Sanjay Gupta (director)

Sanjay Gupta
Gupta at launch of Priyanka Sinha Jha's book Supertraits of Superstars
Born (1967-04-14) 14 April 1967 (age 57)
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 Bollywood industry. Gupta is mostly known for his remakes of American 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 films.

Film career

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Gupta started his career with Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994) starring Aditya Pancholi and Sanjay Dutt. Later he went to write and direct films including Ram Shastra, Khauff and Jung. The filming of Jung (2000), lasted over two years.[4] While filming Kaante in the Los Angeles in 2001, the events of the 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

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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]
2024 Visfot Yes Offcial adaptation of 2012 Venezuelan film Rock, Paper, Scissors[20]
The Miranda Brothers Yes Yes Yes

References

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  1. ^ Meena, Iyer (5 June 2009). "Sanjay Gupta remarries... his ex-wife!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Movies: An interview with Sanjay Gupta". Rediff. 27 July 2002. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. ^ 표절의혹 '올드보이', 제작사 법적대응 고려 [Plagiarism Doubts, 'OldBoy' Production Company Considers Legal Confrontation] (in Korean). STAR News. 16 November 2005. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  4. ^ Kanchana Suggu. "I will not dub for Jung". Rediff. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. ^ Rajinder, Dudrah; Jigna, Desai (1 October 2008). The Bollywood Reader. McGraw-Hill International. 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. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  8. ^ Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (2015). Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters. Penguin Books. p. 245. ISBN 9789352140084.
  9. ^ Peirse, Alison (2013). Korean Horror Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780748677658.
  10. ^ a b "Whose movie is it anyway?". Rediff. Archived from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Who is the surprise package of Kaante?". Rediff. 27 July 2002. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's 'Jazbaa' a remake of South Korean film Seven Days". The Indian Express. 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  16. ^ "Hrithik Roshan pairs with Yami Gautam in 'Kaabil'". The Times Of India. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. 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. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  19. ^ "Sanjay Gupta nervous to shoot for 'Mumbai Saga'". The Times of India. 27 August 2019. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Sanjay Gupta 'nervous, excited' to begin his next film". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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