Vishal Bhardwaj is an award-winning Indian director, screenwriter, music director, playback singer, and film producer, who works primarily in the field of Hindi films. His films have received much critical acclaim, especially his adaptations of Shakespeare's tragedies: Maqbool (Macbeth), Omkara (Othello), and Haider (Hamlet). He has won multiple National Film Awards in different categories: Best Music Direction: Godmother (1999), Ishqiya (2010), Haider (2014), for Best Children's Film: The Blue Umbrella; Best Screenplay (Dialogues): Haider, and Best Screenplay: Talwar (2015). He also won the National Film Award - Special Jury Award for Omkara (2006).