Anurag Basu
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| Anurag Basu | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Bengali Hindu |
| Occupation | Director, Writer |
| Years active | 1993 - present |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Anurag Basu (Bengali: অনুরাগ বসু) is an Indian film, television advertisement and television director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Basu gained initial success with his films that tackled the themes of dark passion and adultery[1] like Life in a... Metro, Kites, Gangster and Murder. Basu started his directing career with television shows and gradually made the move to feature films in 2002.
Early life
Basu was born into a middle-class Bengali Kayastha family in Bhilai. His parents were theatre artists and he grew up watching them perform with his father's theatre company, Abhiyan. He had done his Primary Education form English Medium Middle School, Sector 2 with Satish Pandey, P.J.Sebastian, Riti Arya, Roshini Nair and passed his Higher Secondary education from BSP Senior Secondary School, Sector IV. Basu spent part of his life in Garia, a locality in South Kolkata. He received admission to the prestigious Jabalpur Engineering College, but did not join.[2] He did B.Sc. in Physics from University of Mumbai with an intention to pursue a cinematography course at FTII, Pune. However, during the college years in Mumbai, he got an opportunity to assist at various levels in many TV and films projects. From there on, he tried at different times to stay involved with the filmmaking process and was eventually absorbed as an Assistant Director to Raman Kumar on Tara (TV series).[3]
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