Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director screenwriter producer music composer and playback singer He is known for his work in Hindi cinema and is the recipient of a Filmfare Award and seven National Film Awards in four categories Bhardwaj made his debut as a music composer with the childrens film Abhay The Fearless 1995 and received wider recognition with his compositions in Gulzars Maachis 1996 He received the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for the latter He went on to compose music for the films Satya 1998 and Godmother 1999 For the latter he garnered the National Film Award for Best Music Direction Bhardwaj made his directorial debut with the childrens film Makdee 2002 for which he also composed the music He garnered critical acclaim and several accolades for writing and directing the Indian adaptations of three tragedies by William Shakespeare Maqbool 2003 from Macbeth Omkara 2006 from Othello and Haider 2014 from Hamlet He has also directed the caper thriller Kaminey the black comedy 7 Khoon Maaf 2011 and the satire Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola 2013 In addition Bhardwaj produces films under his banner VB Pictures He has cowritten and produced the films Ishqiya 2010 its sequel Dedh Ishqiya 2014 and the crime drama Talvar 2015 among others He has composed the musical score for each of his directorial and production ventures and frequently collaborates with the lyricist Gulzar He is married to playback singer Rekha Bhardwaj