Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap
Total Credits at Criticker: 18 (Actor), 20 (Director), 38 (Writer), 1 (Creator)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (18) | Director (20) | Writer (38) | Creator (1)
Yuva
3 young men. From 3 strata of society. With 3 entirely different points of view towards life. Their path cross over the Hoogly Bridge on a Thursday morning. Their lives change irreversibly. (Madras Talkies)
Water
Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power, Water begins when 8-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. (Fox Searchlight)
Guru
A school-teacher in India sires a son named Gurukant, but is disappointed as the child fails to live up to his high expectations. When Gurukant grows up, he is unable to secure decent employment in India, so finds a way to go to Turkey, where he finds employment. When he returns back to India, he wants to start his own business, but is unable to do so, as he does not have enough money... (imdb)
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Black Friday
Black Friday is a film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.
Valley of Flowers
Along the highest mountain passes of the Himalayas, tough, intrepid Jalan (Milind Soman) and his gang earn their living by stealing from unsuspecting travelers. But when a mysterious beauty arrives, all changes. (imdb)
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Honeymoon Travels is an off-beat drama weaving together the stories of 6 couples on their honeymoons on the same tourist bus... (imdb)
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Kaun?
It's a rainy day and a young woman is all alone in the house. She is shown talking to her family on the phone, anxious for them to come back to the house. Adding to her anxiety is the television, which announces that a killer is on the loose. And then, the doorbell rings. Who could it be? (imdb)
Main Aisa Hi Hoon
Autistic Indraneel Thakur, who works for a living as a waiter in a Café in India, has a body of a grown man and mind of a seven year old. One day while closing the café, a young woman named Maya Trivedi, asks for his assistance as she has missed the last bus... (imdb)
Shakalaka Boom Boom
If the music industry is considered ruthless, manipulative and cutthroat, these terms certainly do not apply to A.J., the most popular singer/composer New York has ever seen. However, if prodigious talent, passion, and attitude are considered synonymous with the music industry, then Reggi fits the bill. Young and hugely talented, he hungers and craves for A.J.'s spot at the top... (imdb)
No Smoking
NO SMOKING is about K (John Abraham). Simply K. A 30 year old man who thinks of himself as quite smart and refuses to listen to anyone, big or small. Confident about himself and whatever he does, he is a chain smoker in the true sense. Catching hold of this habit from a very young age, he hasn't looked back ever since. (Wikipedia.org)
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Mixed Doubles
MIXED DOUBLES has a realistic approach towards the issue of wife swapping, but is laced with several humorous moments. (indiafm.com)
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal
Get Set GOAL - a contemporary story of the Asian community in UK, told through the dynamic prism of professional football. (Wikipedia)
Nayak: The Real Hero
A man accepts a challenge by the chief minister of a state to run the country for one day, and makes such a success of it that soon he is embroiled in political intrigue. (imdb)
Satya
Satya (J.D. Chakravarthi) is a well-intentioned man whose bad choices have landed him in a Bombay jail. In the slammer, he meets a gangster named Bheeku (Manoj Bajpau), who's eager to welcome a new member into his gang. While living in his gang-provided apartment, Satya meets Vidya, a neighbor who lives with her aging parents. The two hit it off, and it soon becomes apparent that Satya must keep his gang life a secret. (Netflix)
Dev.D
Dev (Abhay Deol) is the son of a rich Punjabi Businessman. He and Paro (Mahi Gill) are childhood sweethearts. But Dev, being a typical insecure arrogant guy, instead of acknowledging her affection and care, nudges Paro over frivolous things. (wikipedia)
Udaan
After being abandoned for eight straight years in boarding school, Rohan returns to the small industrial town of Jamshedpur and finds himself closeted with an authoritarian father and a younger half brother who he didn't even know existed. Forced to work in his father's steel factory and study engineering against his wishes, he strives to forge his own life out of his given circumstances and pursue his dream of being a writer. (imdb)
That Girl in Yellow Boots
Ruth is searching for her father - a man she hardly knew but cannot forget. Desperation drives her to work without a permit, at a massage parlour, where she gives 'happy endings' to unfulfilled men. Torn between several schisms, Mumbai becomes the backdrop for Ruth's quest as she struggles to find her independence and space even as she is sucked deeper into the labyrinthine politics of the city's underbelly. (tiff.net)
Kurbaan
A woman finds that her neighbors are terrorists, and her husband is not who he claims to be. (imdb)
Gangs of Wasseypur
The story of vengeance between two families that spans three generations. Shahid Khan loots British trains and rules over the Ramadhir Sing clan. He becomes an outcast and must work in Ramadhir Singh's coal mines. Shahid's son, the philandering Sardar Khan, vows to restore his father's honor, becoming the most feared man in Waasseypur. (mubi.com)
Gulaal
A law student witnesses the struggles of the Rajputs, deception, homicide, and crime after being elected as General Secretary of his college.
