Person Details

Birthday: 1960-08-04 20:08:06

Aliases: Vishal Bharadwaj

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Movie Involvements: 104

TV Involvements: 13


Most Famous Work

Biography

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema, and is the recipient of a Filmfare Award and seven National Film Awards in four categories. Bhardwaj made his debut as a music composer with the children's film Abhay (The Fearless) (1995), and received wider recognition with his compositions in Gulzar's Maachis (1996). He received the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for the latter. He went on to compose music for the films Satya (1998) and Godmother (1999). For the latter, he garnered the National Film Award for Best Music Direction. Bhardwaj made his directorial debut with the children's film Makdee (2002), for which he also composed the music. He garnered critical acclaim and several accolades for writing and directing the Indian adaptations of three tragedies by William Shakespeare: Maqbool (2003) from Macbeth, Omkara (2006) from Othello, and Haider (2014) from Hamlet. He has also directed the caper thriller Kaminey, the black comedy 7 Khoon Maaf (2011), and the satire Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (2013). In addition, Bhardwaj produces films under his banner VB Pictures. He has co-written and produced the films Ishqiya (2010), its sequel Dedh Ishqiya (2014), and the crime drama Talvar (2015), among others. He has composed the musical score for each of his directorial and production ventures, and frequently collaborates with the lyricist Gulzar. He is married to playback singer Rekha Bhardwaj.

Most Famous Work

Khufiya
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6

Khufiya

(2023) Dialogue
Charlie Chopra And The Mystery Of Solang Valley
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5
Talvar
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7

Talvar

(2015) Writer
Drishyam
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8

Drishyam

(2015) Original Music Composer
Kaminey
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7

Kaminey

(2009) Dialogue
Haider
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7

Haider

(2014) Dialogue
7 Khoon Maaf
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6

7 Khoon Maaf

(2011) Screenplay
Ishqiya
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6

Ishqiya

(2010) Dialogue

Acting

Writing

Production

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
2022 Music Director
Original Music Composer
Music
2021 Original Music Composer
Music
2019 Original Music Composer
2018 Original Music Composer
Music
2017 Original Music Composer
2016 Original Music Composer
Playback Singer
2015 Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
2014 Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
2013 Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
2011 Original Music Composer
Playback Singer
2010 Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
2009 Music
Original Music Composer
2008 Music
2007 Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
2006 Original Music Composer
2005 Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
2004 Original Music Composer
2003 Original Music Composer
Music
2002 Original Music Composer
2001 Original Music Composer
2000 Original Music Composer
1998 Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
1997 Original Music Composer
1996 Original Music Composer
Music
1995 Original Music Composer
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Directing

Creator

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2023 Creator
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Crew

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2023 Additional Writing
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