Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Sanjay Leela Bhansali born February 24 1963 is an Indian film director producer screenwriter and music director known for his femaleled 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