Sajid-Farhad is an

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and

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duo consisting of brothers

Sajid Samji Sajid Samji (born 20 August 1967) is an Indian writer, composer and film director. He is the brother of composer Farhad Samji and a member of the duo Sajid-Farhad. Career He started his career with Tere Pyaar Mein as dialogue writer since then ...

and

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 ...

. Their work as writers include the films ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Double Dhamaal ''Double Dhamaal'' (also known as ''Sequel of Dhamaal'') () is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language comedy film and a sequel to the 2007 hit film ''Dhamaal'', and the second installment of '' Dhamaal film series''. The film is directed and produced by Ind ...

'', ''

Golmaal Returns ''Golmaal Returns'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty. Based on the 1973 Hindi film ''Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar'', it serves as the second installment in the '' Golmaal film series''. The film stars Ajay Devgn, A ...

'', '' All The Best: Fun Begins'', ''

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, ba ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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, ...

'', ''

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 ...

'', ''

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 se ...

'', '' Chashme Baddoor'', '' Himmatwala'', ''

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 ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

Singham Returns ''Singham Returns'' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Rohit Shetty as the second installment of his Cop Universe.

''. Five of the films they have written have entered the

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. In 2014, they started directing films with ''

''.

Career

The brothers were born in an

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(

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)

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family. The duo started their career as lyricists.

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roped them in for the film ''

Hum Kisise Kum Nahin ''Hum Kisise Kum Naheen'' () is a 1977 Indian musical film, musical drama film produced and directed by Nasir Hussain. It took the third top spot at the box office in 1977. The film stars Rishi Kapoor, Tariq Khan (actor), Tariq Khan, Kaajal K ...

'' (2002). Sajid-Farhad first tasted success as lyricists with the song "M Bole Toh" from ''

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'' (2004). After that they got an offer from

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for ''

'' (2006) and thereafter they penned dialogues for

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's ''Sunday'' (2008) and ''

'' (2008). The duo made their directorial debut with ''

'', a slapstick comedy film starring

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and Tamannah. The film was released on 8 August 2014. Their next film ''

Housefull 3 ''Housefull 3'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film co-written and directed by Sajid-Farhad and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under the banner Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. The film is the third installment of the ''Houseful ...

'' starring

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and

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was released on 3 June 2016. In 2018, Farhad wrote and directed a comedy web-series, '' Baby Come Naa'' for

Ekta Kapoor Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...

's OTT platform

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starring

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Kiku Sharda Kiku Sharda (born Raghavendra Sharda; 14 February 1976) is an Indian comedian as well as film and television actor. He was born on 14 February 1976 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Kiku completed his schooling in Mumbai where he also completed his post-g ...

, Shefali Zariwala and

Manasi Scott Manasi Scott is an Indian singer, songwriter, and an actress. Manasi is best known for her live performances and for composing "Khatti Meethi" for Sanjay Gupta's ''Acid Factory''. In 2018, she played the female protagonist in ALTBalaji's web se ...

.AltBalaji announces new comedy web-series ‘Baby Come Naa’
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Filmography

Lyricists

Writers

Directors

References

External links

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