Anees Bazmee

Anees Bazmee (born 1 November 1962) is an Indian film director, writer and producer who is known for his works in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over three and a half decades, he has written and directed more than 60 films in Hindi, Tamil and Marathi across varied genres.

Anees Bazmee
Bazmee at the studio release of Ready
Born (1962-11-01) 1 November 1962
Modasa, Gujarat, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm Director, Screenplay writer
Years active1988 – present
Websitewww.aneesbazmee.net

Early life

Anees Bazmee was born in a remote town of Modasa in Gujarat, India to a Gujarati poet Abdul Hameed "Nerang" Bazmee and housewife Khatoon Begum. He came to Mumbai in 1976 and worked as a child artist. He later also dabbled in a number of jobs like art direction, editing and sound recording.

Career

Bazmee did his directorial debut with Hulchul in 1995, however his first commercial success in came in 1998 with the film Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of the year.[1] He achieved further success as well as recognition by directing the top-grossing comedies including No Entry (2005), Welcome (2007), Singh Is Kinng (2008), Ready (2011) and Welcome Back (2015), and also received praise for directing the moderately successful romantic thriller Deewangee (2002).[2][3]

Filmography

Director
YearFilmNotes
1995Hulchul
1998Pyaar To Hona Hi ThaThe film was nominated for 4 Filmfare Awards and won Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Jaspinder Narula
2002Deewangee
2005No Entry
2006Sandwich
2007Welcome
2008Singh Is Kinng
2010No Problem
2011Thank You
Ready
2015Welcome Back
2017Mubarakan
2019Pagalpanti
2020It's My Life
2021Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2Filming[4]

Writer
YearFilm
2009Shortkut - The Con is On
2004Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
2002Karz
2001Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao
2000Raju Chacha
1999Sirf Tum
1997Deewana Mastana
1997Prithvi
1997Sanam
1996Army
1995Andolan
1995Hulchul
1995Gunda Raaj
1995Angrakshak
1994Mr. Azaad
1994The Gentleman
1994Laadla
1994Andaz
1994Gopi Kishan
1994Eena Meena Deeka
1994Raja Babu
1993Aankhen
1993King Uncle
1992Bol Radha Bol
1992Aaj Ka Goonda Raj
1992Apradhi
1992Shola Aur Shabnam
1992Yaad Rakhegi Duniya
1990Pratibandh
1990Swarg

Actor
YearFilmNotes and ref.
1992Aaj Ka Goonda Raj
1995Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995 Angrakshak
2015.Care of Footpath 2Kannada film

References
  1. "Anees Bazmee on sustaining a career as a comedy writer, and why one man's comedy is another man's tragedy- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. "Anees Bazmee - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. "Exclusive biography of #AneesBazmee and on his life". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. "Anees Bazmee reveals some interesting facts about 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2'". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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