FILM DIRECTOR

Vishal Bhardwaj

1965 - Today

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Vishal Bhardwaj (born 4 August 1965) is an Indian filmmaker, music composer and playback singer. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema, and is the recipient of nine National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. Bhardwaj made his debut as a music composer with the children's film Abhay (1995), and received wider recognition with his compositions in Gulzar's Maachis (1996). He received the Filmfare R. D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vishal Bhardwaj has received more than 2,868,473 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Vishal Bhardwaj is the 2,006th most popular film director (down from 1,799th in 2019), the 1,486th most popular biography from India (down from 1,243rd in 2019) and the 61st most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Vishal Bhardwaj ranks 2,006 out of 2,041. Before him are Akiva Schaffer, Rohit Shetty, Vikram Bhatt, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Jamie Babbit, and Josh Cooley. After him are Kalpana Lajmi, Raghava Lawrence, Jonathan Levine, Kabir Khan, Hossein Rajabian, and Deeyah Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Vishal Bhardwaj ranks 927. Before him are Terri Sewell, Robbie Earle, Sunetra Gupta, Alex Tobin, Veronica Taylor, and Maile Flanagan. After him are Colin Calderwood, Winthrop Graham, Mike Pollock, Jan Tore Sanner, Robert Satcher, and Five for Fighting.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vishal Bhardwaj ranks 1,486 out of 1,861. Before him are Neha Dhupia (1980), Hardik Pandya (1993), Shilpa Shirodkar (1969), Krishna Poonia (1977), Arundathi Nag (1956), and Shubha Mudgal (1959). After him are Keerthy Suresh (1992), Kalpana Lajmi (1954), Pooja Bedi (1970), Kartik Aaryan (1990), Rana Daggubati (1984), and Esha Gupta (1985).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Vishal Bhardwaj ranks 61. Before him are Zoya Akhtar (1972), Ketan Mehta (1952), Puri Jagannadh (1966), Rohit Shetty (1973), Vikram Bhatt (1969), and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (1963). After him are Kalpana Lajmi (1954), Raghava Lawrence (1976), Kabir Khan (1968), Remo D'Souza (1974), Meghna Gulzar (1973), and Imtiaz Ali (1971).

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Filmography

Haider
Director
A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.
Oct 2o 20147.2 / 10
Kaminey
Director
Two brothers, as different as chalk and cheese, find their lives intertwined when one puts himself in danger via a `get rich quick' scheme and the other finds there is a price on his head.
Aug 14o 20096.7 / 10
Omkara
Director
Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his cleverness, he gets away with the kidnapping. A conspiracy, however, forms against him when he denies his right-hand man, Langda Tyagi, a promotion. Ultimately, this plot threatens not only his relationship with Dolly, but their lives and those of their associates as well.
Jul 28o 20066.9 / 10