Anubhav Sinha

22 Jun, 1965 | Allahabad

Director/Producer/Lyricst

Biography

Anubhav Sinha is an Indian film director known in particular for his work as a director in the Bollywood film, Cash (2007). He was born on 22 June 1965 in Allahabad to Prem Govind Sinha and Sushila Sinha. He went to school in Kalagarh, Garhwal, Government Inter College, Allahabad and Queen's College, Varanasi. Anubhav Sinha completed his graduation in mechanical engineering from The Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Career He worked for two years in New Delhi as an engineer before moving to Mumbai (then Bombay) on 4 December 1990. He worked as an assistant director to Pankuj Parashar until 1994 before branching out as an independent director with some episodes of a TV show for Zee TV. The work that got him noticed was Shikasht the flagship show of the TV Network "In Mumbai". This was followed by the hugely successful TV show Sea Hawks for UTV. Sea Hawks was the number one show for thirty five weeks across all networks. Seventy two episodes later he sprouted into the fast emerging music video scene. Three years and 75 music videos later in 2000 he retired from the much embellished throne of the music video mughal to start his first film Tum Bin. 13 July 2001 saw the release of his first film with one of the biggest films of the year, as Aks also released on the same day. Tum Bin not only beat its rival at the box office, the featured rank newcomers in the lead parts became famous and it still remains one of the most remembered musical love stories with a fresh cast, in a long time. His second feature Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha hai again with rather lesser known actors in the lead did not fare well at the box office but his next Dus, his first multi starrer turned out to be the biggest opening weekend for the year 2005. This was followed by the highly acclaimed Tathastu (2006) and his next release Cash (2007).