Luck by Chance
2009
as Deepak
Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the p...

Aamir
2008
Creative Producer
A doctor of Indian origin returning to Mumbai from London is forced to participate in a terrorist plot.

Mumbai Cutting
2008
Director
An anthology of eleven short films from eleven directors featuring stories of life in Mumbai.

Return Of Hanuman
2007
Director, Story
A young boy, Minku, ridiculed by his friends, begs the gods to send him down to Earth, and his wish is granted.

Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal
2007
Dialogue
A bankrupt soccer team must win the championship or break apart.

No Smoking
2007
as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.

No Smoking
2007
Director, Screenplay, Story
A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.

Fool N Final
2007
Screenplay
A bunch of misfits and gangsters embarks on a journey to find a lost and stolen diamond.

Shakalaka Boom Boom
2007
Dialogue
A tale of two different musicians, dramatically different but united in their passion for music, set against the backdrop of the international music i...

Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
2007
Dialogue
Six newly-married, diverse, honeymooning couples face marital bliss and discord, finding out more about themselves, their significant others and life ...
Shoonya
2006
Dialogue

Mixed Doubles
2006
Dialogue
Bored with his sex life, a man tries to convince his wife to swap partners.

Water
2005
Dialogue
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 wi...

Main Aisa Hi Hoon
2005
Dialogue
A mentally challenged man fights his former father-in-law for custody of his daughter.

Black Friday
2004
as ISI agent at landing point
Bombs tear through Bombay in 1993, wreaking havoc and polarising the citizens. With perpetrators at large, the state launches a massive man-hunt to un...

Black Friday
2004
Screenplay, Director
Bombs tear through Bombay in 1993, wreaking havoc and polarising the citizens. With perpetrators at large, the state launches a massive man-hunt to un...

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home
2004
Dialogue
Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 50 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India ...

Yuva
2004
Dialogue
An accident on a bridge ties together three young men from different social classes, sparking a course of events that will forever alter their lives.

Paisa Vasool
2004
Screenplay, Story
After a chance encounter at a club a struggling actress Baby decides to move in with Maria, a withdrawn divorcee who is having financial troubles and ...

Paanch
2003
Director, Screenplay
Kidnapping plot gone wrong when four friends plans to kidnap their own friend who accidentally got killed.

Nayak: The Real Hero
2001
Dialogue
Shivajirao, a TV reporter, gets a chance to be the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for a day after being challenged by incumbent Chief Minister Balraj C...

Jung
2000
Screenplay
The son of Police Inspector Veer Chauhan requires a near impossible to find bone-marrow transplant. With time running out, Veer finds a viable candid...

Gang
2000
as Police officer
After falling prey to underworld, four friends jeopardise their personal lives with point of no return.

Last Train To Mahakali
2000
Director, Writer
The story of a doctor on death row who claims to have discovered a permanent cure for any virus-based disease.

Shool
1999
Dialogue
Police Inspector Samar Pratap Singh is transferred to Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, along with his wife, Manjari and a daughter. He is hones...

Kaun?
1999
Screenplay, Story
While alone in the house, a woman hears news of serial killer on the loose. And then a stranger rings the doorbell...

Satya
1998
Screenplay
A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an un...

...Jayate
1997
Writer
Stuck with getting affidavits stamped and signed, alcoholic Advocate Mohan Agashe accepts a case of medical malpractice against two gynecologists affi...
One 2 One
N/A
Delulu
N/A
Lag Jaa Gale
N/A
Writer
New Bollywood cinematic universe begins with “Deadly” the first film of the Assassin Cinematic Universe featuring Tiger Shroff & Jahnvi Kapoor. Varun ...
Maximum City
N/A
Writer, Director
Showcases life in Mumbai through for different perspectives.
Imprisoned
N/A
Director
Untitled Anurag Kashyap Short
N/A
Director

Meridian Lines
N/A
Translator
A poor road worker sets off a chain of events that bring karmic balance to seven very troubled strangers.

Little Thomas
N/A
Producer
In early 1990s Goa, seven year old Thomas and his family navigate thr ups and downs in their lives.