Anurag Kashyap is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, together with 4 Filmfare Awards. After the controversy between Saif Ali Khan and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub's Tandav, several projects have been shelved to keep away from backlash. Anurag Kashyap in a latest communique with the Washington Post said, "It was my nice work. I've in no way achieved such honest, vital paintings. Why greenlight it, then trade your mind? It's invisible censorship."The filmmaker introduced, "Maximum City turned into wherein all my strength went. I became heartbroken. I absolutely misplaced it. After the movie were given shelved, he went into deep despair and took to consuming alcohol. He also revealed that he suffered  coronary heart attacks all through this era. Streaming changed into finally the space I turned into looking forward to. The disappointment is it was imagined to be a revolution, but it changed into not. Like social media, it became speculated to empower people, however it have become a tool". Maximum City is a non-fiction novel that depicts 4 perspectives on how people stay in Mumbai. The ebook is likewise a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Anurag Kashyap got his foremost ruin as a co-author in Ram Gopal Verma's crime drama Satya and made his directorial debut with Paanch, which never had a theatrical launch because of censorship problems. His different incredible works consist of Gulaal, Raman Raghav 2.0, Manmarziyaan and Sacred Games among others.