Farhad Samji

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

Farhad Samji
Born05 May 1974 (1974-05-05) (age 47)
Mumbai, India
Occupation
  • Film director
  • writer
  • composer
Years active1987–present
RelativesSajid Samji (brother)

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 of 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 will also make the social family comedy Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali starring Salman Khan and Pooja Hegde, which begins filming in October 2021 and is expected to release of Bakra Eid 2022. Both films are produced by Sajid Nadiadwala.

Filmography

As director
FilmYearNotesRef.
Entertainment 2014 Directed with Sajid
Housefull 3 2016 Directed with Sajid
Baby Come Naa 2018 Web series
Booo Sabki Phategi 2019 Web series
Housefull 4
Bachchhan Paandey 2022
Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali (film) TBA Directed with Sajid [4]

As writer
FilmYearNotes
Singham2019(dialogues)
Baaghi 32020(screenplay,

dialogues)

Street Dancer 3D2020(dialogues)
Laxmii2020(adapted screenplay,

dialogues)

Coolie No. 12020(dialogues)
Sooryavanshi 2021 (dialogues)
Bhool bhulaiyaa 2 2022 (dialogues)
Bachchhan Pandey 2022 (dialogues)

As lyricist
FilmYearSongNotes
Prassthanam2019"Prassthanam Title Track"Also music director.
Laxmii2020"Mata Ka Jagrata"also singer
Coolie No. 1"Coolie No. 1 Title Track"

As singer
FilmYearSongNotes
Housefull 42019"The Bhoot Song"also co-music director
Laxmii2020"Mata Ka Jagrata"also lyricist

As music composer
FilmYearSongNotes
Housefull 42019"The Bhoot Song"composer along with Sandeep Shirodkar; also singer along with Mika Singh and lyricist
Prassthanam2019"Prassthanam Title Track"Also lyricist.

Works with Sajid

Lyricists
Year Film Songs
2002 Hum Kisise Kum Nahin
Chor Machaaye Shor
2003 No
2006 Lage Raho Munna Bhai
Keerthi ChakraKhuda Se Mannat
2008 Sunday
God Tussi Great Ho
2012 Bol BachchanBol Bachchan
2016 Housefull 3

Writers
Year Film Director Notes
2006 Shiva Ram Gopal Varma dialogues
2007 Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag
2008 SundayRohit Shetty Screenplay, dialogues
Golmaal Returns dialogues
2009 All the Best: Fun Begins
2010 Golmaal 3
2011 ReadyAnees Bazmee
Double DhamaalIndra Kumar
SinghamRohit Shetty
2012 Housefull 2Sajid Khan
Bol BachchanRohit Shetty
2013 HimmatwalaSajid Khan
Chashme BaddoorDavid Dhawan
PolicegiriK.S. Ravikumar
Chennai ExpressRohit Shetty
BossAnthony D'Souza
2014 EntertainmentSajid-Farhad Screenplay, dialogues
Singham ReturnsRohit Shetty dialogues
2015 Dilwale
2016 Housefull 3Sajid-Farhad screenplay, dialogues
2017 Judwaa 2David Dhawan dialouges
Golmaal AgainRohit Shetty
2018 Simmba Additional screenplay

written by Sajid samji

while dialogues were

written by Farhad samji.

Directors
Year Film Notes
2014 Entertainment
2016 Housefull 3
2022 Bachchan Pandey

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. "Akshay Kumar starrer Bachchan Pandey to release on March 18, 2022; new posters unveiled". Bollywood Hungama. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. Hungama, Bollywood. "Farhad Samji Awards & Nominations - Bollywood Hungama".
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