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{{short description|Indian screenwriter and director}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Farhad Samji
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|5 May 1974}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|writer|lyricist|actor|singer|music director}}
| yearsactive = 1987–present
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| relatives = [[Sajid Samji]] (brother)
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'''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 (2020 film)|Coolie No. 1]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/farhad-samji-on-housefull-4-you-cannot-afford-to-be-serious-in-a-franchise-like-this/articleshow/71429358.cms|title=Farhad Samji on Housefull 4: You cannot afford to be serious in a franchise like this|website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref> He is famous for his works with his brother, [[Sajid Samji]]. The duo together is known as [[Sajid-Farhad|Sajid - Farhad]] and are known for directing films like ''[[Entertainment (2014 film)|Entertainment]]'' and ''[[Housefull 3]]''.

==Career==

Farhad started his career with his [[Sajid Samji|brother]] in 2002 as lyricists. After that they started writing dialogues since [[Shiva (2006 film)|Shiva]] in 2006. Their last movie was [[Simmba]] in 2018.In 2019, apart from writing dialogues for [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] film ''[[Singham (2019 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 (film series)|Housefull]]'' franchise and became a blockbuster despite of critically negative reviews).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/farhad-samji-on-housefull-4-you-cannot-afford-to-be-serious-in-a-franchise-like-this/articleshow/71429358.cms|title=Farhad Samji on Housefull 4: You cannot afford to be serious in a franchise like this|website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref>

Samji wrote dialogues for the 2020 films ''[[Street Dancer 3D]]'', ''[[Baaghi 3]]'' and ''[[Coolie No. 1 (2020 film)|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.<ref name="exp1">{{cite web|last1=Pereira|first1=Priyanka|title=Minding the Mindless|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/minding-the-mindless-3/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=31 May 2016|date=3 July 2012}}</ref> 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 al-Fitr|Eid]] 2023.{{Cn|date=November 2021}}

==Filmography==

===As director===

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Film !! Notes !! Ref.
|-
|2014
|''[[Entertainment (2014 film)|Entertainment]]''
|Directed with [[Sajid Samji|Sajid]]
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Housefull 3]]''
|Directed with [[Sajid Samji|Sajid]]
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Baby Come Naa]]''
|Web series
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''[[Booo Sabki Phategi]]''
| Web series
|
|-
| ''[[Housefull 4]]''
|Director and Writer
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Bachchhan Paandey]]''
| Remake of ''[[Jigarthanda (2014 film)|Jigarthanda]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2023
|''[[Pop Kaun?]]''
|Web Series
|
|-
| ''[[Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan]]''
| Remake of ''[[Veeram (2014 film)|Veeram]]''
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2022|title=Akshay Kumar starrer Bachchan Pandey to release on March 18, 2022; new posters unveiled|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/akshay-kumar-starrer-bachchan-pandey-release-march-18-2022-new-posters-unveiled/|access-date=18 January 2022 |work=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref>
|-
|}

===As writer===

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Film !! Notes
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Singham (2019 film)|Singham]]'' || Dialogues
|-
| rowspan="4" |2020
| ''[[Baaghi 3]]'' || Screenplay & Dialogues
|-
| ''[[Street Dancer 3D]]'' || Dialogues
|-
| ''[[Laxmii]]'' || Adapted Screenplay & Dialogues
|-
| ''[[Coolie No. 1 (2020 film)|Coolie No. 1]]'' || Dialogues
|-
|2021
|''[[Sooryavanshi]]''
|Dialogues
|-
|rowspan="2" |2022
|''[[Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2]]''
|Dialogues
|-
|''[[Bachchhan Pandey]]''
|Dialogues
|-
|}

===As actor===

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Film !! Role
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Baaghi 3]]'' || a man in gents toilet
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan]]'' || the Photographer in a wedding
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Web Series !! Role
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Pop Kaun?]]'' || Balwan Trivedi
|}

===As lyricist===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Film !! Song !! Notes
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Prassthanam]]'' || "Prassthanam Title Track"||Also music director
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| ''[[Laxmii]]'' || "Mata Ka Jagrata" || also singer
|-
|''[[Coolie No. 1 (2020 film)|Coolie No. 1]]'' || "Coolie No. 1 Title Track" ||
|}

===As singer===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Film !! 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===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Film !! 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 ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film
! Songs
|-
|rowspan="2"|2002
|''[[Hum Kisise Kum Nahin (2002 film)|Hum Kisise Kum Nahin]]''||
|-
|''[[Chor Machaaye Shor]]''||
|-
| 2006
|''[[Keerthi Chakra (film)|Keerthi Chakra]]''||''Khuda Se Mannat''
|-
|rowspan="2"|2008
|''[[Sunday (2008 film)|Sunday]]''||
|-
|''[[God Tussi Great Ho]]''||
|-
|2012
|''[[Bol Bachchan]]''|| ''Bol Bachchan''
|-
|2016
|''[[Housefull 3]]''||
|}

===As writer ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film
! Director
!Notes
|-
|2006
|''[[Shiva (2006 film)|Shiva]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[Ram Gopal Varma]]
| rowspan="2" |dialogues
|-
|2007
|''[[Aag (2007 film)|Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|2008
|''[[Sunday (2008 film)|Sunday]]''||rowspan=4|[[Rohit Shetty]]
|Screenplay, dialogues
|-
|''[[Golmaal Returns]]''
| rowspan="13" |dialogues
|-
|2009
|''[[All the Best: Fun Begins]]''
|-
|2010
|''[[Golmaal 3]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|2011
|''[[Ready (2011 film)|Ready]]''||[[Anees Bazmee]]
|-
| ''[[Double Dhamaal]]''||[[Indra Kumar]]
|-
|''[[Singham]]''||Rohit Shetty
|-
|rowspan="2"|2012
|''[[Housefull 2]]''||[[Sajid Khan (director)|Sajid Khan]]
|-
|''[[Bol Bachchan]]''||Rohit Shetty
|-
|rowspan="5"|2013
|''[[Himmatwala (2013 film)|Himmatwala]]''||[[Sajid Khan (director)|Sajid Khan]]
|-
|''[[Chashme Baddoor (2013 film)|Chashme Baddoor]]''||[[David Dhawan]]
|-
|''[[Policegiri]]''||[[K.S. Ravikumar]]
|-
|''[[Chennai Express]]''||Rohit Shetty
|-
|''[[Boss (2013 Hindi film)|Boss]]''||Anthony D'Souza
|-
|rowspan="2"|2014
|''[[Entertainment (2014 film)|Entertainment]]''||Sajid-Farhad
|Screenplay, dialogues
|-
|''[[Singham Returns]]''||rowspan=2|Rohit Shetty
| rowspan="2" |dialogues
|-
|2015
|''[[Dilwale (2015 film)|Dilwale]]''
|-
|2016
|''[[Housefull 3]]''|| Sajid-Farhad
|screenplay, dialogues
|-
|rowspan="2"|2017
|''[[Judwaa 2]]''||[[David Dhawan]]
| rowspan="2" |dialogues
|-
|''[[Golmaal Again]]''||rowspan=2|Rohit Shetty
|-
|2018
|''[[Simmba]]''
|Additional screenplay
written by [[Sajid Samji|Sajid samji]]

while dialogues were

written by Farhad samji.
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
* Nominated for [[Producers Guild Film Awards]] for Writing Dialogue for the movie [[Singham (2019 film)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/farhad-samji/awards/nominated/|title=Farhad Samji Awards & Nominations - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] }}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|2260872}}

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