4th AUGUST 1965 VISHAL BHARDWAJ BORN BIJINOR NEAR MEERUT UTTAR PRADESH
Vishal Bhardwaj
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| Vishal Bhardwaj | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 4 August 1965 [1] Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Director, producer, screenplay writer, music director, singer, lyricist |
| Spouse(s) | Rekha Bhardwaj |
Vishal Bhardwaj (born 4 August 1965) is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer, known for his works in modern Hindi cinema.[1] He produces films under his bannerVB Pictures. He has received six National Film Awards. His directorial debut Makdee was screened in the Spotlight on India section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.[2] His films Maqbool and Omkara got screened in the Marché du Film (market section) of the 2004 and 2006 Cannes Film Festivals respectively.[3][4][5]
In 2014, he directed Haider which was premiered at the 19th Busan International Film Festival.[6] The film received wide critical acclaim, and garnered attention from the media due to its controversial subject matter.[7]Bhardwaj's direction, screenplay, and film score received acclaim from film critics.[7][8] The film was also screened at the 9th Rome Film Festival where it won the People's Choice Award in the Mondo Genere category making it the first Indian film to achieve this feat.[9] The film received awards for Best Male Playback Singer, Best Dialogue, Best choreography, Best Costume Design, and Best Music Direction at the 62nd National Film Awards.[10]
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[hide]Early life[edit]
Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor, but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh[11] to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj,[12] a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and was a sugarcane inspector. As a young man, Bhardwaj moved toDelhi. He pursued his graduation in the Hindu College[13] of Delhi University where he nurtured his talents and also met his wife, Rekha Bhardwaj. He was also involved with Delhi theatres.[14][15]
Career[edit]
Bhardwaj 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.[12]
Music composer[edit]
Bhardwaj was recommended by a friend to the filmmaker Gulzar, with whom he successfully collaborated on TV serials such as The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland and Gubbare. Bhardwaj composed the music for Maachis, a film directed by Gulzar.[16] The musical score for Maachis was received to critical and commercial acclaim and gained Bhardwaj the Filmfare R D Burman Award in 1996. In 1999, Bhardwaj received the Rajat Kamal award for Best Music Director at the National Film Awards for his critically acclaimed score in Godmother.
In 2011, he has won the same category award for his score in Ishqiya. Bhardwaj has scored music for several Hindi films such as—Satya, Chachi 420, Maqbool, Omkara, Kaminey, Ishqiya, 7 Khoon Maaf—and a host of other popular projects. He also scored the title track for Star Plus' STAR Parivaar Awards, along with the channel's new anthem, titled "Tu Hi Tu".[17] Vishal has worked with leading female playback singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, K. S. Chithra,Sadhna Sargam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal and male singer like K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, Suresh Wadkar, Udit Narayan, Shankar Mahadevan, Roop Kumar Rathod, Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh, Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet Bhattacharya & KK. He is known for his collaborations with Gulzar, who had Bhardwaj as his music composer in all his directorial ventures since Maachis. And Gulzar provided lyrics to all of Vishal Bhardwaj's films.
Film craft[edit]
Bhardwaj came to Mumbai to become a music composer, he took to directing films only to create the opportunity to compose music.[18] His interest in film direction kindled after watching the retrospective of Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski during a film festival in Kerala.[19] 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 Bhardwaj'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 venture released in October, 2014 was Haider, an adaption of Shakespeare's Hamlet. This is the third installment of Bharadwaj's Shakespearesque trilogy after Maqbool (2003) and Omkara (2006). Haider is co-written by Vishal Bharadwaj and Basharat Peer with direction by Vishal Bharadwaj. It is set in Kashmir and the entire movie shooting was in Downtown Srinagar, Baramulla, Pahalgam, amongst other places. The film stars Shahid Kapoor in the titular role and Tabu plays the role of his mother who marries her brother-in-law Kay Kay Menon after his father disappears. The film also stars Shraddha Kapoor as the character Arshi, a journalist by profession and character Haider's love interest in the film. The film released on 2 October 2014.
He also did some second unit work for the legendary Francis Ford Coppola on the latter's film Youth Without Youth.[20] His next directorial release was Blood Brothers, an 11-minute short film, which is part of Mira Nair's series of HIV-AIDS awareness films.[21]Guillermo Navarro is the cinematographer on this film. He has also done music direction in the film No Smoking.
Kaminey, starring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, released on 14 August 2009, met with early commercial success and critical acclaim. Ishqiya, (not as a director, but as a producer, writer and composer), starring Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan, received mostly positive reviews earning more than 150 million in the first two weeks of its release.
7 Khoon Maaf, the film, based on the Ruskin Bond short story, Susanna's Seven Husbands, revolves around Susanna (Priyanka Chopra) and her seven husbands; Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irrfan Khan, Annu Kapoor and Russian actor Aleksandr Dyachenko, playing the roles of the six husbands, while the seventh husband is a mystery in the film. The film released on 18 February 2011 and met with overall mixed reviews.[22]
Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola produced and directed by Bharadwaj and starring Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma and Pankaj Kapoor in the lead roles, with Arya Babbar and Shabana Azmi was released in January 2013 to critical acclaim and had his best opening collection for a movie. The movie was an average hit. Filming began on 14 February 2012 and the film released on 11 January 2013. In May 2014, he was involved in Design and Stage Direction for a new production of John Adams' A Flowering Tree at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France. It is an opera which originally premiered on 14 November 2006 in Vienna. The story is based on an ancient Indian folk tale of the same title with translations by A.K. Ramanujan.
