Updated On: 09 September, 2024 02:31 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Pick any Anurag Kashyap film and there will be at least one character that will immediately dominate your mind space. Whether it is the dialogue or mannerism, Kashyap knows to make a lasting impact

Still from Gangs of Wasseypur and Manmarziyaan
Anurag Kashyap’s debut directorial that was supposed to release in 2003 called ‘Paanch’ never saw the light of the day. And the hence the mystery behind the missing `Paanch` in the lyrics ‘Ek Do Teen Chaar Che’ in ‘Dev D’. The puzzle was solved by the maker himself, and the reference to his unseen debut was both mysterious and meta. But the repertoire that followed later, the filmmaker’s cinema got darker and more dazzling, and there’s no bigger irony than that. He proved one doesn’t have to be in the light to shine.
As the filmmaker turns a year older on September 10, we look back at some of his memorable characters.