Anurag Basu is a Indian film screenwriter, director and producer. He has directed television series like Tara (1993), Aasha (1997) and Miit (2002). Basu then turned towards films and made his directorial debut with Kucch Toh Hai (2003). He has written and directed notable films like Murder(2004), Gangster (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007), for which he won the Filmfare Best Screenplay Award, Kites (2010) and Barfi! (2012), which received much critical acclaim. (2012). His next film Jagga Jasoos, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, will hit theatres in 2016.