Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s father Navin, too, met with a  fate in the tricky world of showbiz and took to alcohol, resulting in traumatic childhood memories for the Black director.Farah’s father Kamran Khan’s chances of making it big as a filmmaker, and the family fell on trying times.
Bhansali and Farah went on to assist filmmakers Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Mansoor Khan on Parinda and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander respectively. Interestingly, Farah’s career took an unintentional turn as a choreographer on the sets of JJWS, whereas Bhansali was appointed as the director of a song on Chopra’s bleak story about two brothers and the mafia.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali entered the Bollywood landscape silently, with not-so-successful Khamoshi, but he really hit the marquee with Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which went on to become one of the most successful films in the year and put Bhansali at front of successful directors. Bhansali continued his success march with really-mega-budget Devdas, churning out enough money to justify the big budget, even resulting in the selection for India’s official entry to best foreign-language film at Academy awards, only to be ousted too early just like most of Indian films. Strengthening Bhansali as one of looked upon figure of Bollywood, but surprising was yet to come. In 2005, Bhansali came up with “breakthrough cinema”, “critically-acclaimed”, “beautifully crafted” et al BLACK.
Coming to Saawariya, Saawariya is adaptation of Fryodor Dostoevsky’s short story White Nights. Russian authors are known for their dark, depressing love stories about unrequited love, with most of the stories ending in agony, nervousness and depression. As a screenplay, the story is best.

On the other hand,Farah  won accolades for her dance directing skills with songs like Dhol bajne laga (Virasat), Chaiyyan Chaiyyan (Dil Se..) and Idhar chala (Koi… Mil Gaya). Her work in Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding and Vanity Fair and the Broadway musical, Bombay Dreams, gave her international exposure. The latter also earned her a nomination, along with Anthony Van Laast, at the prestigious Tony Awards in 2004.

Her dream of making films became a reality when buddy SRK decided to produce and star in her debut, Main Hoon Na. Not only did Farah successfully introduce the audience to a ’spoof’, but she also went on to become the first ever lady director to be nominated for a Filmfare award in the Best Director category.

Om Shanti Om is Farah’s second film as opposed to Saawariya , which is Bhansali’s fifth film. Although both directors launch newcomers, model turned actress Deepika Padukone (OSO).Bhansali introduce to Rishi and Neetu Kapoor’s son Ranbir and Anil Kapoor’s daughter Sonam, who debut in Saawariya,

So, Let’s see who will be the king of audience heart.

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