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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 (Khoja) Nizari Ismaili family. The duo started their career as lyricists. David Dhawan roped them in for the film ''Hum Kisise Kum Nahin'' (2002). Sajid-Farhad first tasted success as lyricists with the song "M Bole Toh" from ''Munnabhai MBBS'' (2004). After that they got an offer from Ram Gopal Varma for ''Shiva'' (2006) and thereafter they penned dialogues for Rohit Shetty's ''Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment (2014 Film)
''Entertainment'' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by screenwriter duo Sajid-Farhad and produced by Ramesh S. Taurani under Tips Industries Limited banner. Based on an original story by K. Subash, the film stars Junior - The wonder dog as the titular protagonist and Akshay Kumar, along with Tamannaah, Mithun Chakraborty, Johnny Lever, Prakash Raj and Sonu Sood. The film was released on 8 August 2014. Receiving mixed reviews from critics, it became a box-office bomb, commercial failure. Plot The film starts with Akhil Lokhande (Akshay Kumar) getting paid for doing an ad, where he gets into a fight, as he wasn't paid the full amount of money that they had promised. This continues with a few other assignments, where Akhil constantly gets underpaid, resulting in a fight, ends the fight when he gets a phone call, and says he has to go somewhere. He then arrives on a shoot where Sakshi (Tamannaah) is shooting for her television series. After he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Entertainment
''Entertainment'' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by screenwriter duo Sajid-Farhad and produced by Ramesh S. Taurani under Tips Industries Limited banner. Based on an original story by K. Subash, the film stars Junior - The wonder dog as the titular protagonist and Akshay Kumar, along with Tamannaah, Mithun Chakraborty, Johnny Lever, Prakash Raj and Sonu Sood. The film was released on 8 August 2014. Receiving mixed reviews from critics, it became a commercial failure. Plot The film starts with Akhil Lokhande (Akshay Kumar) getting paid for doing an ad, where he gets into a fight, as he wasn't paid the full amount of money that they had promised. This continues with a few other assignments, where Akhil constantly gets underpaid, resulting in a fight, ends the fight when he gets a phone call, and says he has to go somewhere. He then arrives on a shoot where Sakshi (Tamannaah) is shooting for her television series. After her shoot lets out, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday (2008 Film)
''Sunday'' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language mystery comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty. The film stars Ajay Devgan, Ayesha Takia, Arshad Warsi and Irrfan Khan in lead roles. It is a remake of the 2005 Telugu film ''Anukokunda Oka Roju''. ''Sunday'' released on 25 January 2008, and received mixed response from critics. It also managed to do average business at the box office worldwide. Plot The story takes place in the city of Delhi. The film begins when a girl is murdered by an unseen killer. It is learnt that the killer was her fiance & had acquired evidence about her infidelity. Then, the story shifts to life of Sehar (Ayesha Takia), a voiceover artist. Sehar, who lives alone in a flat, has a friend named Ritu (Anjana Sukhani), who is a fashion designer. Sehar has a rare disorder - her memory blanks out, leaving her clueless about events that took place in a certain time period. Hence, she rarely socialises. But Ritu forcefully takes her to a nightclub. Sehar had previously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai Express
''Chennai Express'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Gauri Khan and Karim Morani, based on a story by K. Subash, with a screenplay written by Yunus Sajawal and dialogues by Farhad-Sajid. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan as Rahul Mithaiwala, a man who accidentally boards the eponymous train and journeys from Mumbai to Rameswaram with the daughter of a local don, played by Deepika Padukone. Nikitin Dheer and Sathyaraj play supporting roles. The first planned collaboration between Khan and Shetty was a remake of '' Angoor'' (1982). The script of ''Chennai Express'', which was initially written as a backup project for Khan, was chosen instead. Conceived as a "commercial romance", the film was originally titled ''Ready Steady Po''. Filming began in Mehboob Studio in October 2012 and was completed by May 2013. A large part of the film was set in Ooty, for which sets were constructed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bol Bachchan
''Bol Bachchan'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Ajay Devgn & Dhillin Mehta under Ajay Devgn FFilms and Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited respectively, with Fox Star Studios serving as distributor and presenter. Based on a script by writers Yunus Sajwal and Farhad-Sajid and a story by Shetty, it stars Abhishek Bachchan as the titular character, with Ajay Devgn, Asin, Prachi Desai, Krushna Abhishek, Neeraj Vora and Archana Puran Singh, and is loosely based on the 1979 Hrishikesh Mukherjee classic ''Gol Maal''. Himesh Reshammiya composed the film's soundtrack with Ajay–Atul as guest composers on a dance number, with Amar Mohile composing the score. The trailer was launched on 24 May 2012. ''Bol Bachchan'' made a new record through advance ticket booking, and was released in cinemas on 6 July 2012, with a runtime of 155 minutes and an investment of . The film marks the last collaboration between Shetty and Vora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housefull 2
