Passion for Cinema. Twórczość filmowa Anuraga Kashyapa

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PASSION FOR CINEMA.THE FILM WORKS OF ANURAG KASHYAP

This article discusses the work and career of Anurag Kashyap, an Indian film director living in Mumbai. He is considered one of the most creative and versatile filmmakers of contemporary Hindi cinema, experimenting with as many different genres as possible. His made-for-TV directorial debut, Last Train to Mahakali 1999, is a murder mystery. Afterwards, Kashyap made crime thriller Paanch 2000, unreleased, docudrama Black Friday 2004, metaphysical horror No Smoking 2007 and animation for children Return of Hanuman 2007. His latest works, both released in 2009, are: violent love story Dev.D and political fiction Gulaal. Dev.D — a modernized adaptation of the Bengali classic novel Devdas — became his first commercial success and changed the director’s status in Hindi film industry from an independent outsider to a respected producer supporting young filmmakers. But Anurag Kashyap’s future in the business is still uncertain.