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Sanjay Gupta is an Indian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter working primarily in Bollywood industry. Gupta is mostly known for his films such as Aatish, Kaante,[2] Kaabil, Shootout at Lokhandwala, Shootout at Wadala, Jazbaa and Zinda.[3] He has frequently cast Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham in his movies.

Sanjay Gupta
Gupta at launch of Priyanka Sinha Jha's book Supertraits of Superstars
Born	(1967-04-14) 14 April 1967 (age 55) Bandra, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Anu Lekhi[1]

Film career

Gupta started his career with Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994) starring Aditya Pancholi and Sanjay Dutt. Later he went to write and direct films including Ram Shastra, Khauff and Jung. The filming of Jung (2000), lasted over two years.[4] While filming Kaante in the Los Angeles in 2001, the events of the 9/11 attack forced the film to relocate planned scenes from several areas that were then considered sensitive.[2] Commentators noted a similarity in Kaante to Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs. Gupta said that he was inspired by a number of other films as well, including The Asphalt Jungle, The Killing, and the film that inspired Reservoir Dogs, Ringo Lam's City on Fire.[2]

Gupta's Zinda (2006) has been described as an unofficial remake of the Korean film Oldboy.[5][6]

He also produced the films Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) and Dus Kahaniyaan, and directed and co-produced Shootout at Wadala, the sequel to Shootout at Lokhandwala.

On December 24, 2019, he made an announcement on the acquisition of Yali Dream Creations' Rakshak. Gupta took to Twitter to share the details about the project which revolves around a “vigilante” superhero. “So proud and happy to announce that my company White Feather Films has acquired the rights for ‘RAKSHAK’ A thrilling graphic novel about a vigilante superhero. This is India's first graphic novel to be made into a massive and ambitious feature film to be directed by me,” the director wrote alongside the covers of the four issues to the comics. He said he would be producing it under his company, White Feather Entertainment, along with co-producers, Asvin Srivatsangam and Vivek Rangachari from Yali Dream Works.[7]

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Note
1994	Aatish: Feel the Fire	Yes		Yes	Inspired by Deewaar,[8] A Better Tomorrow,[9] and State of Grace[10]
1995	Ram Shastra	Yes		Yes	Based on Hard to Kill
1997	Hameshaa	Yes		Yes
2000	Jung	Yes		Yes	Based on Desperate Measures
	Khauff	Yes		Yes	Based on The Juror
2002	Kaante	Yes[11]		Yes	Inspired by City On Fire and Reservoir Dogs [2][10]
2004	Plan		Yes	Yes	Based on Suicide Kings
	Musafir	Yes[12]		Yes	Based on U Turn
2006	Zinda	Yes[13]		Yes	Based on Oldboy
2007	Dus Kahaniyaan	Yes	Yes		Inspired by The Ten and Tales from the Crypt
	Shootout at Lokhandwala			Yes
2008	Woodstock Villa		Yes		Based on Japanese movie Chaos
2009	Acid Factory		Yes		Based on Unknown
2010	Pankh		Yes
2013	Shootout at Wadala	Yes[14]	Yes	Yes	Based on the book Dongri to Dubai
2015	Jazbaa	Yes[15]	Yes	Yes	Based on Seven Days
2017	Kaabil	Yes[16]			Inspired by Blind Fury and Broken [17][18]
2021	Mumbai Saga	Yes			[19]

References

External links

• Sanjay Gupta at IMDb

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