Sanjay Gupta is an Indian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter who works in

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. Gupta is mostly known for his

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s of American action-thriller and

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s, including films such as '' Aatish'', '' Kaante'', '' Kaabil,

Shootout at Lokhandwala ''Shootout at Lokhandwala'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Apoorva Lakhia and produced by Sanjay Gupta, and Ekta Kapoor. Based on the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout, a real-life gun battle bet ...

Shootout at Wadala ''Shootout at Wadala'' is a 2013 Indian Action film, action-crime film written and directed by Sanjay Gupta (director), Sanjay Gupta. The film stars Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee, Tusshar Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut and Sonu Sood. It is ...

, Jazbaa'' and '' Zinda'', and ''

Mumbai Saga ''Mumbai Saga'' is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Sanjay Gupta and produced by T-Series. It features an ensemble cast of John Abraham, Emraan Hashmi, Kajal Aggarwal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Rohit Roy, Anjana Sukhani ...

''. He has frequently cast

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and

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in his films.

Film career

Gupta started his career with '' Aatish: Feel the Fire'' (1994) starring Aditya Pancholi and

. Later he went on to write and direct films including '' Ram Shastra'', '' Khauff'' and ''

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''. The filming of ''Jung'' (2000) lasted over two years. While filming '' Kaante'' in

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in 2001, the events of the

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attack forced filming to relocate planned scenes from several areas that were then considered sensitive. Commentators noted a similarity in ''Kaante'' to

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's film ''

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''. 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'',

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'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." Gupta's '' Zinda'' (2006) has been described as an unofficial remake of the

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n film '' Oldboy''. He also produced the films ''

'' (2007) and '' Dus Kahaniyaan'', and directed and co-produced ''

'', 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

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to share 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 fro
Yali Dream Works

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Sanjay 20th-century Indian screenwriters Living people Hindi-language film directors Indian male screenwriters Film directors from Mumbai University of Mumbai alumni Hindi film producers 21st-century Indian people Film producers from Mumbai 1966 births