Sajid-Farhad | |
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Born | Sajid Samji 20 August 1967 Farhad Samji 5 May 1974 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Occupation | Film directors, writers |
Years active | 2002—present |
Sajid-Farhad are an Indian film director and writer duo consisting of 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, It's 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.
The duo started their career as lyricists. Salman Khan first heard their songs and recommended them to David Dhawan and he roped them in for 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 offer from Ram Gopal Varma for Shiva (2006) and thereafter they penned dialogues for Rohit Shetty's Sunday (2008) and Golmaal Returns (2008).