Anubhav Sinha (born 22 June 1965) is an Indian film director, producer and writer who works in

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films. He is notable for movies like ''

Ra.One ''Ra.One'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language superhero film directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan in double roles and Arjun Rampal as the titular antagonist, with Kareena Kapoor, Armaan Verma, Shahana Goswami, Tom Wu, Da ...

'', ''

Tum Bin ''Tum Bin'' (), also known as ''Tum Bin... Love Will Find a Way'', is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film stars Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sandali Sinha, Himanshu Malik and Raqesh Bapat. T ...

'', ''

Dus ''Dus'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Anubhav Sinha, based on the lives of seven fictional SIT (Indian Special Investigation) Team officers. It stars Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Zayed Kha ...

'', '' Mulk'', '' Article 15'' and ''

Thappad ''Thappad'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Anubhav Sinha, starring Taapsee Pannu. The film released theatrically on 28 February 2020. At the 66th Filmfare Awards, ''Thappad'' received 15 nominations, including Best D ...

''.

Early and personal life

Sinha was born in

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, India to Prem Govind Sinha and Sushila Sinha. He went to school in Kalagarh,

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, Government Inter College,

and Queen's College,

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. Sinha completed his graduation in

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from The Aligarh Muslim University in 1988. His wife Ratnaa Sinha is also a director who debuted with the 2017 film ''

Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana ''Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romance-drama comedy film directed by Ratnaa Sinha. The film features Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda in lead roles, while K. K. Raina, Alka Amin, Vipin Sharma, Govind Namdev, ...

'' starring

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and Kriti Kharbanda. His brother

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is also a director who is known for his film '' Shukriya'' starring

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and

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Career

Sinha worked for two years in

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as a theatre artist before moving to

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on 4 December 1990. He worked as an assistant director to

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until 1994 before branching out as an independent director for television for

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. He was noticed for his work on ''Shikast'', the flagship show of the TV network in Mumbai. This was followed by the TV show '' Sea Hawks'' for UTV. ''Sea Hawks'' was the number one show for 35 weeks across all networks. 72 episodes later, he turned to directing music videos. In 2000, he left working on music videos to start his first feature film ''

''. It starred

Priyanshu Chatterjee Priyanshu Chatterjee (born 20 February 1973) is an Indian actor and former model known for his works in Bollywood, and Bengali cinema. He made his Hindi film debut in the box-office big success ''Tum Bin'' in 2001. His other recognized work inc ...

Sandali Sinha Sandali Sinha (born 11 January 1972) is a former Indian Bollywood actress and model. She is known for her portrayal of Pia in the romantic film ''Tum Bin'' (2001). Early life She comes from an Air Force background. Her father, an officer, died ...

Himanshu Malik Himanshu Malicki is an Indian actor, screenwriter and producer known for his works in Bollywood. He started his acting career with the film, '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love'' (1996) and gained recognition with his portrayal of Abhigyan, a wealthy C ...

and

Raqesh Vashisth Raqesh Bapat is an Indian actor and model. He is known for his work in films like ''Tum Bin'' (2001), ''Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai'' (2005), ''Vrundavan'' (2016) and ''Savita Damodar Paranjpe (film), Savita Damodar Paranjape'' (2018) and television s ...

. It went on to become a major box-office success and has gained a

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status over the years. Sinha's second feature '' Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai'' starred

and

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. His third film, the multi-starrer ''

'', was the eighth highest grossing film of the year 2005. This was followed by ''

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'' (2006) and ''

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'' (2007). Before directing and producing

Tum Bin II ''Tum Bin 2'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film, written and directed by Anubhav Sinha. It was produced by Sinha and Bhushan Kumar, under the T-Series banner. It is a standalone sequel to the 2001 film, '' Tum Bin''. The f ...

and Mulk, Sinha directed

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and

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starrer

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, ''

'' for which he wrote the script as well along with

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. In 2019, Sinha produced and directed '' Article 15'' under his production house Benaras Media Works with Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead. The film is based on ''Article 15'' of the

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, which is about prohibition of discrimination on grounds of

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or place of birth. The film generally received positive reviews from critics, and was a commercial success. In 2020, Sinha helmed ''

'' starring

Taapsee Pannu Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards. After a brief modelling career, Pannu ventured into acting with the Telugu film ''Jh ...

, which released on 28 February 2020, and received highly positive reviews from critics, but was an average success at the box-office. Sinha is also the founder and owner of Benaras Media Works, the production company which he established in 2012 to produce his films and television projects.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinha, Anubhav 1965 births Living people Filmfare Awards winners 21st-century Indian film directors Hindi-language film directors Film directors from Mumbai Aligarh Muslim University alumni