How many of us know that, Vishal Bhardwaj originally aspired
to be a music composer! His debut as a film director was in 2001 with a
children’s film “Makdee” (Spider).
Award winning Shaban Azmi starrer Makdee became a critically acclaimed film.
He has attained a mastery in adapting his characters and redefining them to an extend that, they can be called his own creation!
His Shakespearean adaptation “Maqbool” followed in 2003 for
which Vishal Bhardwaj was the writer, Director and Composer. Maqbool was a
successful film and critically acclaimed! Another Shakespear’s play Othello’s adaptation
was made in 2006 as Omkara!
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| Saif and Ajay in "Omkara" |
The film “Omkara” had Saif ali Khan, Ajay Devgan,
Kareena Kapoor and Konkana Sen Sharma in it and was a super hit nationally and internationally!
With Omkara, Vishal Bhardwaj established himself as a successful Director of
main stream Bollywood cinema.
He went on to make successful films like Kaminey
and Matru ki bijli ka mandola!
Vishal Bhardwaj is known to work on his characters extensively and
has attained a mastery in adapting his
characters and redefining them to an extend that, they can be called his own
creation! He is a Master in true sense!
With numerous projects as singer and a composer, Vishal is a
composer at heart and it clearly shows in the films he does! Vishal’s
sensibility and Gulzar saab’s Lyrics is quite a delight, always!
Vishal Bhardwaj Grew up in “Meerut”,
a town in UP and is well versed with the wild ways of that city. It clearly
shows in his cinema and his mastery in the dialect associated with that part of
the country in his movies.
Composer and playback singer, Vishal Bhardwaj recieved Rajat
kamal award for best music direction from National film awards in 1999.
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| Rekha and Vishal Bhardwaj |
He is
known to be a very down to earth person as far as his life is concerned! His
wife Rekha Bhardwaj, who he met during his college days in Delhi’s
Hindu college, also collaborates with him on his projects.
His latest venture is “Ded Ishqiyan”. He is producing the
film which is a sequel to “Ishquiaan”. “Ded Ishquian” is slated to be released
in 2014.
Vishal Bhardwaj's up coming movie "Haider" Latest adaptation of "Hamlet". starring Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Tabbu and K K Menon. Set to release in October
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