Anurag Kashyap filmography

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).^[1] 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.^[2][3] He next directed Black Friday (2007), a film on the 1993 Bombay bombings.^[4] Its release was barred by India's Censor Board for two years,^[5] but was eventually released in 2007 to positive reviews.^[6] The same year, he directed the critical and commercial failure No Smoking.^[6][7] Return of Hanuman (2007), an animated film, was Kashyap's next directorial venture.^[8] In 2009, he directed Dev.D, a modern-day take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali novel Devdas,^[9] along with the political drama Gulaal.^[10] Despite positive reviews, the latter was a box-office failure.^[11]

Kashyap attending the Rome Film Festival in 2007.

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.^[12][13][14] He then directed one of the short films in the anthology film Mumbai Cutting.^[15] After directing the thriller That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011),^[16] the two-part crime film Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) was his next release, which garnered him the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue.^[17][18] 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).^[19][20] In 2013, he co-produced The Lunchbox, a film that was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language,^[21] and the biographical drama Shahid.^[22] In 2011, Kashyap started another production company Phantom Films,^[23] 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).^[24][25] The latter opened to mixed reviews from critics and failed to recover its ₹1.2 billion (US$14 million) investment.^[26][27][28] In 2015, he co-produced two commercially successful films, Hunterrr, NH10 and the critically acclaimed Masaan.^[29][30] 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).^[31]

As a Filmmaker, producer and writer

Feature films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Screenwriter	Notes	Ref.
1997	...Jayate			Yes	Unreleased	[32]
1998	Satya			Yes		[1]
1999	Shool			Dialogues		[33]
	Kaun			Yes		[34]
2000	Jung			Yes		[35]
2001	Nayak			Dialogues		[36]
2003	Paanch	Yes		Yes	Unreleased	[3]
2004	Paisa Vasool			Yes		[37]
	Yuva			Dialogues		[38]
	Black Friday	Yes		Yes		[1]
2005	Water			Dialogues		[39]
	Main Aisa Hi Hoon			Dialogues		[40]
2006	Mixed Doubles			Dialogues		[41]
	Shoonya			Yes		[42]
2007	No Smoking	Yes		Yes		[43]
	Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.			Dialogues		[44]
	Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal			Dialogues		[45]
	Return of Hanuman	Yes		Yes		[46]
	Fool & Final			Dialogues		[47]
	Shakalaka Boom Boom			Dialogues		[48]
2008	Aamir		Yes		Creative producer	[49]
	Mumbai Cutting	Yes		Yes	Directed the segment "Pramod Bhai 23"	[50]
2009	Kurbaan			Dialogues		[51]
	Dev.D	Yes		Yes	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Director	[52]
	Gulaal	Yes		Yes	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Story	[53]
2010	Udaan		Yes	Yes	Filmfare Award for Best Story[a] Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay[a] Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Film	[54]
	Muskurake Dekh Zara			Yes		[55]
2011	That Girl in Yellow Boots	Yes	Yes	Yes		[56]
	Michael		Yes			[57]
	Shaitan		Yes			[58]
	Trishna		Co-producer			[59]
2012	Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue[b] Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Director	[18] [60]
	Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2	Yes	Yes	Yes		[18] [60]
	Aiyyaa		Yes			[61]
	Chittagong		Yes			[62]
	Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana		Yes			[63]
	Talaash: The Answer Lies Within			Additional dialogues		[64]
	The Last Act		Yes	Yes		[65]
	Tasher Desh		Yes			[66]
	Shahid		Yes			[22]
	Peddlers		Yes			[67]
2013	The Lunchbox		Yes		Critics Week Viewers Choice Award (Cannes Film Festival) Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language	[68] [21]
	Monsoon Shootout		Yes			[69]
	Bombay Talkies	Yes		Yes	Directed the segment "Murabba"	[20]
	Lootera		Yes	Dialogues		[70]
	Shorts		Yes			[71]
2014	Hasee Toh Phasee		Yes	Dialogues		[72]
	Queen		Yes		Filmfare Award for Best Editing[c] National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi	[73] [74] [75]
	Tigers		Yes			[76]
	Ugly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Director	[77] [78]
2015	NH10		Yes			[79]
	Hunterrr		Yes			[80]
	Bombay Velvet	Yes	Yes	Yes		[81]
	Masaan		Yes		FIPRESCI Award (Cannes Film Festival) Promising Future award (Cannes Film Festival)	[82]
	Meeruthiya Gangster				Co-editor	[83]
	Vakratunda Mahakaaya		Yes		Marathi film	[84]
	Shaandaar		Yes			[85]
2016	Udta Punjab		Yes			[86]
	Raman Raghav 2.0	Yes	Yes	Yes		[87]
	Madly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Directed the segment "Clean Shaven"	[88]
	Wrong Side Raju		Yes		Gujarati film	[89]
2017	Haraamkhor		Yes			[90]
	Trapped		Yes			[91]
2018	Mukkabaaz	Yes	Yes	Yes		[92]
	Bhavesh Joshi Superhero		Yes	Yes		[93]
	Lust Stories	Yes		Yes		[94]
	Manmarziyaan	Yes	Yes			[95]
2019	Moothon		Yes	Hindi dialogues	Malayalam film	[96]
	Cargo		Yes			[97]
	Saand Ki Aankh		Yes			[98]
2020	Ghost Stories	Yes				[99]
	Choked	Yes	Yes			[31]
	AK vs AK		Executive producer	Dialogues		[100]
2021	Paka (River of Blood)		Yes		Producer; Malayalam film	[101]
2022	Thar			Dialogues		[102]
	Dobaaraa	Yes	Yes			[103]
	Two Sisters and a Husband		Yes			[104]
2023	Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat	Yes		Yes		[105]
	Kennedy	Yes		Yes		[106]
2025	Vaghachipani †		Yes		Kannada film	[107]

