Farhad Samji (born 5 May 1975) 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
Year Title Notes Ref. 2014EntertainmentDirected with Sajid2016Housefull 32018Baby Come NaaWeb series 2019 Booo Sabki Phategi Housefull 4Director and Writer 2022 Bachchhan Paandey Remake of Jigarthanda2023Pop Kaun?Web Series Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan Remake of Veeram; co-written with Sparsh Khetarpal, Tasha Bhambra
As writer
Year Title Notes 2011 Singham Dialogues2020 Baaghi 3 Screenplay & Dialogues Street Dancer 3D Dialogues Laxmii Adapted Screenplay & Dialogues Coolie No. 1 Dialogues2021Sooryavanshi2022Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2Bachchhan Pandey2025Housefull 5Dialogues, co-wrote with Tarun Mansukhani 2026Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai DialoguesWelcome to the Jungle
As actor
Year Title 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 Title Song Notes 2019 Prassthanam "Prassthanam Title Track"also music director 2020 Laxmii "Mata Ka Jagrata" also singerCoolie No. 1 "Coolie No. 1 Title Track"
As singer Year Title 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 Title 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 2002Hum Kisise Kum NahinChor Machaaye Shor 2006Keerthi Chakra"Khuda Se Mannat"2008SundayGod Tussi Great Ho2012Bol Bachchan "Bol Bachchan"2016Housefull 3
As writer
Year Film Director Notes2006ShivaRam Gopal Varmadialogues2007Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag2008SundayRohit Shetty Screenplay, dialoguesGolmaal Returnsdialogues2009All the Best: Fun Begins2010Golmaal 32011ReadyAnees Bazmee Double DhamaalIndra KumarSinghamRohit Shetty2012Housefull 2Sajid KhanBol BachchanRohit Shetty2013HimmatwalaSajid KhanChashme BaddoorDavid DhawanPolicegiriK.S. RavikumarChennai ExpressRohit ShettyBossAnthony D'Souza2014EntertainmentSajid-FarhadScreenplay, dialoguesSingham ReturnsRohit Shettydialogues2015Dilwale2016Housefull 3 Sajid-Farhadscreenplay, dialogues2017Judwaa 2David DhawandialoguesGolmaal AgainRohit Shetty2018SimmbaAdditional screenplay written by Sajid Samji while dialogues were written by Farhad Samji
Awards and nominations Nominated for Producers Guild Film Awards for Writing Dialogue for the film Singham
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