Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Producer, Director, Writer, Composer, Editor, Actor
February 24, 1963 (63 years)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (born February 24, 1963) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and music director known for his female-led films with a distinctive style of grand cinematic sets and extravagant costumes, incorporation of classical music and inspirations from dramatic epics. One of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of Hindi cinema, Bhansali is the recipient of several awards, including four National Film Awards and ten Filmfare Awards. In 2015, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award.
He made his directorial debut with Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) for which he received Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film. He rose to prominence in Indian cinema with commercially successful and widely acclaimed romantic drama Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), the romantic drama Devdas (2002) —which received nomination for Best Foreign Film at British Academy of Film & Television Awards (BAFTA)— and the drama Black (2005), for all of which he received multiple Best Director Award and Best Film Award along with additional Critics Award for Best Film for the latter at Filmfare Awards, and multiple National Film Awards for the latter two. However, he followed it by directing consecutive commercially flop films Saawariya (2007) and Guzaarish (2010).
He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India. He is the founder of a production house, Bhansali Productions. Bhansali has adopted the middle name "Leela" as a tribute to his mother, Leela Bhansali.
He made his directorial debut with Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) for which he received Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film. He rose to prominence in Indian cinema with commercially successful and widely acclaimed romantic drama Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), the romantic drama Devdas (2002) —which received nomination for Best Foreign Film at British Academy of Film & Television Awards (BAFTA)— and the drama Black (2005), for all of which he received multiple Best Director Award and Best Film Award along with additional Critics Award for Best Film for the latter at Filmfare Awards, and multiple National Film Awards for the latter two. However, he followed it by directing consecutive commercially flop films Saawariya (2007) and Guzaarish (2010).
He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India. He is the founder of a production house, Bhansali Productions. Bhansali has adopted the middle name "Leela" as a tribute to his mother, Leela Bhansali.
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| 2024 | Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar · as Screenplay |
| 2022 | Gangubai Kathiawadi · as Screenplay |
| 2019 | Malaal · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | Padmaavat · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela · as Screenplay |
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| 2010 | Guzaarish · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | Saawariya · as Screenplay |
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| 1999 | Straight from the Heart · as Screenplay |
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| 2027 | Love & War · as Composer |
| 2024 | Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar · as Original Music Composer |
| 2022 | Gangubai Kathiawadi · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | Malaal · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | Padmaavat · as Original Music Composer |
| 2015 | Bajirao Mastani · as Original Music Composer |
| 2013 | Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | Guzaarish · as Original Music Composer |
| 2025 | The Roshans · as Self |
| 2019 | 64th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2004 | Koffee With Karan · as Self |
| 2015 | Bajirao Mastani · as Additional Writer |
| 2013 | My World · as Scenario Writer |
| 1996 | Khamoshi the Musical · as Story |