Anees Bazmee

Anees Bazmee
Bazmee in 2011
Born (1962-11-01) 1 November 1962 (age 62)
Modasa, Gujarat, India
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • film producer
Years active1982–present
SpouseFatima Bazmee

Anees Bazmee is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is best known directing for No Entry (2005), Welcome (2007) and Singh is Kinng (2008), Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022), Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (2024).

Early life

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Born to Urdu poet Abdul Hameed 'Nerang' Bazmee into a Gujarati Muslim family, Bazmee began as a child actor in movies like Kitaab (1977) before becoming an assistant director for Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog (1982) and then a screenwriter with David Dhawan's Swarg (1990).[1]

Career

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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.[2] 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), Welcome Back (2015), Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022) and also received praise for directing the moderately successful romantic thriller Deewangee (2002).[3][4] His film which he completed in 2004, titled Naam was set to be released in 2022.[5]

Filmography

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

As director

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Year Title Notes Ref.
1995 Hulchul
1998 Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
2002 Deewangee
2005 No Entry [6]
2006 Sandwich
2007 Welcome [6]
2008 Singh Is Kinng
2010 No Problem [6]
2011 Thank You
Ready
2015 Welcome Back [6]
2017 Mubarakan [6]
2019 Pagalpanti [6]
2020 It's My Life Filmed in August 2007;
Released after 13 years
2022 Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Nominated- Filmfare Award for Best Director
2024 Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 [7]
Naam Filmed in November 2004;
Released after 20 years		 [8]
2026 No Entry Mein Entry † Pre-Production

As writer

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Year Film
2024 Naam
2010 Shortkut
2004 Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
2002 Karz
2001 Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao
2000 Raju Chacha
1999 Sirf Tum
1997 Deewana Mastana
1997 Prithvi
1997 Sanam
1996 Army
1995 Andolan
1995 Hulchul
1995 Gundaraj
1995 Angrakshak
1994 Mr. Azaad
1994 The Gentleman
1994 Laadla
1994 Andaz
1994 Gopi Kishan
1994 Eena Meena Deeka
1994 Raja Babu
1993 Aankhen
1993 King Uncle
1992 Bol Radha Bol
1992 Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj
1992 Apradhi
1992 Shola Aur Shabnam
1992 Yaad Rakhegi Duniya
1990 Pratibandh
1990 Swarg

As actor

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Year Film Notes & ref.
1981 Naseeb As a child actor [9]
1992 Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj
1995 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995 Angrakshak
2015 Care of Footpath 2 Kannada film

References

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  1. ^ Sharma, Bulbul (11 May 2019). "'Writing comic films comes naturally to me'". The Sunday Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Anees Bazmee on sustaining a career as a comedy writer, and why one man's comedy is another man's tragedy". Firstpost. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Anees Bazmee - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Exclusive biography of #AneesBazmee and on his life". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ^ Bureau, ABP News (27 April 2022). "Ajay Devgn's Thriller Movie 'Naam' Is Ready To Release After 18 Years". ABP Live. Retrieved 1 May 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Pagalpanti first-look: John Abraham, Anil Kapoor bring brainless fun". Cinema Express. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Madhuri Dixit Joins Vidya Balan, Kartik Aaryan in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3; To Play THIS Role: Report". News18. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  8. ^ "AJAY DEVGN - ANEES BAZMEE: 'NAAM' TRAILER OUT NOW... 22 NOV RELEASE... (Taran Adarsh)". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Anees Bazmee acted in 'Naseeb' as a child". The Statesman. 13 September 2019.
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