Anurag Kashyap is an Indian film director, writer, editor, and producer. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. 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.
He is well-known for his works in the Indian Film Industry. He is also the co-founder of a film production company, Good Bad Films. On 21st September 2020, Bollywood actress Payal Gosh accused Anurag Kashyap of sexual misconduct which he strongly denies.
In opposite to the sexual allegation, Anurag Kashyap’s former assistant Jaydeep Sarkar has shared an episode from years ago when they were casting actors for a project and a female actor tried to suggest sexual favors in exchange for work with Anurag. As of now, he has hired a lawyer to fight against the allegation.
Anurag Kashyap was born on 10th September 1972 in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. His birth name is Anurag Singh Kashyap. His nationality is Indian while his ethnicity is Brahmin. Virgo is his zodiac sign. He is an Atheist.
Anurag was born to his father Sri Prakash Singh (a retired Chief Engineer of the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited) and to his anonymous mother.
He has got two younger siblings: a brother named Abhinav Kashyap and a sister named Anubhuti Kashyap.
He completed his school education from the Scindia School in Gwalior. For his higher studies, Kashyap went to Delhi and enrolled at the Hansraj College (University of Delhi) graduating in a zoology course in 1993.
Anurag is a married man but of divorced marital status. He has married two times till now. Kashyap was first married to film editor Aarti Bajaj in 1997, with whom he has a daughter named Aaliyah Kashyap. But their married life came to end after their divorce in 2009.
In 2011, He was married a second time to French-born Indian actress Kalki Koechlin, whom he first met during the making of Dev D, at her maternal home in Ooty. However, the couple got separated after two years of married life and got divorced in 2015 at the Bandra family court in Mumbai.
The 48 years old film director is a fully grown-up man with average body build. He stands 5 ft 11 inches tall and weighs 84Kg. His body measures 42-36-15 Inches (Chest-Waist-Biceps).
Furthermore, He has black hair color and black color eye. He looks really smart in his short hair cut and short beard style. Overall he has a well-maintained healthy body.
Being one of the renowned film directors and producers, Anurag has able to accumulate a huge fortune from the film industry.
Mainly, he makes money by working as a film director. He was paid a decent amount of cash for directing several notable movies including "The Lunchbox", "Shahid", "Dev D", "Gulaal" and others. As a co-founder of a film production company called "Good Bad Films", he is making a hefty amount of money at present.
As of 2020, the net worth of Anurag is estimated to be $110 million. Furthermore, he owns a luxurious mansion in Mumbai. He drives Mahindra XUV500 SUV. His salary is approximate Rs. 8 crores per film.