Anurag Basu

Anurag Basu is an India television-advertiser, director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Basu achieved initial success with his films tackling the themes of passion and adultery such as Life in a... Metro, Kites, Gangster and Murder. He began his directing career in television, moving to feature films in 2002.

Early life

Basu was born into an upper-middle-class Bengali Kayastha family in Bhilai, C.G.. His parents, Subrato Bose and Deepshikha Bose, were award-winning theatrical artists and Basu grew up watching them perform in his father's theatre company (Abhiyaan). He attended BSP Senior Secondary School, Sector -IV, Bhilai Steel Plant, Steel Authority of India Ltd. , spending part of his life in Garia, South Kolkata. Although Basu was admitted to Jabalpur Engineering College, but he quit it after some time. He received a BSc degree in physics hnrs. from the University of Mumbai, intending to study cinematography at FTII, Pune; however, during his college years in Mumbai he had an opportunity to assist on a number of levels in TV and film projects. After trying to remain involved with filmmaking, Basu became an assistant director to Raman Kumar on Tara.