Abhinav Kashyap

Abhinav Singh Kashyap (born 6 September 1974) is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who gained recognition for directing and co-writing Dabangg (2010).

Abhinav Kashyap
Abhinav in 2010
Born	Abhinav Singh Kashyap (1974-09-06) 6 September 1974 (age 50) Obra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Chatura Rao ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2017)​
Children	2
Relatives	Anurag Kashyap (brother) Anubhuti Kashyap (sister)

Early life and education

Kashyap was born in Obra, Uttar Pradesh where his father worked for the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation.^[1]

He did his primary schooling from Hillgrange Prepratory School in Dehradun. He is an alumnus of The Scindia School, Gwalior and completed his graduation in English Hons from Hansraj College, University of Delhi in 1995.^[2]

He is the younger brother of director Anurag Kashyap and Anubhuti Kashyap.^[3][4][5]

Career

In 2000, he was involved in writing the script of the film Jung. He worked as an assistant to film maker Mani Ratnam for the film Yuva (2004). He also wrote dialogue for the films Manorama Six Feet Under (2007) and 13B (2009). He made his debut as a director in the 2010 action film Dabangg, which he also co-wrote, along with Dilip Shukla. Bollywood actor Salman Khan and debutant actress Sonakshi Sinha played the lead roles in the film. Dabangg was released on 10 September 2010.^[6] His second film Besharam was released on 2 October 2013. Ranbir Kapoor and Pallavi Sharda played the lead roles in the film. It was a critical and commercial failure. He also worked as a boom operator in 2012 short film named The Photograph.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Controversy

On 15 June 2020, Kashyap released a statement on Facebook on the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, appealing the Maharashtra government to launch a detailed investigation.^[15] He accused Salman Khan, his brothers Arbaaz and Sohail and father Salim of sabotaging his career and bullying him.^[16][17][18] In response, Arbaaz said that the Khan family has started legal action against Kashyap.^[19][20][21]

When Salim was asked to react to these claims, and he sarcastically said that of course they have ruined his career. Salim said watch his films first and then come to speak to him.^[22] Salim further said that Abhinav probably forgot to take his father, Rashid Khan’s name along with his forefathers.^[23] Salim concluded by saying that Abhinav can do whatever he wants and that he’s not going to waste time reacting to these accusations.^[24][25]

Personal life

Kashyap was married to Chatura Rao from 1997 to 2017, they have two daughters.^{[26][27][28][29]}

In 2015, Kashyap was involved with actress Simran Suri.^[30]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Actor	Role(s)	Notes
2000	Jung		Yes
2003	Paanch			Yes	Salam
2004	Yuva			Yes	Trilok	Also assistant director
2007	Manorama Six Feet Under		Dialogues
2009	13B		Dialogues			Also creative supervisor
2010	Dabangg	Yes	Yes
2012	Photograph					Boom operator only
2013	Besharam	Yes	Yes
2016	The Hatted Room					Short film; editor only
2018	Forsake					Short film; cinematographer only
2019	Wig			Yes	Customer	Short film; also production designer
2023	Nikita Roy and The Book of Darkness †					Creative consultant only

Television

As director only

Year	Title	Notes
1995	Darr	Unknown episodes
2001	Ssshhhh...Koi Hai	Episode: "Mumkin"
2004-2005	Siddhant	Unknown episodes
2005	Dil Kya Chahta Hai
2007	Shakira: The End of Evil