Madhur Bhandarkar

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Madhur Bhandarkar

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Biography : Madhur Bhandarkar ran a video cassette library in Khar. This gave him access to a large collection of movies and studying movie making. This is similar to Quentin Tarantino who worked in a video rental store and did manage to get access to collection of movies. Bhandarkar was a former assistant to Ram Gopal Varma but he made his directorial debut with Trishakti in 1999. The film had a relatively low key cast and was largely ignored at the box office. After two years he directed Chandni Bar (2001) starring Tabu (actress) and Atul Kulkarni. The film was a critically acclaimed success, which took Bhandarkar into the top league of filmmakers in Bollywood. He received his 1st national award for this film. This was followed by another critically acclaimed Satta (2003) Bhandarkar roped in Konkona Sen Sharma for his next film Page 3 (2005). The film did very well at the box office, was favoured by the critics, and again received 2nd National Awards too. His latest release is Corporate (2006). His latest film is Traffic Signal (2007) which has again been praised by the critics. Madhur Bhandarkar is always known for his socially relevant and hard hitting films. Bhandarkar married his girlfriend Renu Namboodiri-Bhandarkar on December 15, 2003 in Mumbai. They now have a daughter named Siddhi. Madhur is the life member of International film and Television Research Centre of Asian Academy of Film & Television,Noida. In most of his films Bhandarkar has made the female the main protagonist. This has been seen in four of his films: Tabu in Chandni Bar, Raveena Tandon in Satta, Konkona Sen Sharma in Page 3 and Bipasha Basu in Corporate. In an interview with Sanjay Ram of Businessofcinema.com he said "My movies are not exposes, maybe they just hold up a mirror to society. My movies are not judgmental; I just show what happens in our society, sometimes there could be a solution and sometimes there may be none. Life goes on."

Filmography : Director : Traffic Signal (2007) Corporate (2006) Page 3 (2005) Aan: Men at Work (2004) Satta (2003) Chandni Bar (2001) Trishakti (1999) Writer : Fashion (2007) (filming) Traffic Signal (2007) Corporate (2006) Page 3 (2005) Satta (2003) Chandni Bar (2001)

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