Sajid-Farhad


Sajid-Farhad is an Indian film director and writer duo consisting of brothers Sajid Samji and Farhad Samji. Their work as writers include the films Shiva, Sunday, Double Dhamaal, Golmaal Returns, All The Best: Fun Begins, Housefull 2, Ready, Golmaal 3, Singham, Bol Bachchan, Chashme Baddoor, Himmatwala, Chennai Express, Entertainment and Singham Returns. Five of the films they have written have entered the Bollywood 100 crore club. In 2014, they started directing films with Entertainment.

Career

The brothers were born in an Aga Khani Nizari Ismaili family.
The duo started their career as lyricists. David Dhawan roped them in for the film Hum Kisise Kum Nahin. Sajid-Farhad first tasted success as lyricists with the song "M Bole Toh" from Munnabhai MBBS. After that they got an offer from Ram Gopal Varma for Shiva and thereafter they penned dialogues for Rohit Shetty's Sunday and Golmaal Returns.
The duo made their directorial debut with Entertainment, a slapstick comedy film starring Akshay Kumar and Tamannaah Bhatia. The film was released on 8 August 2014. Their next film Housefull 3 starring Akshay Kumar, Lisa Haydon and Nargis Fakhri was released on 3 June 2016.
In 2018, Farhad wrote and directed a comedy web-series, Baby Come Naa for Ekta Kapoor's OTT platform ALT Balaji starring Shreyas Talpade, Chunky Pandey, Kiku Sharda, Shefali Zariwala and Manasi Scott.

Filmography

Lyricist

YearFilmSongs
2002Hum Kisise Kum Nahin
2002Chor Machaaye Shor
2006Keerthi ChakraKhuda Se Mannat
2008Sunday
2008God Tussi Great Ho
2010Toofan
2012Bol Bachchan Bol Bachchan
2016Housefull 3

Writers

YearFilmDirector
2006ShivaRam Gopal Varma
2007AagRam Gopal Varma
2008SundayRohit Shetty
2008Golmaal ReturnsRohit Shetty
2009All the Best: Fun BeginsRohit Shetty
2010Golmaal 3Rohit Shetty
2010ToofanMajor Ravi
2011ReadyAnees Bazmee
2011Double DhamaalIndra Kumar
2011SinghamRohit Shetty
2012Housefull 2Sajid Khan
2012Bol BachchanRohit Shetty
2013HimmatwalaSajid Khan
2013Chashme BaddoorDavid Dhawan
2013PolicegiriK.S. Ravikumar
2013Chennai ExpressRohit Shetty
2013BossAnthony D'Souza
2014EntertainmentSajid-Farhad
2014Singham ReturnsRohit Shetty
2015DilwaleRohit Shetty
2016Housefull 3Sajid-Farhad
2017Judwaa 2David Dhawan
2017Golmaal AgainRohit Shetty
2018SimmbaRohit Shetty