Person Details
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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
(2023) DialogueCharlie Chopra And The Mystery Of Solang Valley
(2023) CreatorTalvar
(2015) WriterDrishyam
(2015) Original Music ComposerKaminey
(2009) DialogueHaider
(2014) Dialogue7 Khoon Maaf
(2011) ScreenplayIshqiya
(2010) DialogueActing
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Directing
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Production
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Sound
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2022 | Music Director | |
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2021 | Original Music Composer | |
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2019 | Original Music Composer | |
2018 | Original Music Composer | |
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2017 | Original Music Composer | |
2016 | Original Music Composer | |
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2015 | Original Music Composer | |
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2014 | Original Music Composer | |
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2013 | Original Music Composer | |
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2011 | Original Music Composer | |
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2010 | Original Music Composer | |
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1995 | Original Music Composer | |
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Creator
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2023 | Additional Writing | |
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