Farhad Samji


Farhad Samji 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. 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 Sajid, in 2002, as lyricists. They started writing dialogues for movies, starting with Shiva in 2006, and followed by numerous collaborations as writers for the Golmaal series, Sunday, Himmatwala, Bol Bachchan, and Singham series, with their last collaboration being Simmba in 2018. In 2019, apart from writing dialogues for Punjabi film Singham, he directed the web series Booo Sabki Phategi and the action comedy movie Housefull 4 (starring Akshay Kumar and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, which became the highest grossing film of the Housefull franchise generating ₹280 crores of revenue at the box office, despite critically negative reviews.
Samji continued to write dialogues for the 2020 films Street Dancer 3D, Baaghi 3 and Coolie No. 1. He released his next directorial, the Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon 2021 starrer Bachchan Pandey, in March 2022, whose shooting took place from January to March 2021. Samji also made the social family comedy Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan starring Salman Khan and Pooja Hegde, which released in 2023.

Filmography

As director

YearFilmNotesRef.
2014EntertainmentDirected with Sajid
2016Housefull 3Directed with Sajid
2018Baby Come NaaWeb series
2019Booo Sabki PhategiWeb series
2019Housefull 4Director and Writer
2022Bachchhan PaandeyRemake of Jigarthanda
2023Pop Kaun?Web Series
2023Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki JaanRemake of Veeram; co-written with Sparsh Khetarpal, Tasha Bhambra

As writer

YearFilmNotes
2011SinghamDialogues
2020Baaghi 3Screenplay & Dialogues
2020Street Dancer 3DDialogues
2020LaxmiiAdapted Screenplay & Dialogues
2020Coolie No. 1Dialogues
2021SooryavanshiDialogues
2022Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2Dialogues
2022Bachchhan PandeyDialogues
2025Housefull 5Dialogues, co-wrote with Tarun Mansukhani

As actor

YearFilmRole
2020Baaghi 3a man in gents toilet
2023Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaanthe Photographer in a wedding

As lyricist

As singer

As music composer

Works with Sajid

As lyricist

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

As writer

YearFilmDirectorNotes
2006ShivaRam Gopal Varmadialogues
2007Ram Gopal Varma Ki AagRam Gopal Varmadialogues
2008SundayRohit ShettyScreenplay, dialogues
2008Golmaal ReturnsRohit Shettydialogues
2009All the Best: Fun BeginsRohit Shettydialogues
2010Golmaal 3Rohit Shettydialogues
2011ReadyAnees Bazmeedialogues
2011Double DhamaalIndra Kumardialogues
2011SinghamRohit Shettydialogues
2012Housefull 2Sajid Khandialogues
2012Bol BachchanRohit Shettydialogues
2013HimmatwalaSajid Khandialogues
2013Chashme BaddoorDavid Dhawandialogues
2013PolicegiriK.S. Ravikumardialogues
2013Chennai ExpressRohit Shettydialogues
2013BossAnthony D'Souzadialogues
2014EntertainmentSajid-FarhadScreenplay, dialogues
2014Singham ReturnsRohit Shettydialogues
2015DilwaleRohit Shettydialogues
2016Housefull 3Sajid-Farhadscreenplay, dialogues
2017Judwaa 2David Dhawandialogues
2017Golmaal AgainRohit Shettydialogues
2018SimmbaRohit ShettyAdditional screenplay written by Sajid Samji while dialogues were written by Farhad Samji

Awards and nominations