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{{short description|Indian filmmaker}}
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| name               = Sanjay Gupta
| name         = Sanjay Gupta
| image             = SanjayGupta.jpg
| image         = SanjayGupta.jpg
| caption           = Gupta at launch of Priyanka Sinha Jha's book ''Supertraits of Superstars''
| caption       = Gupta at launch of Priyanka Sinha Jha's book ''Supertraits of Superstars''
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1967|04|14|df=y}}
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1967|04|14|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Bandra]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| birth_place   = [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]], India
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| nationality        = Indian
| occupation   = Director, producer, screenwriter
| occupation         = Director, producer, screenwriter
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| yearsactive   = 1994–present
| yearsactive       = 1994–present
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| spouse       = Anu Lekhi<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Sanjay-Gupta-remarries-his-ex-wife/articleshow/4616453.cms | title=Sanjay Gupta remarries... his ex-wife! | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=5 June 2009 | access-date=24 December 2015 | author=Meena, Iyer | archive-date=1 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135912/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Sanjay-Gupta-remarries-his-ex-wife/articleshow/4616453.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>
| spouse             = Anu Lekhi<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Sanjay-Gupta-remarries-his-ex-wife/articleshow/4616453.cms | title=Sanjay Gupta remarries... his ex-wife! | publisher=[[Times of India]] | work=[[The Times Group]] | date=5 June 2009 | accessdate=24 December 2015 | author=Meena, Iyer}}</ref>
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'''Sanjay Gupta''' is an Indian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter who works in [[Hindi films]]. Gupta is mostly known for his [[remake]]s of American [[action-thriller]] and [[crime film]]s, including 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=27 July 2002|work=[[Rediff]]|access-date=16 November 2014|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021090412/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jul/27gupta.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Kaabil]], [[Shootout at Lokhandwala]], [[Shootout at Wadala]], [[Jazbaa]]'' and ''[[Karam (2005 film)|Karam]]'' and ''[[Zinda (film)|Zinda]]'', and ''[[Mumbai Saga]]''.<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|access-date=26 August 2009|archive-date=1 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301191111/https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2005111612490944162|url-status=live}}</ref> He has frequently cast [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[John Abraham]] in his films.


'''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 on 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]]|access-date=16 November 2014|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801073035/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/mar/24jung.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> While filming ''[[Kaante]]'' in [[Los Angeles]] in 2001, the events of the [[9/11]] attack forced filming 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]]''. 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."<ref name="Rediff 2002 Interview" />


