Ace
film
director,
better
known
for
his
award
winning
trilogy,
has
scored
a
Hat-trick
of
National
Awards,
winning
the
National
Award
for
the
Best
Film
Director,
for
his
film
Traffic
Signal.
Madhur's
first
National
award
was
for
Chandni
Bar,
which
was
selected
as
Best
Social
film,
for
the
year
2002.
Followed
by
Page
3
in
2005,
which
changed
the
entire
stature
of
Madhur
Bhandarkar.
This
film,
apart
from
winning
him
rave
reviews,
also
won
the
National
award
in
best
Feature
Film
category.
Film
Traffic
Signal
now
becomes
his
third
in
a
row
National
Award,
as
he
is
announced
as
the
best
film
director
of
2007,
for
his
work
in
the
film.
Madhur
recalls
these
as
one
of
the
greatest
moments
of
his
life.
"I
thank
my
audience,
my
fans
and
all
those
people
who
saw
the
movie.
It
is
this
love
and
affection
of
the
audience,
that
gives
me
the
immense
freedom
of
creativity
and
deliver
something
very
new
and
out
of
league." He
quips.
Madhur
ran
a
video
cassette
library
in
Khar-
Mumbai,
before
he
turned
film
director.
This
gave
him
access
to
a
large
collection
of
movies
and
studying
movie
making.
It
was
the
first
National
award
for
Chandni
Bar
that
boosted
Madhur's
confidence
to
establish
himself
into
the
top
league
of
filmmakers
in
Bollywood.
Since
then,
success
follows
him
on
every
project.
Madhur
is
always
known
for
his
socially
relevant
and
hard
hitting
films.
After
out
of
ordinary
films
like
Satta,
Page
3,
Corporate
and
his
third
in
a
row
National
award
winning
film
Traffic
Signal
,
Madhur
is
all
set
to
come
up
with
his
next
film
Fashion,
which
stars
many
top
Bollywood
celebs
like
former
Miss
World,
Priyanka
Chopra,
Kangana
Ranaut
and
Mugdha
Godse.
In
most
of
his
films
Bhandarkar
has
projected
the
female
the
main
protagonist.
This
has
been
seen
in
four
of
his
films:
Tabu
in
Chandni
Bar,
Raveena
Tandon
in
Satta,
Konkona
Sen
Sharma
in
Page
3
and
Bipasha
Basu
in
Corporate.
But
Traffic
Signal
was
a
different
attempt,
which
was
very
well
accepted
by
the
audience
and
the
critics.
"My
movies
are
not
explosive,
maybe
they
just
hold
up
a
mirror
to
society.
My
movies
are
not
judgmental,
I
just
show
what
happens
in
our
society,
sometimes
there
could
be
a
solution
and
sometimes
there
may
be
none.
Life
goes
on." He
adds.
With
Hat-trick
of
National
awards
already
under
his
belt,
Madhur's
Fashion,
which
is
making
quiet
a
buzz
and
is
awaiting
to
unfold
many
surprises,
will
now
be
reviewed
with
much
more
anticipation
and
expectations.