Vishal Bharadwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer and musical composer. He was born and raised in the Bijnoir district of Uttar Pradesh. As a young man, he moved to Delhi and started playing harmonium for little known ghazal singers at the various food festivals in Delhi’s Pragati Maidan. He was later introduced to R.V. Pandit, who offered him a job in his CBS music company in Delhi. A friend recommended him to Gulzar, whom he collaborated with for children’s films and serials like Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, Guchche and Maachis. The musical score for Maachis went on to become a top seller for Pan Music and earned Vishal the Filmfare R D Burman Award in 1996. After the winning the award Vishal was loaded with offers of Satya, Chachi 420 and a host of other popular projects. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.