Anees Bazmi Biography

Anees Bazmi is a famous writer-director of Bollywood film industry.

Bazmee started his career in 1988, as a dialogue writer for the film Hum Farishte Nahin. He then took a one year break, and returned in 1990 as a writer for the film Swarg, which was directed by David Dhawan and starred Rajesh Khanna and Govinda.

He remained associated with David Dhawan for several years.

In 1995, after having written over ten scripts for ten films, including hits such as Aankhen, Bazmi made his directorial debut with the film Hulchul. Starring Ajay Devgan and Kajol, the film went unnoticed critically and commercially as well. However, his attempt to cast Devgan and Kajol once again in 1998 for his second directorial venture, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, proved successful. The film was both a major critical and commercial success, and turned out as one of the industry's biggest hits that year.

After the success of Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Bazmi took a five years break from directing. He returned in 2002, with the thriller Deewangee, which performed poorly at the box office.

In 2005, Bazmi directed the multi-starrer comedy film, No Entry. The film became the biggest hit of the year, earning over Rs 744 million in its domestic box office.It was a hilarious ride liked by one and all.

Although his two subsequent directorial releases failed commercially, he had a great success with Welcome. Starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in lead roles, the film, which released in the end of 2007, grossed over Rs 760 million.

The chronological description of Anees Bazmi films is given here.
1995 Hulchul 1998 Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha 2002 Deewangee 2005 No Entry 2006 Sandwich 2007 Welcome 2008 Singh Is Kinng 2009 Naam 2009 It's My Life

The shooting of all the latest film “It’s My Life” of Bazmi will soon enter its last leg with the final schedule in Delhi, which is expected to take place soon. Bazmee is confident that this film, which stars Hurman Baweja and Nana Patekar in key roles, would be ready for release in June-July.The film is being produced by Sanjay Kapoor.