''Housefull 2'', sometimes called ''Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen'', is an 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by Sajid Khan. Brothers Sajid Samji and Farhad Samji co-wrote the film under their duo Sajid-Farhad, based on a story by Sajid Nadiadwala. Produced by Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and distributed by Eros International, it is the second installment of ''Housefull'' franchise and a standalone sequel to '' Housefull'' (2010), and also an uncredited remake of the 1998 Malayalam film '' Mattupetti Machan''. ''Housefull 2'' contains a large ensemble cast of over 80 actors with the primary cast including Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Riteish Deshmukh and Shreyas Talpade. It co-stars Asin, Jacqueline Fernandez, Mithun Chakraborty, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Chunky Pandey, Zareen Khan, Shazahn Padamsee, Boman Irani and Johnny Lever. The story is set in London. ''Housefull 2'' was released theatrically on 5 April 2012 with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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 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). Samji w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chashme Buddoor (2012 Film)
''Chashme Baddoor'' is an Indian List of Bollywood films of 2013, 2013 Hindi language Slapstick film, slapstick comedy film directed by David Dhawan and written by Sajid-Farhad, Sajid and Farhad Samji. An official remake of the 1981 film ''Chashme Buddoor (1981 film), Chashme Buddoor'', it was produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and stars Ali Zafar and debutante Taapsee Pannu with Divyenndu and Siddharth (actor), Siddharth in lead roles. The film was released on 5 April 2013 Plot Seema Ranjan (Taapsee Pannu) is a young girl who lives in Mumbai with her father Suryakant “Santru” Ranjan (Anupam Kher). He, being an active military officer, wants Seema to marry an armyman. He had arranged Seema's marriage to such people five times in a row, with Seema evading all five arrangements. Her father had now arranged her marriage for the sixth time, which Seema evades again and escapes to Goa to live with her uncle Chandrakant “Chiku” Ranjan, her father Suryakant’s younger twi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singham Returns
''Singham Returns'' is a 2014 Cinema of India, Indian Bollywood, Hindi-Hindi, language action film directed by Rohit Shetty as the second installment of his Cop Universe.Singham Returns 2014 Movie News, Wallpapers, Songs & Videos Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved on 12 August 2015. Produced jointly by Reliance Entertainment, Rohit Shetty Picturez and Ajay Devgn FFilms, it is inspired by the Malayalam film ''Ekalavyan (film), Ekalavyan'' (1993) and serves as a sequel to ''Singham'' (2011). Ajay Devgn reprises his role as DCP Bajirao Singham, while Kareena Kapoor portrays the female lead replacing Kajal Aggarwal. It is written by Yunus Sajawal and Sajid-Farhad. Released worldwide on Independence Day (India), Indian Independence Day 2014, ''Singham Returns'' broke various opening d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singham
''Singham'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment, based on a script by writers Yunus Sajawal and Farhad-Sajid. It serves as first installment of Shetty's Cop Universe. A remake of the 2010 Tamil film '' of the same title'' by Hari, the film stars Ajay Devgn in the lead role as a police officer named Bajirao Singham alongside Kajal Aggarwal and Prakash Raj who reprises his role as in original. It was theatrically released in India on 22 July 2011 with a strong box office response; the film earned 876 million in India on the first day and a worldwide total of against a budget, becoming a box-office blockbuster. Following the film's success, Devgn and Shetty collaborated for the sequel ''Singham Returns'' (2014). Devgn reprised his role in Shetty's directorials ''Simmba'' (2018) and ''Sooryavanshi'' (2021) which together form Shetty's Cop Universe. Plot Inspector Rakesh Kadam is an honest police officer w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ready (2011 Film)
''Ready'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee. Produced by T-Series Films, Rawail Grandsons Entertainment and Software Pvt. Ltd., Sohail Khan Productions and Eros International, the film is the official remake of the 2008 Telugu film of the same name directed by Srinu Vaitla. The film stars Salman Khan and Asin Thottumkal in their second film together after '' London Dreams''. ''Ready'' was distributed by Wave Cinemas and One Up Entertainment. Khan also narrated the film, while the story was written by Gopimohan and Kona Venkat. Principal photography commenced in June 2010. The film was shot in Sri Lanka, Bangkok and Mumbai. First look poster was launched on 5 April 2011. Theatrically released worldwide on 2 June 2011, ''Ready'' broke all the records for a non-holiday film It grossed 120 crore net in India against its 30 crore budget, and the lifetime global collection was 180 crore. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golmaal 3
''Golmaal 3'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and the third film in the '' Golmaal series''. The film contains an ensemble cast starring Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Mithun Chakraborty, Kareena Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemu, Ratna Pathak Shah and Johnny Lever. The storyline is partially inspired from Basu Chatterjee's 1978 film ''Khatta Meetha'' which itself was based on the 1968 film '' Yours, Mine and Ours''. ''Golmaal 3'' was released on 5 November 2010, coinciding with Diwali. The film received mixed reviews, with praise for its humour and performances, but criticism for its repetitive jokes and narrative. Nevertheless the film was a blockbuster and became the fourth film to enter the 100 Crore Club in India, eventually nearing a final worldwide total of . The film was ranked as the second highest-grossing film of 2010 in India after ''Dabangg'' and third in worldwide behind ''Dabangg'' and ''My Name Is Khan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
