- Born
- Anurag Basu, a Bollywood director and writer explores relationships and adversity on reel. He had his share of tough times when he was diagnosed with leukemia.
Basu directed television serials among which is Tara (1993), which became one of the first soap operas on Indian television. He also directed Balaji Telefilms' Koshish Ek Aasha (1997) and Miit (2002), which was based on Rabindranath Tagore's Noukadubi.
He made his debut in movies with Kucch Toh Hai (2003). It starred Tusshar Kapoor and Esha Deol. The movie wasn't anywhere near a major success. He made movies under the Vishesh Films banner. Saaya (2003) belonged to the supernatural genre about a doctor who communicates with his dead wife through his patients. It starred John Abraham and Tara Sharma.
Murder (2004) was based on Hollywood's hit Unfaithful. It starred Emraan Hashmi and Mallika Sherawat. The movie along with it's soundtrack became a big success. During the filming of his next movie Tumsa Nahin Dekhan (2004), Basu was diagnosed with blood cancer. The movie was later completed by Mohit Suri and Mahesh Bhatt.
In 2006, Anurag Basu came back to make Gangster with Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut and Shiney Ahuja. It was supposed to be based on Abu Salem's real life affair with actress Monica Bedi. The movie did well.
It was followed by the critically acclaimed Life in a Metro.
He wrote the screenplays for Gangster, Life in a Metro and Kites and won the Filmfare Best Screenplay Award for Life in a Metro.- IMDb Mini Biography By: manyam
- ChildrenAhana BasuIshana Basu
- ParentsSubrato BasuDeepshikha Basu
- RelativesAbhishek Basu(Sibling)
- His personal life was so complicated but now he is very social to talk people frequently as good habit or manner.
- He was directed the most finest & versatile hit film or movies in the industry.
- He was suffered from depression sometimes due to because of his bad health & illness caused by that cancer.
- Mahesh Bhatt was helped him during his bad time of cancer disease around in 2006 while shooting for "Gangster - A Love Story" in Seoul. ; he invested his money for his soon treatment as per their friendship bonding.
- He is the sole survivor of "Leukemia" ; Blood Cancer. ; he diagnosed with it for long time since 2006 ; but he get treatment & recovery for years & directed many films during that hard time.
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