Anurag Kashyap celebrates his 41st birthday today

Gangs of Wasseypur maker Anurag Kashyap has turned 41 today. The ace filmmaker started his career by writing for TV and then went on to assist Ram Gopal Varma in Satya (1998) and also wrote the script of the film with Saurabh Shukla, but Kashyap always wanted to be an independent filmmaker. Later, he went on to direct films like, Dev D, Gangs of Wasseypur’s series and That Girl in Yellow Boots.

Anurag’s films; Paanch and Black Friday faced ban on their release due to their controversial subjects, though Black Friday was appreciated by the critics and went on to become one of the most influential films, based on underworld. At present, the director is busy in filming for Bombay Velvet. The film features Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Naseeruddin Shah, Kay Kay Menon, Karan Johar and Siddhartha Basu in the lead roles. The flick will hit the theatres by the end of 2014.