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Vishal Bhardwaj (born 6 August 1960) is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.[1] He is considered to be one of India's leading film makers. His works have been regarded as path breaking in Indian cinema.
[edit] Early lifeVishal Bhardwaj was born and raised in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh[2] to Ram Bhardwaj[3], a popular poet and lyricist. As a young man, Vishal moved to Delhi. He pursued his graduation in the famous Hindu College[4] of Delhi University where he nurtured his talents and also met Rekha Bhardwaj - now his wife. [edit] CareerVishal Bharadwaj started playing harmonium for little known ghazal singers at the various food festivals in Delhi’s Pragati Maidan. He was later introduced to R.V. Pandit, who offered him a job in his CBS music company in Delhi.[5] [edit] Film careerVishal Bhardwaj was recommended by a friend to the filmmaker Gulzar, with whom he successfully collaborated on TV serials such as Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland and Guchche. Vishal composed the music for Maachis, a film directed by Gulzar.[6] The musical score for Maachis was received to critical and commercial acclaim and earned Vishal the Filmfare R D Burman Award in 1996. Since then, Vishal has scored music for several Hindi films such as Satya, Chachi 420 ,Omkara and a host of other popular projects. [edit] DirectorHis interest in film direction kindled after watching the retrospective of Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski during a film festival in Kerala. His first directorial debut was children's film Makdee which was critically acclaimed. He then made the first of his Shakespearean adaptation, Maqbool, based on Macbeth. This was followed up by another children's film, The Blue Umbrella based on Ruskin Bond's story of the same name. This film also met with critical acclaim throughout. Omkara marked the second of Vishal's Shakespearan endeavours, this time an adaptation of Othello. Omkara was a great success internationally and a musical hit, affirming his status as a music director as well. He is known for his collaborations with Gulzar, who had Vishal as his music composer in all his directorial ventures since Maachis. And Gulzar provided lyrics to all of Vishal Bhardwaj's films. He also did some second unit work for the legendary Francis Ford Coppola on the latter's film Youth Without Youth[7]. His recent directorial release was Blood Brothers, a 11-minute short film, which is part of Mira Nair's series of HIV-AIDS awareness films[8]. Guillermo Navarro is the cinematographer on this film.He has also done music direction in the film "NO SMOKING" Kaminey, his latest work, starring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, released on 14th August 2009. It has met with early commercial success and critical acclaim. [edit] Future projectsHe recently announced a film starring Aishwarya Rai.[9] He also announced a film with Hrithik Roshan as the lead. [10] Another film which he is directing is Seven starring Priyanka Chopra.Malayalam super star Mohanlal will be acting as Priyanka's husband in this movie. [edit] Personal lifeVishal Bhardwaj is married to singer, Rekha Bhardwaj.[11] She was a year senior in his college. They met during the college annual function, and friendship turned into love.[12] [edit] Filmography[edit] Director
[edit] Producer[edit] Music Director[edit] Playback Singer
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