Top 5 directors who had actors give their best performance.

5 Indian directors who lifted and boosted the actor/actresses career by having them show their best acting skills.

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For a good movie the major credit goes to the actors and directors along with numerous people working behind the scenes. A good director is known to make the most out of an average script with his vision and execution as well. Similarly there have been times when a director has completely changed an actor's career by bringing the best out of them, so here we have the list of 5 Bollywood directors who helped the actors gain commercial and critical success.

1. Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Ranveer Singh.

While Sanjay Leela Bhansali is known for some of the biggest commercial and critical hits of various actors including Shah Rukh Khan starring in Devdas, his collaboration with Ranveer Singh for three films - Goliyon Ki Raasleela : Ram Leela, Bajirao Mastrani and Padmavat definitely helped Ranveer cement his name in the list of best and top actors.

2. Vishal Bhardwaj - Shahid Kapoor.

Shahid Kapoor is known for his chocolate boy image doing various romantic comedies until he starred in Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey, a role that changed his career. The actor-director duo collaborated for two more movies - Rangoon and Haider in which the later was much praised and helped Shahid gain critical acclaim for his acting skills.

3. Ashutosh Gowarikar - Shah Rukh Khan.

While Ashutosh Gowarikar's name is remembered for his iconic Lagaan, his collaboration with Shah Rukh Khan for much underrated Swades helped audience see SRK in a completely different avatar or to say 'not Rahul or Raj'. Swades is marked as one of the best performances of Shah Rukh Khan's career.

4. Rohit Shetty - Ajay Devgan.

While Ajay Devgan was already a big star known for her various roles in action romantic dramas along with doing comedy in some, Rohit Shetty's Golmaal franchise followed by Singham gave Ajay Devgan some of the biggest hits of his career as well as the iconic characters which inspired to create the whole new cop universe followed by Simbba and Sooryavanshi.

5. Madhur Bhandarkar - Priyanka Chopra.

Priyanka Chopra, a leading Bollywood actress and a global icon, gained much popularity for her various roles in romantic and action dramas playing the love interest except her strong negative performance in Aitraaz. However it was her collaboration with Madhur Bhandar for the movie Fashion which earned her much praises and a National Film Award. Madhuri Bandarkar did it again with Kareena Kapoor bringing one of her best performances on screen in Heroine as well.

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