Farhad Samji

Farhad Samji
Born5 May 1974 (1974-05-05) (age 50)
Mumbai, India
Occupations
  • Film director
  • writer
  • lyricist
  • actor
  • singer
  • music director
Years active1987–present
RelativesSajid Samji (brother)

Farhad Samji (born 5 May 1974) is an Indian writer, singer, lyricist, actor, music and film director who works in Hindi cinema. He is known for directing Housefull 4, Bachchhan Paandey, and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan independently. He has also made special appearances in films like Baaghi 3 and Coolie No. 1.[1] He is famous for his works with his brother, Sajid Samji. The duo together is known as Sajid - Farhad and are known for directing films like Entertainment and Housefull 3.

Career

Farhad started his career with his brother in 2002 as lyricists. After that they started writing dialogues since Shiva in 2006. Their last movie was Simmba in 2018.In 2019, apart from writing dialogues for Punjabi film Singham, he directed web series Booo Sabki Phategi and the action comedy movie Housefull 4 (starring Akshay Kumar and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, which was the fourth part of Housefull franchise and became a blockbuster despite critically negative reviews.[2]

Samji wrote dialogues for the 2020 films Street Dancer 3D, Baaghi 3 and Coolie No. 1. He has completed his next directorial, the Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon 2021 starrer Bachchan Pandey, whose shooting took place from January to March 2021.[3] Samji also made the social family comedy Kisi ka Bhai Kisi ki Jaan starring Salman Khan and Pooja Hegde, which began filming in May 2022 and concluded in December 2022 and released on Eid 2023.[4]

Filmography

As director

Year Film Notes Ref.
2014 Entertainment Directed with Sajid
2016 Housefull 3 Directed with Sajid
2018 Baby Come Naa Web series
2019 Booo Sabki Phategi Web series
Housefull 4 Director and Writer
2022 Bachchhan Paandey Remake of Jigarthanda
2023 Pop Kaun? Web Series
Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan Remake of Veeram; co-written with Sparsh Khetarpal, Tasha Bhambra [5]

As writer

Year Film Notes
2011 Singham Dialogues
2020 Baaghi 3 Screenplay & Dialogues
Street Dancer 3D Dialogues
Laxmii Adapted Screenplay & Dialogues
Coolie No. 1 Dialogues
2021 Sooryavanshi Dialogues
2022 Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Dialogues
Bachchhan Pandey Dialogues

As actor

Year Film Role
2020 Baaghi 3 a man in gents toilet
2023 Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan the Photographer in a wedding
Year Web Series Role
2023 Pop Kaun? Balwan Trivedi

As lyricist

Year Film Song Notes
2019 Prassthanam "Prassthanam Title Track" Also music director
2020 Laxmii "Mata Ka Jagrata" also singer
Coolie No. 1 "Coolie No. 1 Title Track"

As singer

Year Film Song Notes
2019 Housefull 4 "The Bhoot Song" also co-music director
2020 Laxmii "Mata Ka Jagrata" also lyricist
2023 Pop Kaun? "All Songs" also lyricist

As music composer

Year Film Song Notes
2019 Housefull 4 "The Bhoot Song" composer along with Sandeep Shirodkar; also singer along with Mika Singh and lyricist
2019 Prassthanam "Prassthanam Title Track" Also lyricist
2023 Pop Kaun? "All Songs" Also lyricist

Works with Sajid

As lyricist

Year Film Songs
2002 Hum Kisise Kum Nahin
Chor Machaaye Shor
2006 Keerthi Chakra Khuda Se Mannat
2008 Sunday
God Tussi Great Ho
2012 Bol Bachchan Bol Bachchan
2016 Housefull 3

As writer

Year Film Director Notes
2006 Shiva Ram Gopal Varma dialogues
2007 Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag
2008 Sunday Rohit Shetty Screenplay, dialogues
Golmaal Returns dialogues
2009 All the Best: Fun Begins
2010 Golmaal 3
2011 Ready Anees Bazmee
Double Dhamaal Indra Kumar
Singham Rohit Shetty
2012 Housefull 2 Sajid Khan
Bol Bachchan Rohit Shetty
2013 Himmatwala Sajid Khan
Chashme Baddoor David Dhawan
Policegiri K.S. Ravikumar
Chennai Express Rohit Shetty
Boss Anthony D'Souza
2014 Entertainment Sajid-Farhad Screenplay, dialogues
Singham Returns Rohit Shetty dialogues
2015 Dilwale
2016 Housefull 3 Sajid-Farhad screenplay, dialogues
2017 Judwaa 2 David Dhawan dialogues
Golmaal Again Rohit Shetty
2018 Simmba Additional screenplay

written by Sajid samji

while dialogues were

written by Farhad samji.

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ "Farhad Samji on Housefull 4: You cannot afford to be serious in a franchise like this". Mumbai Mirror.
  2. ^ "Farhad Samji on Housefull 4: You cannot afford to be serious in a franchise like this". Mumbai Mirror.
  3. ^ Pereira, Priyanka (3 July 2012). "Minding the Mindless". The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan Trailer: Salman Khan Returns With Yet Another Action-Masala Entertainer". HerZindagi English. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Akshay Kumar starrer Bachchan Pandey to release on March 18, 2022; new posters unveiled". Bollywood Hungama. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  6. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (August 2024). "Farhad Samji Awards & Nominations - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama.