Sanjay Gupta (director)

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| name = Sanjay Gupta
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| caption = Gupta at launch of Priyanka Sinha Jha's book ''Supertraits of Superstars''
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| birth_place = [[Bandra]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
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| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Director, producer, screenwriter
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| yearsactive = 1994–present
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'''Sanjay Gupta''' is an Indian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter working primarily in [[Bollywood]] industry. Gupta is mostly known for his films such as [[Aatish: Feel the Fire|Aatish]], ''[[Kaante]]'',<ref name="Rediff 2002 Interview">{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jul/27gupta.htm|title=Movies: An interview with Sanjay Gupta|date=July 27, 2002|work=[[Rediff]]|accessdate=16 November 2014}}</ref> ''[[Kaabil]], [[Shootout at Lokhandwala]], [[Shootout at Wadala]], [[Jazbaa]]'' and ''[[Zinda (film)|Zinda]]''.<ref name="starnews">{{cite web |url=http://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2005111612490944162 |script-title=ko:표절의혹 '올드보이', 제작사 법적대응 고려 |trans-title=Plagiarism Doubts, 'OldBoy' Production Company Considers Legal Confrontation|publisher=[[STAR News]]|date=16 November 2005 |language=Korean|accessdate=26 August 2009}}</ref> He has frequently cast [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[John Abraham]] in his movies.

==Film career==
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 (2000 film)|Jung]]''. The filming of ''Jung'' (2000), lasted over two years.<ref name="RediffJung">{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/mar/24jung.htm|title=I will not dub for Jung|last=Kanchana Suggu|work=[[Rediff]]|accessdate=16 November 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Rediff 2002 Interview" /> 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 (film)|The Killing]]'', and the film that inspired ''Reservoir Dogs'', [[Ringo Lam]]'s ''[[City on Fire (1987 film)|City on Fire]]''.<ref name="Rediff 2002 Interview" />

Gupta's ''[[Zinda (film)|Zinda]]'' (2006) has been described as an unofficial remake of the Korean film ''[[Oldboy (2003 film)|Oldboy]]''.<ref name="RajinderJigna2008">{{cite book|last1=Rajinder|first1=Dudrah|last2=Jigna|first2=Desai|title=The Bollywood Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Wz4AAAAQBAJ|accessdate=16 November 2014|date=2008-10-01|publisher=McGraw-Hill International|isbn=9780335222124}}</ref><ref>Dudrah, Rajinder and Desai, Jigna. 2008. ''The Bollywood Reader: The Essential Bollywood''. Oxford University Press. pp. 6.</ref>

