Sanjay Leela Bhansali

A masterpiece, a real perfectionist of Indian cinema was born on 24th February,Mumbai,India. Sanjay Leela Bhansali is definitely a multi-faceted personality. Add to this, his competency as a scriptwriter (he wrote both 'Khamoshi' and 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' , and his sensitive handling, as a debutante director, of a difficult emotional subject in 'Khamoshi', Sanjay has emerged as one of the prominent members of the new school of film making which will carry the torch for the film industry in the new millennium. The pointers were always there. His diploma film at the film institute (FTII), 'Angikam', received rave reviews and just as it was presumed that a bright filmmaker was arriving. After joining Vidhu Vinod Chopra as his chief assistant, he was given the onerous responsibility, and the credit, as the director of songs in '1942: A Love Story' by Vinod. Music also played a vital part in his directorial debut, 'Khamoshi', but the driving force of the script was definitely the emotional depth in the relationship between the deaf-and-dumb parents and their only child. Sanjay is and has always been a passionate director who directly connect with each and every individual.


Career

Bhansali began his career as an assistant to Vidhu Vinod Chopra and was involved in the making of Parinda, 1942 A Love Story, and Kareeb. He made his directorial debut outside the Chopra camp with Khamoshi: The Musical, the commercially unsuccessful, where he has shown a daughter's struggle to communicate with her deaf mute parents. His next film was a triangular love story, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which created auras of celebration and festivity. The film was a great success and won numerous awards. His next film Devdas was Bhansali's ode to the well known novel of the same name. Again it was a tribute to his father who lived a part of his life drunk. It also won major Bollywood awards and was India’s official entry to the Oscars. The musical got a significant reception at Cannes, where it premiered.After this success came Black, which Time Magazine (Europe) selected as fifth of the 10 Best Movies of the Year 2005 from across the globe. Black broke a record at the 2006 Filmfare Awards, winning eleven awards. After having four successes, Saawariya was the first major flop in Bhansali's career which was met with sharp criticisms and simultaneously poor collections at the box office. In his film Hum Dil De chuke Sanam salman khan has seen talking to his father looking at the sky,it is a real story of Bhansali's life.



His current project is entitled "Chenab" Gandhi directed by Vibhu Puri and written by Bhavani Iyer, who also wrote for Black. A departure from romance, this songless film revolves around three characters played by Amitabh Bachchan, Harman Baweja and Vidya Balan and centers around Indian freedom fighter, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Frontier Gandhi. [7]

His next venture is titled "Guzarish", which he will direct starring Hrithik Roshan & Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. His every flim is dedicated to his father.

Personal Quotes-

At the primere of Black(2005) he said that for people it(Black) may be just darkness but for him(Sanjay)it was a universal truth. Frustration and anger of a child has been shown who is deaf and mute and wants to see the world that is pictured so beautiful.Anger is an important part of their expression.
If we come to Devdas(2002),Bhansali said that he has paid tribute to all the directors who have made a film like this. He also added that he has made a film as Raj Kapoor would have made,on the top.

Awards



Sanjay Leela Bhansali has awarded several National awards, filmware awards, Zee cine awards, IIFA award, Bollywood movie award, Stardust award, etc

We can say that the bollywood industry will always want a director for whom his work is his soul and a director like him will always bring the Indian cinema on the top. As a director, writer, producer Sanjay leela Bhansali will be working with great excellence with a brilliant mind frame.