Chopra in Fashion and Kareena Kapoor in Heroine.) The exception here being Neil Nitin Mukesh, who was cast as the protagonist in the movie Jail. He has also depicted gay characters in his movies like Page 3,Traffic Signal and Fashion. In an interview, he said: "My movies are not exposes, 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.". Madhur is known for his hard-hitting and realistic films. Filmography Television Awards 2016: Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, by the Government of India. National Film Awards 2007: Best Direction: Traffic Signal Sophia Awards at Syracuse International Film Festival 2014. Conferred with the prestigious British honour - the Creative Spirit and Visionary Director's Award for 2013-14 - at the House of Commons, London, UK State of Maharashtra conferred Bhandarkar with the Raj Kapoor Smriti Award for contribution to Indian cinema. Achievements International awards Chandni Bar, Best Film at Zimbabwe International Film Festival 2003 and Technical Award for Best Background Music Score at Moscow International Film Festival 2003. Page 3, Official Selection at the Raindance Film Festival, London 2006 and IFFLA Los Angeles 2006. Corporate, Official Selection at the Berlin Asia-Pacific Film Festival 2006. Fashion, Official Selection at the 31st Moscow International Film Festival 2009, Festival de Festivals, St.Petersburg 2009 and Norway Bollywood Festival 2009. Retrospective of Page 3, Traffic Signal and Fashion with Russian Sub-Titles held by the Ministry of Culture, Russia and SOVEXPORTFILM in Moscow 2009. Retrospective of Chandni Bar, Page 3, Corporate, Traffic Signal, Fashion and Jail at the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival 2009. In 2009 he was awarded the Best Director for his Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema by the Ministry of Culture, Russia. A retrospective of five films made by the filmmaker were showcased at the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival in Egypt from 10–20 November 2009. The films included Chandni Bar, Page3, Corporate, Traffic Signal and Fashion. Bhandarkar was present for the International event. Other awards Bhandarkar received the Society Leading Lights Leadership Award in March 2017. Mayor of Mumbai – Excellency Award (2006) Kalaranjani Awards – (2005) Kalakar Awards for Best Director (2007) for Corporate Pride of Nation Award Kesari Gaurav Sanman Lions Gold Award (2005–06) (2008–09) IMPPA Awards Asian Film Foundation Award (2008) Farsa