Vishal Bhardwaj
Personal Profile
Vishal Bhardwaj
Date of Birth:
August 6, 1960Zodiac Sign:
LeoPlace of Birth:
Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSex:
MaleHair Color:
Black Eye Color:
BrownNationality:
IndianReligion:
HinduismEducation:
Hindu College
Family
Vishal Bhardwaj
Career
Vishal Bhardwaj
Awards
Vishal Bhardwaj
1996 : R D Burman Award for New Music Talent
1999 : National Film Award for Best Music Direction : Godmother
2002 : Chicago International Children's Film Festival Adult' Jury Award
2005 : Zee Cine Award for Best Screenplay : Maqbool
2006 : Cairo International Film Festival, Best Artistic Contribution in Cinema of a Director : Omkara
2006 : Star Screen Awards Best Music Direction : Omkara
2006 : Kara Film Festival Best Music Director - Omkara
Trivia
Vishal Bhardwaj
- He is considered to be one of India's leading film makers. His works have been regarded as path breaking in Indian cinema.
- Vishal 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.
- Vishal 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.
- His interest in film direction kindled after watching the retrospective of Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski during a film festival in Kerala.
- 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.
- 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.