Here is a special celebration Sanjay Leela Bhansali as he completes 25 years in the Indian film industry.
Bhansali Productions posted a showreel of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's legacy on social media. The reel includes all the iconic spectacles, dialogues and artistes across every one of the nine movies that he has created so far.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali said, “It has not always been an easy journey but I've thoroughly enjoyed myself regardless - I've won some and learnt some. But these 25 years would not be complete without the incredible effort of every single person I've worked with so far.
"The movie that an audience watches on their screens is a creative culmination of so many different forms of art – from the soundtrack, colours, screenplay, architecture, dialogues to every thread on every costume.
"It's the fantabulous team of technicians, artistes, writers, producers and assistant directors that have been the real pillar behind every movie made. That's why I like the call my films 'handmade movies'.
"The years ahead are blank pages waiting to be written and I am itching to write them.”
In his 25 years, he has put India on the global map of cinema with movies like Devdas premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.
The movie was also nominated for British Academy of Film and Television Awards for Best Film Not in the English Language. His Big B and Rani Mukherji starrer, Black, inspired by the life of Helen Keller, stood fifth in Time’s "10 Best Movies of the Year 2005" (Europe) amongst films from across the world.
In 2015, Sanjay Leela Bhansali was honoured with the Padma Shri. He has a legacy of 38 awards to his name including National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, Mirchi Music Awards, Screen Awards, IIFA Awards, Zee Cine Awards and Zee Gold Awards.
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