Anubhav Sinha


Anubhav Sinha is an Indian film director, producer and writer known for his work in Tum Bin, Dus, Ra.One , Mulk,Article 15 and Thappad.

Biography

Sinha was born in Jamalpur, Bihar to Prem Govind Sinha and Sushila Sinha. He went to school in Kalagarh, Garhwal, Government Inter College, Allahabad and Queen's College, Varanasi. Sinha completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from The Aligarh Muslim University in 1988.

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorWriterProducer
2001Tum Bin
2003Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai
2005Dus
2006Tathastu
2007Cash
2011Ra.One
2014Gulaab Gang
2014Zid
2016Tum Bin 2
2018Mulk
2019Article 15
2020Thappad

Career

Sinha worked for two years in New Delhi as an engineer before moving to Mumbai on 4 December 1990. 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 starred 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 and Cash.
Before directing and producing Tum Bin II and Mulk, Sinha directed Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer superhero film, Ra.One for which he wrote the script as well along with Kanika Dhillon.
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 28th February 2020, and received highly positive reviews from critics, but was a moderate 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.
On 21 July 2020, Sinha through his tweet resigned from bollywood saying “ENOUGH!!! I hereby resign from Bollywood. Whatever the f*** that means.”