The film earned the Critics Award for Best film at Filmfare.
In 1996, he made his directorial debut with Khamoshi: The Musical, the commercially unsuccessful but critically acclaimed narration of a daughter's struggle to communicate with her deaf-mute parents. However, they had a falling-out when Bhansali refused to direct Kareeb. Career File:Ranveer Singh, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Deepika Padukone at RAM LEELA's trailer launch.jpgīhansali with Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone during the trailer launch of Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela in 2013īhansali began his career as an assistant to Vidhu Vinod Chopra and was involved in the making of Parinda, 1942: A Love Story and Kareeb. He speaks Gujarati at home and loves Gujarati food, music, literature and architecture. His mother, Leela used to sew clothes to make ends meet. Sanjay Leela Bhansali was born in Bhuleshwar, South Mumbai to a Gujarati Baniya family. 3.2 Frequent Actor and Artist Collaborations as Director.He is the founder of the production house Bhansali Productions. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India. For the former, he won the National Film Award for Best Direction, as well as Filmfare Awards for Best Director and Best Film and for the latter, he won National Film Award for Best Music Direction and Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. His period dramas Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Padmaavat (2018) both rank among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. His home production biographical sports film Mary Kom (2014), had him receive his third National Film Award. This changed with his adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet - the tragic romance Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) - opened to positive reviews and strong box office collections, for which he received several awards and nominations. He followed it by directing consecutive commercially unsuccessful films such as Saawariya (2007) and Guzaarish (2010), however, Guzaarish received positive reviews from critics and audiences. He rose to prominence in Hindi-language cinema with the commercially successful romantic drama Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), the epic romantic drama Devdas (2002) - for which he received a nomination for the Best Film Not in the English Language at British Academy of Film & Television Awards (BAFTA) - and the drama Black (2005), for all of which he received multiple Best Director Awards and Best Film Awards along with additional Critics Award for Best Film for the latter at Filmfare Awards, and multiple National Film Awards for the latter two. In 2015, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award.īhansali made his directorial debut with Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), for which he received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film. Bhansali is the recipient of several awards, including five National Film Awards, eleven Filmfare Awards and a BAFTA nomination. Sanjay Leela Bhansali ( Template:IPA-gu born 24 February 1963) is an Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and music director who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. Film maker, Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Editor, Music Director