As a Actor

Year	Title	Role(s)	Language	Notes	Ref.
2000	Gang	Police Officer	Hindi		[108]
2004	Black Friday	ISI agent at landing boat		Also director; cameo appearance	[1]
2007	No Smoking	Man in the elevator			[43]
2009	Luck by Chance	Himself		Cameo appearance	[109]
	Dev.D	Chanda's customer		Also director; cameo appearance	[52]
	Gulaal	Man at the party		Also director; cameo appearance	[53]
2010	I Am	Vinay			[110]
2011	Soundtrack	Himself		Cameo appearance	[111]
	Shagird	Bunty Bhaiya			[112]
	Tera Kya Hoga Johnny	Kashyap		Cameo appearance	[113]
	Trishna	Himself		Also co-producer	[59]
2014	Bhoothnath Returns	Himself		Cameo appearance	[114]
	Happy New Year	Selection Judge of World Dance Championship Auditions		Cameo appearance	[115]
2016	Akira	ACP Govind Rane			[116]
2018	Daas Dev	Vishambhar Pratap Chauhan		Guest appearance	[117]
	Imaikkaa Nodigal	ACP Martin Roy (Rudhra)	Tamil		[118]
2019	Bombay Rose	Raja Khan (voice)	Hindi		[119]
2020	Ghoomketu	Inspector Badlani Jr., Raja Badlani, and Sr. Badlani[d]		Triple role; also producer	[120]
	AK vs AK	Himself		Also executive producer and dialogue writer	[100]
2021	Bansuri: The Flute	Sadashiv			[101]
2023	Kuttey	Politician		Cameo appearance	[121]
	Haddi	Pramod Ahlawat		ZEE5 movie	[122]
	Leo	Daniel	Tamil	Cameo appearance	[123]
2024	Maharaja	Selvam			[124]
	Bad Cop	Kazbe	Hindi	TV series on Disney+Hotstar	[125]
	Viduthalai Part 2	Naxal Radical	Tamil
	Rifle Club	Dayanand Bare	Malayalam		[126]
TBA	One 2 One †	TBA	Tamil	Filming	[127]
TBA	Dacoit: A Love Story †	Inspector Swamy	Hindi-Telugu bilingual	Filming

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Screenwriter	Actor	Ref.
1999	Last Train to Mahakali	Yes	Yes	Yes		[2]
2010	Tubelight ka Chaand		Yes			[128]
2010	The Joy of Giving		Yes			[129]
2010	Encounter			Yes	Yes	[130]
2013	Moi Marjaani		Yes			[131]
2013	Geek Out		Yes			[132]
2013	The Epiphany		Yes			[131]
2013	Chai		Yes			[132]
2013	Hidden Cricket		Yes			[131]
2013	That Day After Everyday	Yes	Yes			[19]
2014	Kali-Katha	Yes	Yes	Yes		[133]
2017	Chhuri				Yes	[134]
2018	Beautiful World		Yes			[135]
2018	Bebaak		Yes			[136]
2019	Fool for Love				Yes	[137]
2020	Yaad		Yes			[138]
2022	Clean			Yes		[139]
2023	Chaar Chappalein	Yes

Documentary films

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2012	The World Before Her	Presenter	[140]
2014	Katiyabaaz	Presenter	[141]
2016	India In A Day	Executive producer	[142]
2017	Raghu Rai: An Unframed Portrait	Producer	[143]
2022	Lords of Lockdown	Producer	[144]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	Kabhie Kabhie	Writer		[145]
2014	Traffic: An MTV EXIT Special	Anchor, Producer		[146]
2014	Yudh	Creative director		[147]
2018	Ghoul	Producer		[148]
2018–2019	Sacred Games	Director, co-producer		[149]
2019	Thriller Factory	Director, voice actor	Audio series	[150][151]

Footnotes

1. Shared the award with Vikramaditya Motwane.
2. Shared the award with Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh Jaiswal, and Sachin K Ladia.
3. Shared the award with Abhijit Kokate.
4. Anurag Kashyap performances in a triple role films.