Anubhav Sinha is an Indian film director, writer and film producer. His most prominent works include Tum Bin (2001), Dus (2005), Ra.One (2011), and Mulk (2018), and Article 15 (2019).
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Anubhav Sinha was born on Tuesday, 22 June 1965 (age 58 years; as of 2023) in Allahabad (now Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh, India. His zodiac sign is Cancer. Her full name is Anubhav Sushila Sinha. He did his schooling from Kalagarh in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand and Government Inter College School, Allahabad. He then obtained his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University in 1988. Sinha later worked in Delhi for a period of two years before moving to Mumbai in 1990.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 11″
Eye colour: brown
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
family and caste
Anubhav Sinha belongs to a Hindu family of Kayastha caste.
Guardian
Anubhav Sinha is the son of Prem Govind Sinha (father) and Sushila Sinha (mother).
Anubhav Sinha with his father on his 88th birthday
His younger brother Anupam Sinha is an Indian comic book artist and writer.
wife and children
He is married to Ratna Sinha, who is also an Indian film director.
A picture of Anubhav Sinha with his wife and son
They have a son Shlok Sinha
A picture of Anubhav Sinha with son Shlok before the premiere night of his film “Article 15” in London
livelihood
Before making his directorial debut with the famous Indian television series “Shikast” broadcast on Doordarshan, Anubhav Sinha worked as an assistant director with Indian film director Pankaj Parashar until 1993. The show featured some of the most notable faces of Bollywood, including Manoj Bajpayee and the great Shammi Kapoor, who played the lead role in the series.
After directing “Shikast”, Anubhav directed another TV show “Sea Hawks” for UTV, which aired on Doordarshan in 1997. After directing 76 episodes of “Sea Hawks”, Anubhav Sinha started directing music videos, which he did until 2000. “Deewana” and “Jaan” were two of his music videos which were well received by the public.
He directed his first Bollywood film “Tum Bin” (2001), starring Priyanshu Chatterjee, Himanshu Malik, Amrita Prakash, Rakesh Vashishtha and Sandali Sinha. This film is considered to be one of his most successful films till date, as it not only clashed with the 2001 Amitabh Bachchan starrer “Aks”, but also overshadowed it.
His third project, the multi-starrer film “Dus”, became the eighth highest-grossing film of the year 2005. His other famous works include Tahastu (2006), Cash (2007), Ra. One (2011), and Tum Bin 2 (2016). After ‘Mulk’ (2018); Starring Rishi Kapoor and Taapsee Pannu, it embarked on a new genre of filmmaking that portrayed social issues prevalent in the society. He made films with social awakening elements such as “Article 15” (2019) and “Thappad” (2020).
Controversy
Shortly after the release of his film “Dus” starring Shilpa Shetty in 2007, there were many rumors that Anubhav and Shilpa Shetty were secretly dating each other, and it was believed that this led to his relationship with his wife Ratna Sinha. There was serious trouble in their relationship. During that period, Anubhav reportedly left his family for a short period of time. Later both Anubhav and Shilpa Shetty denied the news of dating each other. After this, both of them were not seen together again in any of their future projects.
Favourite Things
Food: Burund Pav, Keema, Chicken Farcha, Cafe Irani, Chole Samosas, Banarasi Chaat
Actor: Shahrukh Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Manoj Pahwa, Manoj Bajpayee
Actresses: Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla, Taapsee Pannu
Singer: Sonu Nigam, Jagjit Singh
Filmmakers: Bimal Roy, Govind Nihalani, and Shyam Benegal
Color: Yellow
Poet: Bob Dylan, Gulzar
Song: “Blowin’ in the Wind” by Bob Dylan.
Leader: Mahatma Gandhi
award
- Yash Bharti Award from Government of Uttar Pradesh in 2016
- Filmfare Award for Best Story for the film “Mulk” (2018) (2019)
- Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award for Best Writer-Director for the film “Mulk” (2018) (2019)
- News 18 Reel Movie Awards (2019) for Best Dialogue for the film “Mulk” (2018)
- Star Screen Awards for Best Film (2019) for the film “Mulk” (2018)
Facts/General Knowledge
- He was born in a middle class family of Allahabad. Talking about his upbringing in Allahabad and Varanasi he says,
I am a small-town boy, my father retired in 1991 on a salary of Rs 12,000 – I was fascinated by the glamour, glitz and trappings of filmmaking.”
- He likes to cook in his spare time and also considers himself a good chef.
- After the release of “Article 15”, Anubhav Sinha told in an interview that whenever he gets time, he reads an article of the Indian Constitution. He said,
I always have a PDF tab on my Firefox and whenever possible, I open and read it. I have been doing this for the last 8 months.
- He made his production debut in 2007 with the film “Cash” (2007), and later, started his own production house in 2012 and produced six more films as of 2020.
- Ravish Kumar, managing editor of NDTV India, is also his favorite journalist and close friend.
Abhinav Sinha with Ravish Kumar and Naseeruddin Shah on the sets of Thappad.
- Anubhav Sinha has often expressed his disagreement against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in his tweets and Instagram posts and has also been supporting the students standing against it.
Dear Pratik! Movies. game. Art. Politics. Literature. Etcetera. We chose what we chose because most of us did not want to be government employees. Take a guess…. Now you all are government servants!!! bwahahahaha
-Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavasinha) 16 December 2019
- As far as film production is concerned, Anubhav Sinha takes very less time to complete the shooting of his films. He completed Tum Bin in just 27 days, Mulk in 32 days and Thappad in 31 days.
- In November 2020, he revealed on Twitter that his first salary was Rs. 80 which he got after giving tuition to a Class 7 student to supplement his smoking income while he was an engineering student at the age of 18.
First salary- Rs 80, Age- 18 Arithmetic tuition to a class 7 student to earn money for smoking in engineering college. https://t.co/SmxrV3E2Xf
-Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavasinha) 18 November 2020
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