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Anubhav Sinha (born 22 June 1965)[1] is an Indian film director, producer and writer who works in Hindi films. He is known for his work in Ra.One (2011),Tum Bin (2001), Dus (2005), Mulk (2018), Article 15 (2019) and Thappad (2020).

Anubhav
Born	(1965-06-22) 22 June 1965 (age 57) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University
Occupation	Director film producer screenwriter
Years active	1993-present
Spouse	Ratnaa Sinha
Children	1

Biography

Sinha was born in Allahabad, India to Prem Govind Sinha and Sushila Sinha. He went to school in Kalagarh, Garhwal, Government Inter College, Allahabad and Queen's College, Varanasi. Sinha completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from The Aligarh Muslim University in 1988.[2]^{[citation needed]}

His wife Ratnaa Sinha is also a director who debuted with the 2017 film Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana starring Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda.^{[citation needed]}

His brother Anupam sinha is also a director who is known for his film Shukriya starring Aftab Shivdasani and Shriya Saran.

Career

Sinha worked for two years in New Delhi as a theatre artist before moving to Mumbai on 4 December 1990. He worked as an assistant director to Pankaj Parashar until 1994 before branching out as an independent director for television for Zee TV. He was noticed for his work on Shikast, the flagship show of the TV network in Mumbai. This was followed by the TV show Sea Hawks for UTV. Sea Hawks was the number one show for 35 weeks across all networks. 72 episodes later, he turned to directing music videos.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, he left working on music videos to start his first feature film Tum Bin. It starred Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sandali Sinha, Himanshu Malik and Raqesh Vashisth. It went on to become a major box-office success and has gained a cult status over the years.[3][4][5]

Sinha's second feature Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai starred Priyanshu Chatterjee and Sakshi Shivanand.[6] His third film, the multi-starrer Dus, was the eighth highest grossing film of the year 2005.[7] This was followed by Tathastu (2006) and Cash (2007).

Before directing and producing Tum Bin II and Mulk, Sinha directed Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer superhero film, Ra.One for which he wrote the script as well along with Kanika Dhillon.

In 2019, Sinha produced and directed Article 15 under his production house Benaras Media Works with Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead. The film is based on Article 15 of the Indian Constitution, which is about prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.[8] The film generally received positive reviews from critics, and was a commercial success.[9]

In 2020, Sinha helmed Thappad starring Taapsee Pannu, which released on 28 February 2020, and received highly positive reviews from critics, but was an average success at the box-office.

Sinha is also the founder and owner of Benaras Media Works, the production company which he established in 2012 to produce his films and television projects.[10][11]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2001	Tum Bin	Yes	Yes	No
2003	Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai	Yes	Yes	No
2005	Dus	Yes	No	No
2006	Tathastu	Yes	No	No
2007	Cash	Yes	No	Yes
2011	Ra.One	Yes	Yes	No
2014	Gulaab Gang	No	No	Yes
	Zid	No	No	Yes
2016	Tum Bin 2	Yes	Yes	Yes
2018	Mulk	Yes	Yes	Yes
2019	Article 15	Yes	Yes	Yes
2020	Thappad	Yes	Yes	Yes
2022	Anek	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Faraaz	No	No	Yes	Completed [12]
	Middle Class Love	No	No	Yes	Filming
TBA	Bheed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Filming [13]
TBA	Afwaah	No	No	Yes	Filming [14]

Awards and nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
AACTA Awards
2020	Best Asian Film	Thappad	Nominated	[15]
International Indian Film Academy Awards
2020	Best Film	Article 15	Nominated	[16]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Story		Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Won
2022	Best Film	Thappad	Nominated	[17]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Dialogue		Won
Filmfare Awards
2019	Best Story	Mulk	Won	[18]
	Best Dialogue		Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated
2020	Best Film (Critics)	Article 15	Won	[19]
	Best Story		Won
	Best Dialogue		Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated
2021	Best Film	Thappad	Won	[20]
	Best Film (Critics)		Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Story		Won
	Best Screenplay		Nominated
Screen Awards
2002	Best Story	Tum Bin	Nominated	[21]
2019	Best Film	Mulk	Nominated	[22]
	Best Film (Critics)		Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
2020	Best Film (Critics)	Article 15	Won	[23]
	Best Film Writing (Story & Screenplay)		Won
Zee Cine Awards
2019	Best Film (Critics)	Mulk	Nominated	[24]
	Best Director		Nominated
2020	Best Story & Screenplay	Article 15	Won	[25]

References

External links

• Anubhav Sinha at IMDb
• Anubhav Sinha at Bollywood Hungama
• Anubhav Sinha on Twitter

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