9. Anurag Basu: Blood Cancer

The Barfi director may have never even gotten close to making the film when doctors told him that he had only 50% chance of survival in 2004. But like his movies, he called the shots on life as well and fought the disease like a champ. He wrote scripts during his treatment for ‘Life In A Metro’ and ‘Gangster’. He was diagnosed with acute Promyelocytic leukaemia which is type of blood cancer, but has soldiered on. Doctors gave him two months to live.The verdict did not shake the strong man who went ahead as though he was control. After chemotherapy and medication of three years he is fine now.