Anurag Kashyap is a multi-talented artist who has contributed as a director, producer, writer and an actor in Hindi cinema. Kashyap started his journey as a screenwriter in Ram Gopal Varma’s 1998 film Satya. He started his direction with Panch, however, it never saw daylight in theaters. In front of the gangs of Vaspur’s re-too in theaters, we are taking a look for Anurag Kashyap’s direction career and the box office performance of our dramatic films so far.
Revolution of lukewarm dramatic career of Anurag Kashyap; 1 success as an exception
Anurag Kashyap has taken 15 films for two decades in his direction career, out of which there were seven disasters, seven flops, and one as a bottom-average grocer. Despite receiving critical appreciation for most of his films, Kashyap’s directors have faced a dull box office in the years starting from Pire almost from DJ Mohabbat from Black Friday.
In his filmography as a director, he has only a successful venture, ie Dev D. The romantic drama of 2009 was a modern day conversion of Devdas. Starring Abhay Deol, Mahi Gill and Kalki Kochlin, it emerged as an average grocer.
| No. | Movies | Pure collection | Decision |
| 1 | black Friday | 4.75 crores rupees | Flop |
| 2 | Smoking prohibition | 2 crores rupees | Disaster |
| 3 | Hanuman’s return | 1.75 crore rupees | Disaster |
| 4 | Dev d | 15.25 crores rupees | average |
| 5 | Gulal | 4.25 crores rupees | Flop |
| 6 | That girl in yellow shoes | 2 crores rupees | Disaster |
| 7 | Vasipur 1 gangs | 28 crores rupees | bellow average |
| 8 | Gangs of Vasipur 2 | 23 crore rupees | Flop |
| 9 | Ugly | 6.25 crores rupees | Flop |
| 10 | Bombay velvet | 22.75 crores | Disaster |
| 11 | Raman Raghav 2.0 | 6.75 crores | Flop |
| 12 | Mukkabaz | 10.75 crores | Flop |
| 13 | Manmarzian | 25.5 crore rupees | Flop |
| 14 | Dobara | 4.25 crores rupees | Disaster |
| 15 | Almost love with DJ love | 30 lakh rupees | Disaster |
Note: Five and Kennedy are yet to be released in theaters.
Vaspur Part 1 gangs to release again tomorrow
Anurag Kashyap’s creed classic film, Gangs of Wasipur Part 1 is making its dramatic comeback this year. Manoj Bajpayee, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chafdha, Piyush Mishra, and others, the first installment of the 2012 Crime Drama Series continues again in PVR Inox on 28 February, 2025.
Disclaimer: Box office figures are compiled by various sources and our research. The figures may be estimated, and no one claims about the authenticity of pinkvilla data. However, they are sufficiently indications of box-office performance of films under consideration.
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