Anubhav Sinha

Early and education

Anubhav Sinha was born on Tuesday, June 22, 1965 in Allahabad (now Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh, India to Prem Govind Sinha and Sushila Sinha. He went to school in Kalagarh, Garhwal, Government Inter College, Allahabad and Queen's College, Varanasi. He completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from The Aligarh Muslim University in 1987.

Career

Sinha worked for one year in New Delhi as a theatre artist before moving to Mumbai on 4 December 1990. He began his career in the entertainment industry with TV shows like Sea Hawks and then a spate of music videos in the late 90s. He worked as an assistant director to Pankaj Parashar until 1994 before branching out as an independent director for television for Zee TV. 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 Tum Bin. It starred Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sandali Sinha, Himanshu Malik and Raqesh Vashisth. It went on to become a major box-office success and has gained a cult status over the years.

Sinha's second feature Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai stars Priyanshu Chatterjee and Sakshi Shivanand. His third film, the multi-starrer Dus, was the eighth highest-grossing film of the year 2005. This was followed by Tathastu (2006) and Cash (2007).

Sinha directed Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal and Kareena Kapoor starrer superhero film, Ra.One for which he wrote the script as well along with Kanika Dhillon. He then directed and produced Tum Bin II and Mulk.

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 Indian Constitution, which is about prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. The film generally received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success.

In 2020, Sinha helmed Thappad starring Taapsee Pannu, 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 Mediaworks, the production company that he established in 2012 to produce his films and television projects.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

References

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