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rangoon | Director, Composer | Announced |
| 2015 | Guilty | ||
| 2015 | Drishyam | Composer | |
| 2014 | Haider | Composer, Director, producer Writer (Dialogue & Screenplay) | Winner the People's Choice Award at the 9th Rome Film Festival in the Mondo Genere section Winner National Film Award for Best Music Direction Winner National Film Award for Best Dialogue |
| Dedh Ishqiya | Producer, Composer & Writer | ||
| 2013 | Ek Thi Daayan | Producer Composer & Writer | Co-Produced with Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Motion Pictures |
| Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola | Director, composer, Writer & Producer | ||
| 2011 | 7 Khoon Maaf | Director, producer, composer, Writer (Dialogue & Screenplay) | |
| 2010 | Ishqiya | Composer, writer, producer | Winner, National Film Award for Best Music Direction Nominated, Filmfare Best Music Director Award |
| 2009 | Kaminey | Composer, Director, Writer (Dialogue & Screenplay) | Nominated, Filmfare Best Director Award Nominated, Filmfare Best Music Director Award |
| 2008 | Haal–e–dil | Composer | |
| U Me Aur Hum | Composer | ||
| 2007 | No Smoking | Composer, producer | |
| Nishabd | Composer | ||
| Dus Kahaniyaan | Writer (Dialogue & Screenplay) | ||
| Blood Brothers | Director, Writer (Dialogue) | ||
| Migration | Writer (Dialogue) | ||
| 2006 | Omkara | Composer, director, Writer (Dialogue & Screenplay) | Winner, National Film Award – Special Jury Award Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director Winner, Cairo International Film Festival, Best Artistic Contribution in Cinema of a Director Winner, Kara Film Festival, Best Music Director Nominated, International Indian Film Academy's Popular Award for Best Dialogue, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Screenplay (shared) & Best Story |
| 2005 | The Blue Umbrella a.k.a. Chhatri Chor | Composer, director, producer | Winner, National Film Award for Best Children's Film, shared with Ronnie Screwvala |
| Ramji Londonwale | Composer | ||
| Bhagmati | Composer | ||
| 2003 | Maqbool | Composer, director, producer, Writer (dialogue & screenplay) | Winner, International Indian Film Academy's Technical excellence award for Best Dialogue & Best Screenplay (shared with Abbas Tyrewala)[23] Nominated, Golden Kinnaree Award for Best Film at Bangkok International Film Festival Winner, Zee Cine technical Award for Best Dialogue and Best Screenplay Nominated, Zee Cine Award for Best Director & Best Story |
| Paanch | Composer | ||
| Chupke Se | Composer | ||
| Danav | Composer | ||
| Kagaar: Life on the Edge | Composer | ||
| 2002 | Makdee | Composer, director, producer, Writer (Story & Dialogue) | Winner at 2nd Place, the Adults Jury Award, at the Chicago Children's Film Festival in the 'Live-Action Feature Film or Video' category |
| Mulaqat | Composer | ||
| 2001 | Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega | Composer | |
| Choo Lenge Akash | Composer | ||
| 2000 | Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! | Composer | |
| 1999 | Hu Tu Tu | Composer | |
| Godmother | Composer | Winner, National Film Award for Best Music Direction | |
| Jahan Tum Le Chalo | Composer | ||
| 1998 | Daya | Composer | Malayalam film |
| Chachi 420 | Composer | ||
| Satya | Composer | ||
| Sham Ghansham | Composer | ||
| 1997 | Betaabi | Composer | |
| Tunnu Ki Tina | Composer | ||
| 1996 | Maachis | Composer | Winner, Filmfare – R.D. Burman Award for New Music Talent |
| Sanshodhan | Composer | ||
| 1995 | Fauji | Composer | |
| 1995 | Abhay | Composer |
Music direction for non-film music[edit]
- Barse Barse (2011)
- Ishqa Ishqa (2002)
- Boodhe Pahadon Par
- Sunset Point (2000)
- Jungle Book
Playback singer[edit]
- "Jhelum" – Haider (2014)
- "Khamkhaa" – Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (2013)
- "Bekaraan" − 7 Khoon Maaf (2011)
- "Aur Phir Yun Hua" − Striker (2010)
- "Kaminey" − Kaminey (2009)
- "U Me Aur Hum" − U Me Aur Hum (2008)
- "Kash Lagaa" − No Smoking (2007)
- "O Saathi Re" − Omkara (2006)
VB Pictures[edit]
| Private | |
| Industry | Motion picture |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | Vishal Bhardwaj |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Key people
| Vishal Bhardwaj |
| Products | Film production |
VB Pictures is an Indian motion picture production company company, based in Mumbai. The company was founded in 2007 by Bollywood filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj.
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Film | Director | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | No Smoking | Anurag Kashyap | |
| 2010 | Ishqiya | Abhishek Chaubey | |
| 2011 | 7 Khoon Maaf | Vishal Bhardwaj | |
| 2013 | Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola | Vishal Bhardwaj | |
| Ek Thi Daayan | Kannan Iyer | ||
| 2014 | Dedh Ishqiya | Abhishek Chaubey | |
| Haider | Vishal Bhardwaj |
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