Vishal Bhardwaj was born on 4 August 1965 and is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer.
56 Facts About Vishal Bhardwaj
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Vishal Bhardwaj is known for his work in Hindi cinema, and is the recipient of eight National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award.
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Vishal Bhardwaj received the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for the latter.
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Vishal Bhardwaj went on to compose music for the films Satya and Godmother.
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Vishal Bhardwaj made his directorial debut with the children's film Makdee, for which he composed the music.
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Vishal Bhardwaj garnered critical acclaim and several accolades for writing and directing the Indian adaptations of three tragedies by William Shakespeare: Maqbool from Macbeth, Omkara from Othello, and Haider from Hamlet.
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Vishal Bhardwaj has directed the action film Kaminey, the black comedy 7 Khoon Maaf, and the satire Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola.
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Vishal Bhardwaj has co-written and produced the films Ishqiya, its sequel Dedh Ishqiya, and the crime drama Talvar, among others.
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Vishal Bhardwaj has composed the musical score for each of his directorial and production ventures, and frequently collaborates with the lyricist Gulzar.
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Mr Vishal Bhardwaj is the board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.
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Vishal Bhardwaj was born on 4 August 1965, in Chandpur city in District Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh.
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Vishal Bhardwaj's mother Satya Bhardwaj, was a homemaker, and father Ram Bhardwaj, was a sugarcane inspector.
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Vishal Bhardwaj's father wrote poetry and lyrics for Hindi films.
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Vishal Bhardwaj's thumb broke during a practice session a day before an inter-university tournament causing him to be unable to play for the year.
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Vishal Bhardwaj had an elder brother, who struggled for years in Mumbai to become a film producer and later died of a heart attack.
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Vishal Bhardwaj composed a song at the age of seventeen.
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Vishal Bhardwaj later moved to Delhi to pursue his graduation at the Hindu College, University of Delhi.
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Vishal Bhardwaj met his wife and playback singer Rekha Bhardwaj during the college annual function; she was a year senior to him.
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Vishal Bhardwaj started playing harmonium for friends who were ghazal singers.
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Vishal Bhardwaj later went to Mumbai to become a music composer, and he only took to directing films to create the opportunity to compose music.
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In 1995, Vishal Bhardwaj made his debut as a music composer for the children's film Abhay.
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Vishal Bhardwaj then went on to compose music for Fauji, and Sanshodhan.
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The soundtrack composed by Vishal Bhardwaj became an anthem for the politically restive college youth at that time.
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Vishal Bhardwaj later collaborated with him on TV serials such as Alice in Wonderland and Gubbare.
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At the 46th National Film Awards, Vishal Bhardwaj received the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for his critically acclaimed score in Godmother.
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Vishal Bhardwaj composed music for Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli, the Hindi dubbed version of the anime adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's original collection of stories, The Jungle Book.
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Apart from feature films, Vishal Bhardwaj has provided music for music albums such as Sunset Point, Ishqa Ishqa and Barse Barse.
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Vishal Bhardwaj made his directorial debut with the horror film Makdee, starring Shabana Azmi, Makarand Deshpande and Shweta Prasad.
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Vishal Bhardwaj had read a short version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth and wanted to turn it into a gangster film.
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Vishal Bhardwaj had seen Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood, which was inspired by Macbeth.
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Vishal Bhardwaj then started working with Abbas Tyrewala to adapt the play.
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Vishal Bhardwaj then came up with its film adaptation Maqbool, starring Pankaj Kapur, Irrfan Khan and Tabu; it was set against the backdrop of Mumbai underworld.
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In 2006, Vishal Bhardwaj again adapted Shakespeare's tragedy Othello, as Omkara.
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At the 54th National Film Awards, Vishal Bhardwaj received the Special Jury Award for the film.
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In 2009, Vishal Bhardwaj came up with the action film Kaminey, starring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra.
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In 2013, Vishal Bhardwaj directed Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, a political satire set in the rustic surroundings of a village in Haryana.
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Vishal Bhardwaj choreographed a song "Oye boy Charlie" in the film.
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In 2014, Vishal Bhardwaj made his stage debut with the opera 'A Flowering Tree'.
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Vishal Bhardwaj completed his William Shakespeare's trilogy with Haider, based on the tragedy Hamlet.
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In 2018, Vishal Bhardwaj wrote, co-produced and directed Pataakha starring Sanya Malhotra and debutant Radhika Madan as two quarrelsome sisters.
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Udita Jhunjhunwala of Mint called the film "real and gritty" with Vishal Bhardwaj creating an "altogether authentic world".
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Vishal Bhardwaj has been producing his own films under his banner VB Pictures.
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Vishal Bhardwaj teamed up with Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Motion Pictures to produce the supernatural thriller Ek Thi Daayan.
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In 2015, Vishal Bhardwaj wrote and co-produced Meghna Gulzar's crime drama Talvar.
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Apart from composing music, Vishal Bhardwaj has lent his voice for various songs for films like Omkara, No Smoking, U Me Aur Hum, Kaminey, Striker, 7 Khoon Maaf, Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola and Haider.
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Vishal Bhardwaj's films are often twisted with portrayal of character's with grey shades.
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Vishal Bhardwaj frequently adapts short stories and plays in films.
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Vishal Bhardwaj is influenced by the film-making styles of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Akira Kurosawa and Krzysztof Kieslowski.
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In 1997, Vishal Bhardwaj won the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for Maachis.
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Vishal Bhardwaj later won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for Godmother.
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Vishal Bhardwaj got two Filmfare nominations for Kaminey in Best Director and Best Music Director categories.
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Vishal Bhardwaj won his second National Film Award for Best Music Direction, for his production venture Ishqiya.
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At the 62nd National Film Awards, Vishal Bhardwaj won his third Best Music Direction and Best Screenplay award for Haider.
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In 2016, Vishal Bhardwaj was awarded with Yash Bharti Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for his contribution in the field of cinema.
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Vishal Bhardwaj received his second National Film Award for Best Screenplay for writing Talvar.
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In 2019, Vishal Bhardwaj won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for his second Malayalam film Carbon.