Vishal Bhardwaj Birthday: Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian filmmaker, music composer, and playback singer. He received wider recognition with his compositions in Gulzar`s "Maachis." He went on to compose music for the films "Satya" and "Godmother." For the latter, he won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction. Bhardwaj made his directorial debut with the children`s film "Makdee," for which he also composed the music. He garnered widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades for writing and directing the Indian adaptations of three tragedies by William Shakespeare: "Maqbool" from "Macbeth," "Omkara" from "Othello," and "Haider" from "Hamlet." On his birthday, we look back at his "Sit With Hitlist" interview, where he talked about how he became a musician and gained confidence in his talent when he received validation from Usha Khanna.    

 Renowned director Vishal Bhardwaj was the guest on Mid-day.com`s latest episode of Sit With Hitlist where he revealed the details of the making of the film `Khufiya`. Vishal described how he had to meet RAW agents for his research for the movie which is inspired by the book `Escape To Nowhere`. Vishal also mentioned how he worked on the movie `Talvar` which also made him meet the first investigative officer of the mentioned case. Watch the full video for more details!