- Anurag Kashyap was suppose to direct Tere Naam when Sanjay Kapoor was in the lead..When new producer's came in ,they signed Salman Khan. Anurag did not see Salman as a guy from a small town . He asked Salman to grow his chest hair for the role. The next day Anurag was thrown out from the film.
- Real name is Rinku Singh. It was changed to Anurag Kashyap during the Emergency in India.
- Anurag was writing "Ek Raat Achanak" in 2001. Starring Sanjay Dutt. Tejaswini Kholapure, Directed by Sudhir Mishra. The film got shelved.
- In 2009 he was planning a autobiography on actor director Guru Dutt. Aamir Khan was approached for the lead role and agreed. The film was eventually shelved.
- Vishal Bhardwaj stated " It was Anurag Kashyap who told me to watch Throne of Blood. That's when the idea of Maqbool unfolded. I placed Macbeth's characters in Mumbai. Anurag did a cameo of a dead body in the film.
- Appeared on Zee TV game show Saanp Seedhi (Maha) in 1994. He was a contestant with actor Arjun. The clip is on you tube. The show was hosted by actor Mohan Kapur.
- In 2009, Anurag Kashyap had been traveling all over Punjab and gathering information about the revolutionary poet, Avtar Singh Sandhu also known as Pash. Irrfan Khan had been chosen to play Pash. The actor was doing his homework well. and preparing for his most challenging role so far. He was reading up on Pash. He is also learning Punjabi, so as to be able to recite Pash's poems in his own voice.Pash died a mysterious death when he was 38-years-old. The project got shelved.
- Karan Johar offered Anurag Kashyap Kal Ho Na Ho to write. Anurag refused for unknown reasons.
- Anurag stated " I also worked with Vidhu Vinod Chopra on Mission Kashmir, but left the project mid-way. Hrithik Roshan had become a big star by then and the filmmakers wanted to incorporate changes in the script to suit his new-found status. I did not agree so I left. But they did give me a credit.".
- Fool N Final was written by Neeraj Vora who had written-directed Phir Hera Pheri. The script was started by Anurag Kashyap. The first draft was written by Anurag and then Feroz Nadiadwala needed to commercialize the film with some comic fill. So Feroz roped in Neeraj. But it was Abbas Hirapurwala and Umesh Shukla who finally completed the screenplay.
- Anurag was writing a story and screenplay for a film titled "The Girl Who'd Sleep With Anyone". He decided to shelve the film when he could not get the right's to the film's title. They were with Haruki Murakami. He later used parts of the screenplay for Kalki's character in Dev D.
- Anurag Kashyap and Tigmanshu Dhulia both had written a script titled "Sangam Mail" for Shaad Ali . This was back in 2003. The original script had a boy and a girl sitting and waiting at New Delhi railway station. Shaad split the script in half. He took the male character of Bunty and developed it into Bunty Aur Babli. He then took the plot of Sangam Mail and turned it into Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. This angered Tigamanshu and Anurag because the screenplay was not written by them and they did not like the end product made.
- Anurag was supposed to do Raj Kumar Santoshi's film Rashq with Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan. But the film was scrapped. It was finally made as London Dreams.
- Anurag was also credited in the titles of Sanjay Gupta's Jung, which was actually written by his brother Abhinav Kashyap.
- Kashyap had earlier opted out of writing Gupta's Kaante, when he realised it was based on Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.
- In 2012, Anurag Kashyap was planning a film on Punjabi folk singer Amar Singh Chamkila. Kunal Kapoor was signed to play the lead with Amit Trivedi as the composer. The film got shelved.
- In 1997, Anurag had written a script titled "Nagarajan" which Manoj Bajpayee was suppose to to in the lead. Directed by Kamal Swaroop. The film got shelved for various reasons.
- Was writing the film "Girvi" for Mahesh Bhatt , unfortunately the film got shelved. This was a different "Girvi" from the shelved Ajay Devgan, Pooja Bhatt film.
- In 2002/2008, Goldie Behl was going to produce a film titled "Shor", written by Anurag Kashyap. Shashi Kapoor's son Kunal Kapoor was to debut as a director. It was to star Abhishek Bachchan and got shelved.
