Anurag Basu

Anurag Basu

Anurag Basu is an Indian reality show-judge, director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He began his directing career in television, moving to feature films in 2002. Later, he directed comedy-drama films such as the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Barfi!

About Anurag Basu in brief

Summary Anurag BasuAnurag Basu is an Indian reality show-judge, director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He began his directing career in television, moving to feature films in 2002. Later, he directed comedy-drama films such as the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Barfi!Basu was born into an upper-middle-class Bengali Kayastha family in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. His parents, Subrato Bose and Deepshikha Bose, were award-winning theatrical artists and Basu grew up watching them performing in his father’s theatre company. He received a B. Sc. degree in Physics honours 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.

Basu was just twenty years old when in mid of 1994 he began his television career as an assistant director on Tara, after six months in the end of 1994 only, he was given full responsibility for directing about 712 episodes. He directed television serials, trying genres ranging from daily soaps to thrillers such as Saturday Suspense.