==Film career==
Gupta's ''[[Zinda (film)|Zinda]]'' (2006) has been described as an unofficial remake of the [[South Korea]]n 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|access-date=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>
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 prequel to ''Shootout at Lokhandwala''.
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>
On 24 December 2019, he made an announcement on the acquisition of [[Yali Dream Creations]]' Rakshak. Gupta took to [[Twitter]] 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, [https://www.yalidreamcreations.com/our-team/ Asvin Srivatsangam] and Vivek Rangachari from [https://yalidreamworks.com/ Yali Dream Works].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sanjay-gupta-to-adapt-graphic-novel-rakshak-into-a-film/article30388268.ece|title=Sanjay Gupta to adapt graphic novel 'Rakshak' into a film|date=24 December 2019|access-date=29 November 2021|website=The Hindu|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421233731/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sanjay-gupta-to-adapt-graphic-novel-rakshak-into-a-film/article30388268.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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| 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>
| 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">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/19copy.htm|title=Whose movie is it anyway?|website=Rediff|access-date=29 November 2021|archive-date=1 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701030104/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/19copy.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 1995
| 1995
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| 1997
| 1997
| ''[[Hameshaa]]''
| {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Hameshaa]]}}
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| ''[[Khauff]]''
| ''[[Khauff]]''
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| 2002
| 2002
| ''[[Kaante]]''
| ''[[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}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jul/27gupta.htm | title=Who is the surprise package of Kaante? | website=[[Rediff]] | date=27 July 2002 | access-date=21 December 2015 | archive-date=21 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021090412/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jul/27gupta.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Inspired by ''[[City on Fire (1987 film)|City On Fire]]'' and ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' <ref name="Rediff 2002 Interview"/><ref name="rediff.com"/>
| Inspired by ''[[City on Fire (1987 film)|City On Fire]]'' and ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''<ref name="Rediff 2002 Interview"/><ref name="rediff.com"/> Nominated - [[Filmfare Award for Best Director]]
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| ''[[Musafir (2004 film)|Musafir]]''
| ''[[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}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/20040802-sanjay-gupta-cuts-sameera-reddy-anil-kapoor-kiss-scene-from-musafir-promos-789731-2004-08-01 |title=Reddy to show |work=[[India Today]] |archive-date=21 December 2015 |last=Kanika |first=Gahlaut |date=2 August 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=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 |access-date=2 June 2017}}</ref>
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Based on ''[[U Turn (1997 film)|U Turn]]''
| Based on ''[[U Turn (1997 film)|U Turn]]''
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|  2005
| ''[[Karam (2005 film)|Karam]]''
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| 2006
| 2006
| ''[[Zinda (film)|Zinda]]''
| ''[[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}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/zinda-2005 | title=Zinda review | work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] | date=2006 | access-date=21 December 2015 | archive-date=22 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222093555/http://www.timeout.com/london/film/zinda-2005 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | 2007
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''[[Shootout at Lokhandwala]]''
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| {{yes}}
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| ''[[Dus Kahaniyaan]]''
| ''[[Dus Kahaniyaan]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|  
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| Inspired by ''[[The Ten]]'' and ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
| Inspired by ''[[The Ten (film)|The Ten]]'' and ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
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| ''[[Shootout at Lokhandwala]]''
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| {{yes}}
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| 2008
| 2008
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| 2013
| 2013
| ''[[Shootout at Wadala]]''  
| ''[[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}}<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 | work=[[Mid-Day]] | date=5 May 2012 | access-date=21 December 2015 | archive-date=3 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203013748/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/shootout-at-wadala-my-most-challenging-film-sanjay-gupta/160996 | url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2015
| 2015
| ''[[Jazbaa]]''  
| ''[[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}}<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|access-date=21 December 2015|archive-date=15 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615091430/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/aishwarya-rai-bachchans-jazbaa-a-remake-of-south-korean-film-seven-days/|url-status=live}}</ref>  
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| 2017
| 2017
| ''[[Kaabil]]''  
| ''[[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>
| {{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]]|date=8 February 2016|access-date=8 February 2016|archive-date=21 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521093853/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/hrithik-roshan-pairs-with-yami-gautam-in-kaabil/articleshow/50889711.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|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>  
| Inspired by  ''[[Blind Fury]]'' and ''[[Broken (2014 film)|Broken]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/kaabil/movie-review/56749675.cms|title=Kaabil Review {4/5}: Hrithik has what it takes to be Kaabil|access-date=29 November 2021|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/56755434.cms|title=Kaabil movie review: Hrithik Roshan's best performance ever|first=Meena|last=Iyer|access-date=29 November 2021|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129135000/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/56755434.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>  
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| 2021
| 2021
| ''[[Mumbai Saga]]''  
| ''[[Mumbai Saga]]''  
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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|<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>
| <ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite web |date=27 August 2019 |title=Sanjay Gupta nervous to shoot for 'Mumbai Saga' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sanjay-gupta-nervous-to-shoot-for-mumbai-saga/articleshow/70854273.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827182446/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sanjay-gupta-nervous-to-shoot-for-mumbai-saga/articleshow/70854273.cms |archive-date=27 August 2019 |access-date=27 August 2019 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>
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|Official adaptation of 2012 Venezuelan film ''[[Rock, Paper, Scissors (2012 film)|Rock, Paper, Scissors]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/sanjay-gupta-nervous-excited-to-begin-his-next-film/cid/1839489|title=Sanjay Gupta 'nervous, excited' to begin his next film|website=www.telegraphindia.com|access-date=26 February 2022|archive-date=26 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226070627/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/sanjay-gupta-nervous-excited-to-begin-his-next-film/cid/1839489|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 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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Sanjay Gupta
Gupta at launch of Priyanka Sinha Jha's book Supertraits of Superstars
Born (1967-04-14) 14 April 1967 (age 59)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationDirector, producer, screenwriter
Years active1994–present
Spouse(s)Anu Lekhi[1]

Sanjay Gupta is an Indian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi films. 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 Karam and Zinda, and Mumbai Saga.[3] He has frequently cast Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham in his films.

Film career[edit | edit source]

Gupta started his career with Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994) starring Aditya Pancholi and Sanjay Dutt. Later he went on 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 Los Angeles in 2001, the events of the 9/11 attack forced filming 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 South 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 24 December 2019, he made an announcement on the acquisition of Yali Dream Creations' Rakshak. Gupta took to Twitter 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 from Yali Dream Works.[7]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

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
2005 Karam Yes
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 Official adaptation of 2012 Venezuelan film Rock, Paper, Scissors[20]
The Miranda Brothers Yes Yes Yes

References[edit | edit source]

  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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  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. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "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 (2 August 2004). "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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