Talaash
A cop, a housewife and a prostitute get entangled in a mystery that links their lives in unexpected ways.
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Ugly
Kali is ten. Her parents Rahul and Shalini are divorced. Kali now lives with her mother and her step-father Shoumik, who heads the police detection squad in the city of Mumbai. One particular Saturday, when kali is out with her father Rahul, she disappears... (quinzaine-realisateurs.com)
Lootera
The year is 1953. A visiting archaeologist called Varun Shrivastav comes to the village of Manikpur in West Bengal to excavate the temple grounds of the local Zamindar. With knowledge and experience beyond his young demeanour, Varun greatly impresses the Zamindar and his family. Especially Pakhi, the Zamindar's feisty and only daughter, who finds herself irrevocably drawn towards him...
Bombay Talkies
One hundred years of Hindi cinema is celebrated in four short stories showcasing the power of film. (imdb)
Hasee Toh Phasee
Nikhil is re-introduced to Meeta nearly ten years after their first meeting. Now, as Nikhil has one week to prove himself worth enough to marry Meeta's sister Karishma, the old acquaintances become quite close to each other.
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Bombay Velvet
An ordinary man goes against all odds and forges his destiny to become a 'Big Shot'.
Shool
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 honest and diligent and these attributes sets him up against his superior - the District Superintendent of Police, as well as his subordinates and fellow officers. (imdb)
Deewaar: Let\
Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 30 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India and Pakistan. 33 years later Ranvir's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) decides to go on a rescue mission to Pakistan and bring back his father who he has not seen since he was a child. Helping him on his mission is Khan (Sanjay Dutt) who had successfully escaped from the same prison. (imdb)
Raman Raghav 2.0
Set in present day Mumbai the story follows the life of a serial killer Ramanna who is inspired by an infamous serial killer from the 1960s, Raman Raghav. His strange obsession with Raghavan, a young cop keeps growing as he closely follows him without his knowledge and often creates situations where both of them come face to face. (imdb)
Paanch
4 friends (Luke, Murgi, Joy and Pondy) wasted by youth and self destruction play together in a band along with a fifth female member (Shiuli). Luke the lead singer and self-imposed leader of the pack ensures his dominance in the group by providing accommodation, drugs and food for his wasted and broke friends. Pondy is fascinated by Shiuli who sleeps with rich guys for money. (imdb)
Return of Hanuman
The film begins with a disclaimer, stating that RETURN OF HANUMAN is not a sequel to any film made before. But is it really possible to watch the new experience forgetting all about the first part? As someone who thoroughly enjoyed HANUMAN, you expect an encore with RETURN OF HANUMAN, although the makers, for reasons best known to them, have decided to alienate the new film with the first animation film on Lord Hanuman. (imdb)
Mumbai Cutting
Eleven directors tell eleven different stories about Mumbai. (imdb)
Mukkabaaz
A lower caste boxer struggles to make his mark on the boxing world.
Paisa Vasool
After a chance encounter at a club the struggling actress Baby decides to move in with Maria, a withdrawn divorcee who is having financial troubles and run-ins with the mafia. (wikipedia.org)
Jung
A police officer is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. The only match is a convicted vicious killer, now on the run. All he has to do is catch him. (imdb)
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
The origin story of Bhavesh Joshi, an Indian superhero, who sets out to fulfill his slain friend's wish to clean and reform the country, by training himself to fight and wearing a mask. (imdb)
Moothon
A transgender child from Lakshadweep sets off to Mumbai in pursuit of Akbar, an elder brother who left the island due to his sexual orientation. (imdb)
AK vs AK
A filmmaker kidnaps the daughter of a movie star, and while the star searches for his daughter the director films the desperate search in real time for his next blockbuster movie. (imdb)