He also produced the films ''[[Shootout at Lokhandwala]]'' (2007) and ''[[Dus Kahaniyaan]]'', and directed and co-produced ''[[Shootout at Wadala]]'', the sequel 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, [https://www.yalidreamcreations.com/our-team/ Asvin Srivatsangam] and Vivek Rangachari from [https://yalidreamworks.com/ Yali Dream Works].<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sanjay-gupta-to-adapt-graphic-novel-rakshak-into-a-film/article30388268.ece ]</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film
! class="wikitable sortable"|Director
! class="wikitable sortable"|Producer
! class="wikitable sortable"|Writer
! Note
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Aatish: Feel the Fire]]''
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
| Inspired by ''[[Deewaar]]'',<ref name="Chaudhuri245">{{cite book|last=Chaudhuri|first=Diptakirti|title=Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters|date=2015|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|isbn=9789352140084|page=245|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cri9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT245}}</ref> ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Peirse|first=Alison|title=Korean Horror Cinema|date=2013|publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]]|isbn=9780748677658|page=190|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RkurBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA190}}</ref> and ''[[State of Grace (1990 film)|State of Grace]]''<ref name="rediff.com">https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/19copy.htm</ref>
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Ram Shastra]]''
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
| Based on ''[[Hard to Kill]]''
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Hameshaa]]''
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| ''[[Jung (2000 film)|Jung]] ''
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
| Based on ''[[Desperate Measures (film)|Desperate Measures]]''
|-
| ''[[Khauff]]''
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
| Based on ''[[The Juror]]''
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Kaante]]''
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jul/27gupta.htm | title=Who is the surprise package of Kaante? | publisher=[[Rediff]] | work=Rediff team | date=27 July 2002 | accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref>
|
| {{yes}}
| Inspired by ''[[City on Fire (1987 film)|City On Fire]]'' and ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' <ref name="Rediff 2002 Interview"/><ref name="rediff.com"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| ''[[Plan (film)|Plan]]''
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Based on ''[[Suicide Kings]]''
|-
| ''[[Musafir (2004 film)|Musafir]]''
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sanjay-gupta-cuts-sameera-reddy-anil-kapoor-kiss-scene-from-musafir-promos/1/195768.html |title=Reddy to show |publisher=[[India Today]] |work=India Today News Network |archivedate=21 December 2015 |last=Kanika |first=Gahlaut |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221104634/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sanjay-gupta-cuts-sameera-reddy-anil-kapoor-kiss-scene-from-musafir-promos/1/195768.html |accessdate=2 June 2017}}</ref>
|
| {{yes}}
| Based on ''[[U Turn (1997 film)|U Turn]]''
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Zinda (film)|Zinda]]''
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/zinda-2005 | title=Zinda review - Timeout | publisher=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] | work=The Timeout team | date=2006 | accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref>
|
| {{yes}}
| Based on ''[[Oldboy (2003 film)|Oldboy]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''[[Dus Kahaniyaan]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| Inspired by ''[[The Ten]]'' and ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
|-
| ''[[Shootout at Lokhandwala]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Woodstock Villa]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| Based on Japanese movie ''[[Chaos (2000 film)|Chaos]]''
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Acid Factory]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
| Based on ''[[Unknown (2006 film)|Unknown]]''
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Pankh]]''
|
| {{yes}}
|
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Shootout at Wadala]]''
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/shootout-at-wadala-my-most-challenging-film-sanjay-gupta/160996 | title='Shootout at Wadala' my most challenging film: Sanjay Gupta | publisher=[[Mid-Day]] | work=IANS | date=5 May 2012 | accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Based on the book ''[[Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia|Dongri to Dubai]]''
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Jazbaa]]''
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/aishwarya-rai-bachchans-jazbaa-a-remake-of-south-korean-film-seven-days/|title=Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's 'Jazbaa' a remake of South Korean film Seven Days|date=17 December 2014|work=The Indian Express}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Based on ''[[Seven Days (2007 film)|Seven Days]]''
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Kaabil]]''
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hrithik-Roshan-pairs-with-Yami-Gautam-in-Kaabil/articleshow/50889711.cms|title=Hrithik Roshan pairs with Yami Gautam in 'Kaabil'|newspaper=[[The Times Of India|TOI]]|date=8 February 2016|accessdate=8 February 2016}}</ref>
|
|
|Inspired by ''[[Blind Fury]]'' and ''[[Broken (2014 film)|Broken]]'' <ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/kaabil/movie-review/56749675.cms</ref><ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/56755434.cms</ref>
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Mumbai Saga]]''
| {{yes}}
|
|
|<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sanjay-gupta-nervous-to-shoot-for-mumbai-saga/articleshow/70854273.cms|title=Sanjay Gupta nervous to shoot for 'Mumbai Saga'|website=Times of India |date=27 August 2019|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2022
| [https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2020/jul/15/sanjay-gupta-starts-writing-for-vigilante-superhero-film-rakshak-2170047.html Rakshak]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|Development<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/> Based on the graphic novel series by [[Yali Dream Creations]] called [https://www.yalidreamcreations.com/rakshak/ Rakshak] <ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com"/>
|-
| 2022
| Shootout at Byculla
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Third Part of the [[Shootout at Lokhandwala|Shootout (Hindi film series)]] based on Shootout at JJ Hospital<ref>[https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/scoop-aditya-roy-kapur-headline-sanjay-guptas-shootout-3-gang-wars-bombay/ Aditya Roy Kapoor to play the ganster in Shooutout 3]</ref>
|}

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