- In 2009, Anurag Kashyap was writing a script titled " Chiller Home". He decided to shelve it.
- Starred in Manisha Koirala's shelved home production " Raja Dil Ka Ghulam"(2002). Starring Siddharth Koirala, Sonali Kulkarni, Sayaji Shinde, Anurag Kashyap. Directed by Makrand Deshpande.
- Tutu Sharma's venture AK: Alwyn Kallicharan was to be directer by Anuraag Kashyap. Anil Kapoor was playing a cop with negative shades. But 2 weeks before the film started, Anil Kapoor backed out. His look for the film was then used in Sanjay Gupta's Musafir.
- In 2001, Anurag Kashyap was writing for Kapil Dev's autobiography movie ,a two-and-a-half hour feature that was to be distilled out of an eight-episode television series. It was titled " Kapil Dev - The True Story on Monday" . It was to be Dev & Dev in association with Tyger Productions. Kapil Dev was producing the project. But things went bad and Anuraag dropped out. He was replaced by Kitu Ghosh. The project eventually was shelved.
- Was directing the shelved film " Doga" in 2008. Starring Kunal Kapoor. It was based on a superhero character who appears in the Raj comics. The film was to be directed by Anurag Kashyap and produced by Sony Pictures.
- Anurag Kashyap was to write the story and screenplay for Love Story 2050 but walked out .
- In 2005, Anurag Kashyap was planning a film titled "Grand Hotel" with Anil Kapoor which got shelved.
- In 2016, Anurag Kashyap was planning to direct a horror film titled "Giddy". It got shelved.
- Pooja Bhatt offered Anurag Kashyap Jism to write. He refused for unknown reasons.
- In 2013, Anurag Kashyap bought Gaurav Solanki's short story "Hisar Mein Hahakar" and was going to adapt in into a full fledged movie. For unknown reasons the project did not work out.
- Anurag Kashyap and Tigmanshu Dhulia were going to produce a film titled " Madam X " in 2015. It was based on a novel by the same name and Tigmanshu was to be the director. Huma Qureshi was signed for the film. It was shelved after the announcement.
- In 2008,Rahul Bose planned on adapting Mohsin Hamid's 2000 novel Moth Smoke into a film. He was to act and direct the film. But the producer's decided to back out. In 2012 Rahul Bose found a new producer with Mahesh Bhupathi and Lara Dutta's Big Daddy Productions, with Anurag Kashyap jumping on board as co-producer. The film was eventually shelved.
- There was a shelved movie M.A.S.S. Productions "Girvi"(1996) Starring Kunal Khemu, Renuka Shahane,Makrand Deshpande, Kanchan Rawal, Avtar Gill, Story and Dialogues by Anurag Kashyap,Screenplay by Soni Razdan,Music by Raju Singh. Produced and directed by Soni Razdan.
- Wrote the screenplay and dialogues for Boney Kapoor's shelved film "Dost"(2007) Starring Sanjay Dutt, Aftab Shivdasani, Rimi Sen.
- Anurag Kashyap wanted to assist Mukul Anand on the sets on Trimurti but the phone calls were never given to Mukul Anand.
- Was writing for the shelved movie "Lajjo"(2008) Starring Aamir Khan Kareena Kapoor. Directed by Mani Ratnam,Music by A.R. Rahman,Produced by Bobby Bedi.
- Anurag Kashyap was to write the story and screenplay of the film Cocktail, but later opted out .
- Shemaroo Productions had signed Shivam Nair to direct a thriller in 2007. Anurag Kashyap was signed to write the story. The film got shelved.
- Was writing Musafir for Sanjay Gupta but later opted out due to differences.
- Was suppose to write the story and screenplay for Saif Ali Khan home production Cocktail, but it did not work out.
- Was to write Musafir for Sanjay Gupta but opted out due to problems.
- In 2000, Anurag had written a script titled "Informer" which Shivam Nair was going to direct. The film got shelved.
- His films are crafted to appeal to slackers and drug addicts from high class backgrounds.
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