Photo: ARCHANA MALPANI / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is one of cinema's great maximalists, and I love him precisely for refusing restraint. His Mumbai-rooted operas of color, costume, and music are so saturated you can almost smell the palaces, and the fact that he composes scores himself suggests a mind where image and sound are inseparable. Four Filmfare directing awards and a Padma Shri confirm his stature, yet his films feel less like consensus prestige than personal obsession made enormous. He polarizes audiences, but I would rather watch a flawed Bhansali spectacle than a tidy, forgettable one any day.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- Name (Japanese)
- サンジャイ・リーラ・バンサリ
- Reading
- さんじゃい・りーら・ばんさり
- Born
- February 24, 1963 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rabbit
- Origin
- Mumbai, Bombay State, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / film producer / television producer / composer / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2015 Padma Shri in arts
- 2000 Filmfare Award for Best Director
- 2003 Filmfare Award for Best Director
- 2006 Filmfare Award for Best Director
- 2016 Filmfare Award for Best Director
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Sanjay Leela Bhansali born?
Born February 24, 1963 (age 63).
Where is Sanjay Leela Bhansali from?
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is from Mumbai, Bombay State, India.
What does Sanjay Leela Bhansali do?
Sanjay Leela Bhansali works as film director, film producer, television producer, composer, screenwriter.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.