25 Years of Khamoshi: Manisha Koirala reminisces about working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali 25 : Bollywood News

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's directorial debut Khamoshi, starring Manisha Koirala and Salman Khan, was released in theatres 25 years ago today. The film marks the beginning of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's career as a filmmaker. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Khamoshi, which was released on August 9, 1996, Manisha Koirala shared her fond recollections of the film on social media.

25 Years of Khamoshi: Manisha Koirala reminisces about working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali

The actress posted on Instagram, alongside a poster for the musical love drama and a throwback shot of herself, Salman Khan, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, writing, "What is life without an impossible dream! This was a quote that brought us together! My dearest friend Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the #genius who started his career with my bestest film #khamoshi #25years ago...and dazzled all of us with repeated brilliance one film after another."

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She added: "What a journey he has had, like many I too bow down to his passion for cinema...love you loads Sanjay..a huge congratulations on completing 25 years in #hindicinema and big thank you got showing us great cinema.... #25YearsOfSLB #25yearsofkhamoshi."

Nana Patekar, Seema Biswas, Helen, and Raghuvir Yadav also starred in Khamoshi. Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shraddha Pandit, Udit Narayan, and Sulakshana Pandit sang on the film's soundtrack, which was composed by Jatin Lalit. Sanjay Leela Bhansali won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie for the film, while Manisha Koirala won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for the film in 1996.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next film Gangubai Kathiawadi will release this year.

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