Sanjay Leela Bhansali ('SLB'), one of the most celebrated Film Makers in India has worked with eminent talent of the Indian film industry. His films celebrate the roots of Indian music and the scale of his films mounts his cinematic vision. In a career spanning across 3 decades, he has been bestowed with prestigious awards for his body of work. SLB has been awarded the national award five times and his film BLACK broke all records by being the first film to win 11 Filmfare awards, the most popular film award in India.
Devdas, an adaptation of Hindi literary masterpiece won over both audiences and critics. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002. In 2003, it was nominated for the BAFTA as the Best Foreign Language Film and was India's submission for the Academy Awards as Best Foreign Language Film category. It stood eighth in Time magazine's "The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium".
Black, inspired by the life of Helen Keller starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukerji, stood fifth in Time (Europe)'s "10 Best Movies of the Year 2005" amongst films from across the world.
In 2008, Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed the opera Padmavati, an adaption of the 1923 ballet written by Albert Roussel. The first show premiered in Paris at the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet and the next at the Festival dei Due Mondi.
Since 2010, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been composing music for his own films. In addition to being on popular music charts, it has also won him a lot of appreciation and hearts. And in 2019, he was felicitated with national award for the best music for his film Padmaavat.
He diversified into film production under the banner Bhansali Productions and has several popular films to his credit.
In 2015, he was awarded the Padma Shri, fourth highest civilian award of India for his contribution to Indian Cinema.
Share which of his films you liked the most. Anything from his films, scenes, dialogues, music, etc.
Note- Above poster isn't indicating any ranking order, it is chronological orders in which SLB Directed his films.
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