Anurag Singh (born 1976) is an Indian film director. He is a Mumbai-based film director/writer known for Punjab 1984, Jatt and Juliet Series and Yaar Annmulle. Jatt and Juliet series and Punjab 1984 are the top 3 highest grossers of Punjabi Cinema. He has also directed a Bollywood film Raqeeb which didn't do well at the box office.
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Early life
Anurag comes from a small village in the Kapurthala district of Punjab, India. He left India to learn film-making in Australia before returning to work in Bollywood. He later began working in Punjabi cinema, breaking out with the movie Jatt & Juliet in 2012. He is now the Hit Machine of Punjabi Cinema.
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Career
Anurag Singh went to Deakin University, Australia to study Media Arts. Anurag Singh assisted Bollywood director Raj Kanwar for several years before directing a Bollywood movie for his production house. The film starrer Jimmy Shergill but it didn't do well. Anurag Singh has build up great rapport with Diljit Dosanjh who fondly calls him his Buggy brother. For his first Punjabi film Yaar Annmulle, Anurag Singh took immense inspiration from blockbuster Bollywood film 3 Idiots. Four of the films he directed starring Diljit Dosanjh are the also the Top 4 Box Office Openers of Punjabi Cinema. Anurag Singh is the highest paid director of Punjabi Cinema.
Director
Won
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2013 - Best Director - Jatt & Juliet
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2014 - Best Director - Jatt and Juliet 2
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2015 - (Critics Choice) Best Director - Punjab 1984
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2015 - Best Dialogues - Disco Singh
Nominated
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2012 - Best Screenplay & Dialogues - Yaar Annmulle
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2012 - Best Screenplay & Dialogues - Ek Noor
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2012 - Best Director - Yaar Annmulle
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2014 - Best Screenplay - Jatt & Juliet 2
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2015 - Best Story - Punjab 1984
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2015 - Best Screenplay - Punjab 1984
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2015 - Best Screenplay - Disco Singh
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2015 - Best Dialogues - Punjab 1984
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2015 - Best Director - Punjab 1984
- PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2015 - Best Director - Disco Singh
References
Source of article : Wikipedia