Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an Indian filmmaker, producer, music composer, and screenwriter. In the year 1996, he made his directorial debut with the film ‘Khamoshi: The Musical.’ The 1999 film ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ starring Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan, and Ajay Devgn was a major blockbuster hit at the box office.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an Indian filmmaker, producer, music composer, and screenwriter. He was born on 24 February 1963 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His zodiac sign is Pisces. He pursued a diploma from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
His father, Naveen Bhansali was a film producer. His mother, Leela Bhansali used to work as a tailor. He has a sister named Bela Sehgal.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is unmarried.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s favourites
His hobbies include reading poems and listening to old songs.
His favourite actors are Dada Kondke, Dilip Kumar, Helen, and Madhuri Dixit.
His favourite films are Mughal-E-Azam and Ship of Theseus.
His favourite singers are AR Rahman and Ghulam Ali.
Interesting facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali
The glamour of film industry had a strong influence on Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s life. He resolved to become film director when he was in grade second.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali started working as a film producer.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s debut film
In the year 1996, he made his directorial debut with the film ‘Khamoshi: The Musical.’ The lead actors in the film were Salman Khan and Nana Patekar. The film was not a huge success at the box office.
Earlier, he had also worked as an assistant to filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra in the films Parinda (1989) and 1942: A Love Story (1994).
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 1999 film ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ starring Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan, and Ajay Devgn was a major blockbuster hit at the box office.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas
In the year 2002, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film ‘Devdas’ became the highest grossing film of the time. The film’s lead actors were Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, and Aishwarya Rai.
In 2008, he did an opera show titled ‘Padmavati,’ an adaptation of a ballad written by Albert Roussel in 1923. The first show was performed at the prestigious 'Théâtre du Châtelet' in Paris and the second show at the 'Festival Dei Due Mondi'.
In 2010, Bhansali made his debut as a music composer in Hrithik Roshan starrer film ‘Guzaarish.’
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s oeuvre
Bhansali’s 2013 film ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ramleela’ was an adaptation of Shakespeare’s drama ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ The film crossed the Rs 100 crore mark in box office collection.
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone were seen opposite each other in the film ‘Bajirao Mastani.’ Sanjay Leela Bhansali won the National Award for the Best Director for the immense success of the film.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films
Some of the other films Sanjay Leela Bhansali has worked in are My Friend Pinto (2011), Malaal (2019), Rowdy Rathore (2012), Mary Kom (2014), Guzaarish (2010), Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022), Black (2005), Saawariya (2007), Ramleela (2013), Bajirao Mastani (2013), and Padmaavat (2018).
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