# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anurag-basu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:03:25.200Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anurag-basu"
name: "Anurag Basu"
slug: "anurag-basu"
description: "Anurag Basu (born 8 May 1970) is an Indian director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer, and actor in Hindi cinema. After initial setbacks, his breakthrough came with the erotic thriller Murder (2004), and gained prominence with the musical romantic thriller Gangster: A Love Story (2006) and the ensemble urban drama Life in a... Metro (2007), the latter of which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay and nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Director."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anurag_Basu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1970-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.79
  momentum:             1.624381940504174
  historical:           11.716276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BasuAnurag"
    handle:    "BasuAnurag"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1397301/"
    handle:    "nm1397301"
sources:
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    title: "انوراگ باسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أنوراغ باسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "انوراج باسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "অনুরাগ বসু"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "آنوراگ باسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Anurag Basu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "अनुराग बसु"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Anurag Basu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "अनुराग बसू"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anurag_Basu"
    title: "Anurag Basu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anurag_Basu"
    title: "Anurag Basu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81"
    title: "அனுராக் பாசு"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "అనురాగ్ బసు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2857813"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump