Anurag (

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental syste ...

: अनुराग) (pronounced "Anurāg"), sometimes shorted Anu, is a common Indian first name. There are various meanings of Anurag in

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

such as attachment, devotion, passion and eternal love. Notable people named Anurag include: *

Anurag Basu Anurag Basu (born 8 May 1974) is an Indian director, screenwriter, actor and producer. He began his directing career in television, moving to feature films in 2002. Basu achieved initial success with his films tackling the themes of passion and ...

, Bollywood film director, actor and producer *

Anurag Dikshit Anurag Dikshit (; born 1973) is an Indian businessman who, in connection with the online poker company PartyGaming, entered a guilty plea to one count of online gambling in violation of the Federal Wire Act and received a $300 million fine. ...

, billionaire Indian businessman, co-founder of PartyGaming *

Anurag Kashyap (director) 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. For his contributions to film, the Government of France awa ...

, Hindi film screenwriter-director, including ''Black Friday'' and ''Dev D'' (2009) *

Anurag Singh (director) Anurag Singh is an Indian film director. He is a Mumbai-based film director and writer known for '' Kesari'' which is the biggest blockbuster of 2019 in the Bollywood industry as well as for ''Punjab 1984'', ''Jatt and Juliet'' Series and ''Yaa ...

, film director from Punjab *

Anurag Kumar Anurag Kumar (Born Gopalganj, Bihar) was the Director of the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore, India from 2014–2020. He is a professor at the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, and has served as the Chairperson of the ...

, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical Communication at Indian Institute of Science *

Anurag Anand Anurag Anand (born 2 November 1978) is an Indian artist, corporate professional, and author with several bestselling titles in the self-help, general fiction and historical fiction genres. His corporate experience pansAnurag Mathur Anurag Mathur (अनुराग माथुर) is an Indian author and journalist mainly known for his 1991 novel '' The Inscrutable Americans''. He was educated at the Scindia School The Scindia School is an Indian boarding school fo ...

, writer, author of the 1991 novel ''The Inscrutable Americans''

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