All about Madhur Bhandarkar - biography, filmography, photos

Madhur Bhandarkar was born in a Maharashtrian Saraswat Brahmin family. He ran a video library at Khar which gave him access to a huge collection of movies and attracted him to the world of movies. He was very fascinated by the movies made by Guru Dutt and Vijay Anand.

Madhur got his first break in Hindi films as an assistant to director Ashok Gaekwad in the film Doodh Ka Karz (1990). He went on to assist Ramgopal Varma on three films including the superhit Rangeela (1995) (where he played a small role as well). He finally got a break to direct his first film from producer Rafiq Latiwaala with Trishakti (1999) which was considered to be a safe, commercial film. The movie sank without a trace but Madhur’s directorial ability was appreciated. Madhur went introspect and ...By Ashutosh» read full biography

Madhur and UTV decided not to allow anybody to use their cell phones on the sets of Fashion. Although the 14 models play themselves in Fashion were worried while shooting the scene as they feared that unit members would click their pictures on cell phones when they were changing clothes in the makeshift green room. They couldn't go to change in the vanity van as it would have taken up a lot of time. Hence to avoid any embarrassment, the usage of cell phones was banned.By Mitesh Shah

When Madhur Bhandarkar shot one of the most controversial scenes for Fashion on 30th January 2008, he cleared the sets at Mehboob Studios, Bandra. Only Bhandarkar, his cinematographer and a couple of essential people were present at the shoot. Kangana sportingly did not use a body double. The scene was based on the infamous Carol Gracias wardrobe malfunction episode which happened at the Lakme Fashion Week, 2006.By Mitesh Shah