Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Directing·Feb 24, 1963·Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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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" as a tribute to his mother, Leela Bhansali.

Film	Credit
Love and War2027 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Do Deewane Seher Mein2026 · Producer	Producer
Gangubai Kathiawadi2022 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Tuesdays And Fridays2021 · Producer	Producer
Malaal2019 · Producer, Screenplay	Producer, Screenplay
Padmaavat2018 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Bajirao Mastani2015 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Gabbar Is Back2015 · Producer	Producer
Mary Kom2014 · Producer	Producer
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela2013 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi2012 · Writer	Writer
Rowdy Rathore2012 · Producer	Producer
My Friend Pinto2011 · Producer	Producer
Guzaarish2010 · Producer, Director, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Screenplay
Saawariya2007 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Cinema Asia: India2007 · Self	Self
Black2005 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Devdas2002 · Director, Writer, Screenplay	Director, Writer, Screenplay
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam1999 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
Khamoshi: The Musical1996 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
1942: A Love Story1994 · Writer	Writer
RRowdy Rathore 2Producer	Producer
Jai SomnathProducer	Producer
Untitled Madhubala BiopicProducer	Producer
UUntitled Sanjay Leela Bhansali/SRK FilmDirector	Director
IInshallahDirector	Director
UUntitled Dhanush - PS Mithran FilmProducer	Producer