- Born
- Height1.65 m
- Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, composer, singer and producer. He has directed ten feature films, produced five and composed music for more than forty. His directorial work includes Makdee, The Blue Umbrella, Kaminey, 7 Khoon Maaf, Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola, Rangoon, Pataakha as well as the internationally acclaimed Shakespeare Trilogy - Maqbool, Omkara and Haider (adapted from Macbeth, Othello and Hamlet, respectively). Prominent films written and produced by him are Ishqiya, Dedh Ishqiya and Talvar (based on the Noida double murder case).
He has received 3 international awards: Makdee (2002) received the Best Film award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Omkara (2006) won the Best Artistic Contribution in Cinema award at the Cairo International Film Festival and Haider (2014) won the People's Choice award at the Rome Film Festival. He has also received 7 National Awards: Best Music Direction for Godmother (1999), Best Children's Film for The Blue Umbrella (2005), Special Jury Award for Omkara (2006), Best Music Direction for Ishqiya (2010), Best Dialogues and Best Music Direction for Haider (2014) and Best Screenplay for Talvar (2015).- IMDb mini biography by: Vishal Bhardwaj Films
- SpouseRekha Bhardwaj(? - present)
- Children
- Frequently uses human vocals as instruments blended with his music.(e.g. the "Tau tau" song in Makdee (2002), vocals of Sunidhi Chauhan in "Beedi" song from Omkara (2006), the "Dhan-Te-Nan" song in Kaminey (2009))
- Frequently uses lyrics by Gulzar in his directed movies (e.g. The Blue Umbrella, Omkara, Kaminey))
- Frequently makes Sukhwinder Singh sing the important songs in his movies. (eg L'Ombrelle bleue (2005), Omkara (2006) - title track, Kaminey (2009) - Dhan-Te-Nan song)
- Known for his adaptations of William Shakespeare's tragedies (Maqbool based on Macbeth, Omkara based on Othello, Haider based on Hamlet)
- Frequently works with actors Pankaj Kapur (in Maqbool, le parrain de Bombay (2003), L'Ombrelle bleue (2005), _Blood Brothers (2007/I)_), Deepak Dobriyal (in Maqbool, The Blue Umbrella and Omkara (2006)), Ajay Devgn (in Omkara and U Me Aur Hum (2008)), Naseeruddin Shah (in Maqbool, Omkara)
- Vishal is known for his collaborations with Gulzar, who opted for Vishal's music in all his directorial ventures since Maachis (1996). In turn, he has provided lyrics to all of Vishal's films.
- Son of film lyricist Ram Bhardwaj.
- His brother came to Bombay in 1990 to become a film producer. He was not able to. He struggled a lot. He died of a heart attack in 1995.
- Was a part of a group of stragglers, which included celebrities like Manoj Bajpayee, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Piyush Mishra.
- Father of director Aasman Bhardwaj.
- No film of mine has worked at the box office. They never made money... None of my films. 'Haider' just recovered the money. Not even 'Omkara' I was told. But it doesn't bother (me)
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