FILM DIRECTOR

Anurag Kashyap

1972 - Today

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Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anurag Kashyap has received more than 10,913,976 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Anurag Kashyap is the 1,973rd most popular film director (down from 1,787th in 2019), the 1,355th most popular biography from India (down from 1,186th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Indian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Anurag Kashyaps by language

Over the past year Anurag Kashyap has had the most page views in the with 1,250,306 views, followed by Hindi (17,598), and French (3,241). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tamil (88.91%), Telugu (47.67%), and Malayalam (44.33%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Anurag Kashyap ranks 1,973 out of 2,041. Before him are Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Klim Shipenko, Euros Lyn, Jon M. Chu, Joseph Kahn, and Rob Letterman. After him are Ashutosh Gowariker, Reginald Hudlin, Roya Sadat, Volodymyr Tykhyi, Mark Neveldine, and S. J. Suryah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Anurag Kashyap ranks 959. Before him are Julissa Villanueva, D-Von Dudley, Nobuharu Asahara, Franck Boidin, Matthew Breeze, and Claudia Karvan. After him are Chris Armas, Su Maozhen, Tiffeny Milbrett, Larisa Kruglova, Nicolas Gill, and Oana Pantelimon.

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In India

Among people born in India, Anurag Kashyap ranks 1,355 out of 1,861. Before him are Sanjay Mishra (1963), Madhoo (1969), Malini Awasthi (1967), Fardeen Khan (1974), Pankaj Tripathi (1976), and Gautami (1969). After him are Ashutosh Gowariker (1964), Arundhati Bhattacharya (1956), Samantha Akkineni (1987), Tanvi Azmi (1960), Jyotindra Nath Dixit (1936), and Ayesha Takia (1986).

Others born in India

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Anurag Kashyap ranks 52. Before him are Rituparno Ghosh (1963), Sai Paranjpye (1938), Prabhu Deva (1973), S. Shankar (1963), Farhan Akhtar (1974), and Rajkumar Santoshi (1956). After him are Ashutosh Gowariker (1964), S. J. Suryah (1968), Zoya Akhtar (1972), Ketan Mehta (1952), Puri Jagannadh (1966), and Rohit Shetty (1973).

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Filmography

Sacred Games
Director
A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.
7.878 / 10
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
Director
In 1970s India, a young man vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.
Jun 22o 20127.147 / 10
Dev.D
Director
Because they come from different castes, the son of a tax collector and his true love are not allowed to marry, sending them down divergent paths.
Feb 6o 20096.872 / 10