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Vishal Bhardwaj's journey with children from 'Makdee' to 'The Blue Umbrella'

  • IndiaGlitz, [Thursday,December 14 2006]

With success like ‘Makdee’, ‘Maqbool’ and ‘Omkara’ behind him, Vishal Bhardwaj has sealed his position as one of the more respected cinematic auteurs in the country today.

He has shown an impressive range in screenwriting and visualization which have displayed his competence as a filmmaker. His films have had tremendous scope and variety to tackle themes varying from a children’s film (Makdee) to searing adaptations of Shakespearean classics ‘Macbeth’ (Maqbool) and ‘Othello’ (Omkara). These films received rave reviews and performed well at the box office.

‘Makdee’ won the Audience Award at the Chicago Children’s Film Festival and ‘Maqbool’ enjoyed rave reviews on the festival circuit from Berlin to Toronto. The latter also fetched actor Pankaj Kapur a National Award.

And now the director who likes to touch upon different genres with each of his films arrives with a heartwarming tale 'The Blue Umbrella' that stars Pankaj Kapur and child actor Shreya in principal roles. The film releases all over on 5th January.

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