Vishal Bhardwaj
Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema, and is the recipient of a Filmfare Award and seven National Film Awards in four categories. Bhardwaj made his debut as a music composer with the children's film Abhay (The Fearless) (1995), and received wider recognition with his compositions in Gulzar's Maachis (1996). He received the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for the latter. He went on to compose music for the films Satya (1998) and Godmother (1999). For the latter, he garnered the National Film Award for Best Music Direction. Bhardwaj made his directorial debut with the children's film Makdee (2002), for which he also composed the music. He garnered critical acclaim and several accolades for writing and directing the Indian adaptations of three tragedies by William Shakespeare: Maqbool (2003) from Macbeth, Omkara (2006) from Othello, and Haider (2014) from Hamlet. He has also directed the caper thriller Kaminey, the black comedy 7 Khoon Maaf (2011), and the satire Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (2013). In addition, Bhardwaj produces films under his banner VB Pictures. He has co-written and produced the films Ishqiya (2010), its sequel Dedh Ishqiya (2014), and the crime drama Talvar (2015), among others. He has composed the musical score for each of his directorial and production ventures, and frequently collaborates with the lyricist Gulzar. He is married to playback singer Rekha Bhardwaj.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
August 4, 1960Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
47Place of birth
Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaAlso known as
Vishal Bharadwaj![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/tvklRNVoX8ZAt91OQ9xP6QvNIIK.jpg)
Cast credits
Crew credits
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Kaminey
Director, Music, Original Music Composer, Screenplay, Dialogue![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xcPtZ0SYQSAG5vPu49sUMnuQ18t.jpg)
Maqbool
Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay, Co-Producer, Dialogue![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1iEv7Nv2n8qtlb6AThU4aqJuDR4.jpg)
Ishqiya
Screenplay, Producer, Dialogue, Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/oJTXWUV5YJ9XUKxJdO8VAGWMuAk.jpg)
No Smoking
Producer, Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qlaDOKLgMZnvHYOIsMn0q6zDtUo.jpg)
Omkara
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Dialogue![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tyfyLg2pGzSsrim0pFijDL8bNl1.jpg)
The Blue Umbrella
Director, Co-Producer, Screenplay, Dialogue, Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/aLJEqWXMqdboAOee3C4zGl6UFf1.jpg)
7 Khoon Maaf
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Playback Singer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1HuLZToYLNaeDDwZCbWV3UP12gF.jpg)
Makdee
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/bUc4nB4FgGFrwhhFlmUlvspa1RN.jpg)
Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story, Dialogue, Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8ocg6GCtxuvyj5sMzIp7lwSpjEp.jpg)
Ek Thi Daayan
Producer, Screenplay, Story, Dialogue, Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lOCotkHPODWdsRDMoLbSdLdVT3L.jpg)
Haider
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Dialogue, Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dJ7N9N3zjCCsPIP8nDVPEH6fvSo.jpg)
Rangoon
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Producer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rrZhF166gPDzdArYMSh3mPvFjYp.jpg)
Madaari
Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/i4bqpI1SyauVMyGCzZKjs4HR0pj.jpg)
U Me Aur Hum
Music![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dKhPd5eqmDJERinmwFw1tYhJ6aj.jpg)
Ramji Londonwaley
Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/45i934IvoLvuCvhus13n8MxGBV4.jpg)
Chachi 420
Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/izFg8A3PF6ZMyHOadNXD5RKL1qQ.jpg)
Chupke Se
Music![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/r6KLehJgkGUBFBS1geBOZIlPozm.jpg)
Dedh Ishqiya
Original Music Composer, Producer, Screenplay, Dialogue![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5haI0Pspo9ADssV5sigxQfKGneZ.jpg)
Carbon
Music![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mMrZBw7KcotPHiSfB83MMhzdgS1.jpg)
Paanch
Original Music Composer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wua2Fq5MLqRMNC2azapa74CZ2z2.jpg)
Satya
Original Music Composer