Sanjay Gupta (director)

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Sanjay Gupta
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Director, producer, screenwriter
Years active1994–present
SpouseAnu Lekhi[1]

Sanjay Gupta is an Indian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter working primarily in

action-thriller and crime films, including films such as Aatish, Kaante,[2] Kaabil, Shootout at Lokhandwala, Shootout at Wadala, Jazbaa and Zinda.' and Mumbai Saga.[3] He has frequently cast Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham
in his movies.

Film career

Gupta started his career with

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. Further, responding to allegations of plagiarism, he went on to state that he would "beg, borrow and steal from any medium, be it films, newspapers, magazines, novels, reality, fiction, to make an interesting story."[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 prequel 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] Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Director
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 Shootout at Lokhandwala Yes
Dus Kahaniyaan Yes Yes Inspired by The Ten and Tales from the Crypt
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 Yes [19]

References

  1. ^ Meena, Iyer (5 June 2009). "Sanjay Gupta remarries... his ex-wife!". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  2. ^
    Rediff
    . 27 July 2002. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. STAR News
    . 16 November 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  4. Rediff
    . Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. ISBN 9780335222124
    . Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ^ Dudrah, Rajinder and Desai, Jigna. 2008. The Bollywood Reader: The Essential Bollywood. Oxford University Press. pp. 6.
  7. ^ "Sanjay Gupta to adapt graphic novel 'Rakshak' into a film". The Hindu. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  8. ISBN 9789352140084
    .
  9. ISBN 9780748677658
    .
  10. ^ a b "Whose movie is it anyway?". Rediff. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  11. Rediff
    . 27 July 2002. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  12. ^ Kanika, Gahlaut. "Reddy to show". India Today. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Zinda review". Time Out. 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  14. ^ "'Shootout at Wadala' my most challenging film: Sanjay Gupta". Mid-Day. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's 'Jazbaa' a remake of South Korean film Seven Days". The Indian Express. 17 December 2014.
  16. The Times Of India
    . 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  17. ^ "Kaabil Review {4/5}: Hrithik has what it takes to be Kaabil". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  18. ^ Iyer, Meena. "Kaabil movie review: Hrithik Roshan's best performance ever". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  19. ^ "Sanjay Gupta nervous to shoot for 'Mumbai Saga'". The Times of India. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

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