Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an Indian director, producer, and music composer. He was born on February 24, 1963. He is famous for his work on Hindi films. Not only has he been nominated for a BAFTA Award but also he has won other accolades, which includes twelve Filmfare Awards, seven National Film Awards and , five of which were for Best Director. The Indian government granted upon him the fourth-highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri, in 2015. Taking the point into the consideration that he is one of the greatest directors of Indian cinema. Bhansali has applauded for his use of musical, aesthetics, vision, and period plays.
The Best 10 movies of Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- Khamoshi the Musical (1996)
- Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
- Devdas (2002)
- Black (2005)
- Saawariya (2007)
- Guzaarish (2010)
- Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela (2013)
- Bajirao Mastani (2015)
- Padmaavat (2018)
- Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022)
1. Khamoshi the Musical (1996)
IMDb rating: 7.5
Star cast: Manisha Koirala, Seema Biswas, Salman Khan, Nana Patekar
Release date: August 9, 1996
Genre: Romantic, Musical
Language: Hindi
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, YouTube
Achievement: 5 Filmfare Awards.
About the movie:
For instance, there is Joseph who is a deformed man with no ability to speak or hear, and Flavy, his wife. They get excited when they understand that their daughter, Annie, has the ability to hear and communicate. Annie, the little girl all grown up starts singing in a choir and falls in love with a young man named Raj. In the movie, there is love between Maya, an Indian woman, and Raj, a British man, and it is prohibited for her to date him, but when a member of the family dies the music helps everyone.
2. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
IMDb rating: 7.4/10
Star cast: Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Zohra Sehgal, and Smrita Jaykar
Release date: June 18, 1999
Genre: Romantic, Musical
Language: Hindi, English
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Jiocinema, YouTube, Google Play Movies, and TV
Achievements and Awards: Best Film Award, Four National Awards, Seven Filmfare Awards, Best Director Award
About the movie:
Nandini is a young woman who is involved with Sameer, who is a man who simply enjoys the adventures of life. But her family arranges her marriage with a divorce lawyer named Vanraj, who actually has feelings for her. Later, when Vanraj finds out that Kokila’s heart still yearns for Sameer, he sets out to get them back together. But as they attempt to retrieve Sameer, the film teaches Nandini the real essence of love.
3. Devdas (2002)
IMDb rating: 7.5
Star cast: Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Jackie Shroff
Release date: July 12, 2002
Genre: Musical, Romantic
Language: Hindi, Bengali, German, Urdu
Where to watch: YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Jiocinema, Google Play Movies, and TV.
About the movie:
Devdas Mukherjee is growing up as the young man of a wealthy family, a zamindar, and is madly in love with Paro whose status is relatively low. Parvati is cast-off by Devdas because his arrogant family insults her, she feels that as a prostitute she has no right to love Devdas anymore and so she is forced to marry an old but rich man who can provide for her needs Parvati can not forget Devdas and he too becomes a hopeless drunkard.
4. Black (2005)
IMDb rating: 8.1
Star cast: Dhritiman Chatterjee, Amitabh Bachchan, Shernaz Patel, Ayesha Kapur, and Rani Mukerji
Release date: February 4, 2005
Genre: Drama, Family
Language: Hindi, English
Where to watch: Netflix
Achievements: 3 National Awards, 11 Filmfare Awards
About the movie:
Michelle (Mukerji) grows up as a Deaf-blind girl and is trained from her childhood by Debraj (Bachchan), a sixty-year-old alcoholic master. In the years to come Michelle is educated and an empowered woman with a teenage daughter, but she is so frustrated because Debraj no longer recognizes her due to Alzheimer disease.
5. Saawariya (2007)
IMDb: 5.2
Star cast: Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, and Sonam Kapoor
Release date: November 9, 2007
Genre: Musical, Romantic
Language: Hindi, English, Urdu
Where to watch: YouTube
Achievement: One Filmfare Award
About the movie:
Raj is a young man who meets the beautiful Sakina, a young lady in a city and they fall for each other without knowing the secrets of Sakina’s visit to the city she is searching for her missing boyfriend.
6. Guzaarish (2010)
IMDb Rating: 7.4
Star cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Shernaz Patel, and Rajit Kapur
Release date: November 19, 2010
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: English, Hindi
Where to watch: Google Play Movies & TV (from ₹100.00), YouTube, Amazon Prime Video
About the movie:
Ethan is a quadriplegic who once had the capacity to be a magician before an unfortunate accident left him disabled. He is well looked after by Sofia played by Rai, who really cares for the old man. Ethan, however, pleads with the social court for euthanasia much as this would come as a shock to all those who have the interest of looking after him.
7. Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela (2013)
IMDb Rating: 6.4
Star cast: Ranveer Singh, Supriya Pathak, and Deepika Padukone
Release date: November 15, 2013
Genre: Musical, Romantic
Language: Hindi
Where to watch: Jiocinema, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Google Play Store Movies & TV
Achievement: Three Filmfare Awards
About the movie:
Ram and Leela are the two principal characters who are sexually interested in each other. Some of them have special relations with each other and their families represent two warring clans that bring a tragic end.
8. Bajirao Mastani (2015)
IMDb Rating: 7.2
Star cast: Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, and Ranveer Singh
Release date: December 18, 2015
Genre: Romance, Action
Language: Hindi
Where to watch: Jiocinema, YouTube, Google Play Movies & TV, Amazon Prime Video
Achievement: Seven National Awards, Best Director Award, Nine Filmfare Awards
About The Movie:
Peshwa Bajirao I, also known as Bajirao Singh marries a woman named Kashibai but gets in love with Mastani the princess of Bundelkhand. But Baji Rao I is already wedded to Kashibai and this brings a situation which results into conflict not only in the lives of the three main characters but in the realm of the political as well.
9. Padmaavat (2018)
IMDb Rating: 7.1
Star cast: Shahid Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Jim Sarbh
Release date: January 25, 2018
Genre: Romance, Action
Language: Hindi
Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Achievement: Three National Awards, Four Filmfare Awards
About the movie:
Based in the 13th century, Padmavati is the beautiful and stately queen of a rich kingdom of Mewar with her husband, king Maharawal Ratan Singh . Their land and honor is at risk when the vengeful Alauddin Khalji , the dictator of the Delhi Sultanate sights Padmavati and becomes enamored by her.
10. Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022)
IMDb rating: 7.8
Star cast: Alia Bhatt, Indira Tiwari, Shantanu Maheshwari, Ajay Devgn, Vijay Raaz, Seema Pahwa
Release date: February 25, 2022
Genre: Crime, Drama
Language: Hindi
Where to watch: Netflix
Achievement: Eleven Filmfare Awards, Five National Awards
About the movie:
Gangubai narrates the story of her rise from an innocent girl sold to a brothel to become a powerful female mafia don and madame in Bombay of the 1950s.
