Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Sanjay Leela Bhansali (born February 24, 1963) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and music director known for his female-led films with a distinctive style of grand cinematic sets and extravagant costumes, incorporation of classical music and inspirations from dramatic epics. One of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of Hindi cinema, Bhansali is the recipient of several awards, including four National Film Awards and ten Filmfare Awards. In 2015, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award. He made his directorial debut with Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) for which he received Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film. He rose to prominence in Indian cinema with commercially successful and widely acclaimed romantic drama Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), the romantic drama Devdas (2002) —which received nomination for Best Foreign Film at British Academy of Film & Television Awards (BAFTA)— and the drama Black (2005), for all of which he received multiple Best Director Award and Best Film Award along with additional Critics Award for Best Film for the latter at Filmfare Awards, and multiple National Film Awards for the latter two. However, he followed it by directing consecutive commercially flop films Saawariya (2007) and Guzaarish (2010). He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India. He is the founder of a production house, Bhansali Productions. Bhansali has adopted the middle name "Leela" ...
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
(2013)
RomanticTragicViolentBeautiful
Ran and Leela are passionately in love with each other. The only problem is that their respective clans have been enemies for 500 years. (more)
Ran and Leela are passionately in love with each other. The only problem is that their respective clans have been enemies for 500 years. (more)
Black
(2005)
Black is an adaptation of Helen Keller's autobiography. Black revolves around a blind and deaf girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later develops Alzheimer's disease. (more)
Black is an adaptation of Helen Keller's autobiography. Black revolves around a blind and deaf girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later develops Alzheimer's disease. (more)
Devdas
(2002)
After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain. (more)
After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain. (more)
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
(1999)
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Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love. (more)
Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love. (more)
Khamoshi: The Musical (1996)
The daughter of deaf-mute parents seeks their understanding when she discovers a love for music. (more)
The daughter of deaf-mute parents seeks their understanding when she discovers a love for music. (more)
Bajirao Mastani
(2015)
Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family. (more)
Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family. (more)
Guzaarish (2010)
Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life. (more)
Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life. (more)
Saawariya (2007)
RomanticEmotionalFantasticalMusical
Two souls arrive in a small town, one on vacation, the other to meet a lover. They spend the most magical dream-like days of their lives in that town... with each other. (more)
Two souls arrive in a small town, one on vacation, the other to meet a lover. They spend the most magical dream-like days of their lives in that town... with each other. (more)
Padmaavat
(2018)
Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great lengths to satisfy his greed for her. (more)
Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great lengths to satisfy his greed for her. (more)
Inshallah
A man on a secret mission to weed out anti-national elements from within a family encounters many road blocks before success (more)
A man on a secret mission to weed out anti-national elements from within a family encounters many road blocks before success (more)
Gangubai Kathiawadi
(2022)
Duped and sold to a brothel, a young woman fearlessly reclaims her power, using underworld connections to preside over the world she was once a pawn in. (more)
Duped and sold to a brothel, a young woman fearlessly reclaims her power, using underworld connections to preside over the world she was once a pawn in. (more)
Baiju Bawra
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's first full-fledged musical. This is a story revolving around two singers. (more)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's first full-fledged musical. This is a story revolving around two singers. (more)
Cinema Asia: India (2007)
While Northern India’s 100-year-old film industry is best known for flamboyant dance sequences and romantic plot lines, its directors have begun to step outside established formulas and explore grittier subject matter. This program surveys the world of Bollywood ... (more)
While Northern India’s 100-year-old film industry is best known for flamboyant dance sequences and romantic plot lines, its directors have begun to step outside established formulas and explore grittier subject matter. This program surveys the world of Bollywood ... (more)