Anurag Singh

Anurag Singh (born 9 September 1975) is a cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler.

Singh was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, but moved to England and attended King Edward's School, Birmingham where he played alongside Mark Wagh. He began his cricketing career at Warwickshire and represented England at U-19 level in 1994 and 1995 alongside players such as Marcus Trescothick, Michael Vaughan and Andrew Flintoff. Singh later attended the University of Cambridge and captained Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1997 and 1998, playing against opposing captain and friend Mark Wagh in the annual Oxford vs Cambridge varsity match at Lord's. He divided his time between them and Warwickshire and captained the British Universities cricket team during this period.

However, Singh struggled to live up to his initial promise, and having failed to establish himself at Warwickshire, he moved to Worcestershire in 2000 in search of new opportunities. In 2003, he was signed by Nottinghamshire as a replacement for Usman Afzaal. He was released by Nottinghamshire at the end of the 2006 season.

Anurag Singh (cricketer born 1990)

Anurag Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Madhya Pradesh at Indian domestic level.

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Anurag Singh (director)

Anurag Singh (born 1976) is an Indian film director.

Anurag comes from a small village in the Kapurthala district of Punjab, India. He left India to learn film-making in Australia before returning to work in Bollywood. He later began working in Punjabi cinema, breaking out with the movie Jatt & Juliet in 2012. He is now the Hit Machine of Punjabi Cinema. Anurag Singh is a Mumbai-based film director/writer known for 1984 Punjab, Jatt and Juliet Series and Yaar Annmulle. Jatt and Juliet series and 1984 Punjab are the top 3 highest grossers of Punjabi Cinema. He has also directed a Bollywood film Raqeeb which didn't do well at the box office.

Career

Anurag Singh went to Deakin University, Australia to study Media Arts. Anurag Singh assisted Bollywood director Raj Kanwar for several years before directing a Bollywood movie for his production house. The film starrer Jimmy Sheirgill but it didn't do well.Anurag Singh has build up great rapport with Diljit Dosanjh who fondly calls him his Buggy brother. For his first Punjabi film Yaar Annmulle, Anurag Singh took immense inspiration from blockbuster Bollywood film 3 Idiots. Four of the films he directed starring Diljit Dosanjh are the also the Top 4 Box Office Openers of Punjabi Cinema. Anurag Singh is the highest paid director of Punjabi Cinema.

Anurag Singh (filmmaker)

Anurag Singh is an Indian documentary filmmaker known for his socio-political, human rights oriented films. He has worked with mass peoples’ movements, including the Narmada Bachao Andolan,National Campaign for People's Right to Information, and Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan His most famous films are "Kaise Jeebo Re" (1997 – Narmada valley displacement), and "Right to Information" (1999 – Peoples’ demand for RTI, the landmark transparency legislation), which have been screened and won awards internationally.

Biography

Born in 1968 in Varanasi, India, Anurag comes from a small tribal village in Madhya Pradesh. His father Shyam Bahadur Namra was a noted poet and social reformer who worked extensively on education and tribal rights. Anurag's local wisdom and understanding are reflected in the themes and treatment of his films. Involved in photography, cinematography and filmmaking since 1984, Anurag directed his first film 'Manibeli' in 1989, and has since made more than half a dozen films including 'Battle For Peace', 'Kaise Jeebo Re' (How Do I Survive, My Friend), and 'Main Nahi Manga' (We Do Not Ask!). Anurag has also worked with Center for Development of Instructional Technology (CENDIT), an organization that pioneered using of audiovisual technology to communicate sociopolitical issues in India.

Anurag Singh (disambiguation)

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Anurag Singh (musician)

Anurag Singh (born 2 September 1966) is a renowned player of vichitra veena. He has received various awards, scholarships and junior fellowship in vichitra veena. He was born in the city of Amritsar, India to the Late Shri Brahm Sarup Singh. Anurag Singh belongs to the family of musicians. His father and his grandfather Late Shri Harnam Singh, were both renowned players of vichitra veena.

He has given numerous public concerts at Hissar, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar, Ambala, Gujrat, Panchkula, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jamshedpur and Patna.

Early life and career

Anurag Singh was trained in Vocal Classical music by his father. He later received training in sitar and further in vichitra veena. He did Sangeet Bhaskar (M. Mus) in Vocal Classical Music, Sangeet Visharad (B. Mus) in Vichitra Veena, Sangeet Visharad (B. Mus) in Sitar, Sangeet Bhushan (Senior Diploma) in Guitar and Sangeet Prabhakar (B. Mus) in Tabla. He was honored by Delhi Sanskrit Academy Award on 9 August 2014, for composing Sanskrit Shlokas and Qawwali.