Farhad Samji
Biography
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. He is famous for his work with his brother, Sajid Samji. The duo together is known as Sajid-Farhad and is known for directing films like Entertainment and Housefull 3.
Farhad started his career with his brother in 2002 as a lyricist. After that, they started writing dialogues since Shiva in 2006. Their last movie was Simmba in 2018. In 2019, apart from writing dialogues for the 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 was the fourth part of Housefull franchise and became a blockbuster despite of critically negative reviews).
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.
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.
