Vishal Bhardwaj Birthday: Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian filmmaker, music composer, and playback singer. He received wider recognition with his compositions in Gulzar's "Maachis." He went on to compose music for the films "Satya" and "Godmother." For the latter, he won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction. Bhardwaj made his directorial debut with the children's film "Makdee," for which he also composed the music. He garnered widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades for writing and directing the Indian adaptations of three tragedies by William Shakespeare: "Maqbool" from "Macbeth," "Omkara" from "Othello," and "Haider" from "Hamlet." On his birthday, we look back at his "Sit With Hitlist" interview, where he talked about how he became a musician and gained confidence in his talent when he received validation from Usha Khanna.
03 August,2024 08:05 PM IST
Renowned director Vishal Bhardwaj was the guest on Mid-day.com's latest episode of Sit With Hitlist where he revealed the details of the making of the film 'Khufiya'. Vishal described how he had to meet RAW agents for his research for the movie which is inspired by the book 'Escape To Nowhere'. Vishal also mentioned how he worked on the movie 'Talvar' which also made him meet the first investigative officer of the mentioned case. Watch the full video for more details!
23 December,2023 06:00 PM IST
During Mid-day's latest Sit With Hitlist conversation, Vishal Bhardwaj opened up on how Aamir Khan was excited about the character of Langda Tyagi. But later, Vishal asked Saif Ali Khan to play the character in 'Omkara' which is one masterpiece by Vishal Bhardwaj that people will probably never tire of watching. Let's listen in to the director narrate the whole story about how the character of Langda Tyagi was a reference Vishal Bhardwaj took from a person he knew in real life and also how did he end up casting Saif Ali Khan for the role
22 December,2023 06:00 PM IST
In the latest episode of Sit With Hitlist, director Vishal Bhardwaj spoke in detail about how Shah Rukh Khan and he were to collaborate on a film on Chetan Bhagat's book, 2 States. It was later made with Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in the lead. When asked why the film didn't happen, Bhardwaj answered, “We had differences over the setting of it. I wanted to set it not in a college but in a bank like ICICI. So, that’s where we were different. Shah Rukh wanted it in a different setting." Watch the full video for more insights about the bond between SRK and Vishal Bhardwaj
20 December,2023 06:00 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
