For years, Shubhra Shetty has largely been known to the public as Anurag Kashyap’s partner.
But there is more to her story than her relationship with the filmmaker.
Shetty has worked in the film industry, including at Phantom Films, where she was involved in script-related work. Her professional association with Kashyap also includes Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai, the 2020 Netflix film he directed.
She is back in the spotlight after speaking with journalist Janice Sequeira alongside Kashyap about their relationship, the scrutiny surrounding their age difference and whether marriage is on the cards for them. The couple have been together for nearly a decade.
Shubhra Shetty’s Film Career
Shetty worked at Phantom Films during the period when the production company was associated with Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bahl and Madhu Mantena.
Her work included production and script-related responsibilities. In an earlier account of her connection to Choked, Shetty described herself as a novice script consultant at Phantom when she came across the script.
That was how the project reached Kashyap.
Shetty did not work on the eventual film, but she played an important role in bringing the script to the filmmaker.
Kashyap later spoke about how Shetty had got the script to him and how the project eventually became Choked, which was released on Netflix in 2020.
Shetty also reviewed the film after its release, while acknowledging that her personal connection to the project made it difficult for her to be completely objective.
When Did Shubhra Shetty And Anurag Kashyap Start Dating?
Kashyap and Shetty have been in a relationship for nearly a decade, according to the introduction to their recent interview with Janice Sequeira.
Their relationship became public knowledge in the mid-2010s, when Shetty was working at Phantom Films.
Over the years, Kashyap has occasionally shared glimpses of their relationship, while the two have largely kept their private life away from the spotlight.
The age difference between them, however, has repeatedly attracted attention.
Their recent conversation offered a rare opportunity to hear directly from both of them about how that scrutiny has affected their relationship.
Anurag Kashyap On His Age Difference With Shubhra Shetty
Kashyap is 53, while Shetty revealed that she is in her 30s. The couple have faced scrutiny over their roughly 20-year age difference.
In an interview with Janice Sequeira, Kashyap admitted that there was a period when he became particularly conscious of their age gap.
"I became so conscious, I was trying so hard to push it away. There was a point because her face doesn’t show her age. She still looks the same. She doesn’t look her age. So the thing is, the more I grew older and she kept looking the same, that’s when I became slightly conscious,” Kashyap said he tried to push the relationship away at one point because of those feelings.
But the relationship continued.
The admission gives a more personal perspective on an age difference that has often been discussed from the outside.
The Moment Shubhra Shetty Says Changed Everything
One of the most revealing parts of the conversation came when Shetty recalled the early days of their relationship.
She said they were in their honeymoon phase and deeply in love when she casually told Kashyap that being in love had been on her bucket list.
She even told him that, having experienced love, she could happily die.
Kashyap became emotional, according to Shetty.
She recalled him telling her that before meeting her, he had never been afraid of dying. He said that, for the first time, he had found something worth living for.
Shetty described it as one of the sweetest ways he could have looked at their relationship.
It is a very different picture from the one often created by headlines about their age difference.
What Do Shubhra Shetty And Anurag Kashyap Say About Marriage?
Marriage was another subject the couple addressed in their conversation.
Kashyap said Shetty does not believe in marriage.
For him, however, the absence of marriage does not change how he feels about the relationship. He said he is happy being with her and does not want to lose what they have.
The discussion suggests that the couple are not treating marriage as a necessary next step in their relationship.
Rather than making a formal announcement about marriage, they spoke about being comfortable with the relationship they already have.
Shubhra Shetty And The Choked Connection
One of the clearest examples of Shetty’s professional association with Kashyap’s filmmaking is Choked.
While working at Phantom Films, Shetty came across the script and brought it to Kashyap.
The filmmaker subsequently made the film, which starred Saiyami Kher and Roshan Mathew and was released on Netflix in 2020.
The distinction is important: Shetty brought the script to Kashyap, but she did not work on the film itself.
She later reviewed Choked, giving it five stars while admitting that she was too personally invested in the project to be completely objective.
What Was Shubhra Shetty’s Connection To Phantom Films?
Shetty’s association with Phantom Films also places her within the professional circle surrounding Kashyap and the company’s other founders.
Her name later surfaced in reporting around the 2018 controversy involving Vikas Bahl.
However, that connection needs to be clearly distinguished from the legal proceedings that followed.
Shetty was not an accused in the Vikas Bahl matter.
Her name appeared in reporting because of her association with Phantom Films and people involved in discussions surrounding the allegations.
The legal dispute that followed involved Bahl’s defamation proceedings against Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. Shetty should not be described as a party to those proceedings.
For a profile of Shetty, the episode is background to her professional history rather than the central story.
Why Is Shubhra Shetty In The News Now?
The renewed interest in Shetty comes from her recent conversation with Kashyap and Janice Sequeira.
The couple discussed their nearly decade-long relationship, the scrutiny surrounding their age difference and their views on marriage.
Kashyap’s admission that he once tried to push the relationship away because he became conscious of their age gap offered a rare glimpse into the private side of their relationship.
Shetty, meanwhile, spoke about the early days of their romance and recalled the emotional conversation in which Kashyap told her that he had found something worth living for.
The Bigger Story About Shubhra Shetty
It is easy to reduce Shubhra Shetty to one description: Anurag Kashyap’s partner.
But her professional story predates much of the public attention around their relationship.
She has worked in the film industry, including at Phantom Films, and was the person who brought the Choked script to Kashyap.
At the same time, she has spent nearly a decade with one of Hindi cinema’s most recognisable filmmakers while maintaining a relatively private public profile.
Their recent conversation offers something more revealing than another story about an age-gap relationship.
It shows two people talking about what has kept their relationship going, the pressures they have faced and why they have chosen to define their relationship on their own terms.
For Shetty, that means the story is not only about being Anurag Kashyap’s partner. It is also about the career she built in the film world, the work that brought Choked to Kashyap and the private relationship that has continued despite years of public scrutiny.
