Farhad Samji

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. 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

As writer

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" 2026 Welcome to the Jungle "O Mere Balam"

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

As writer

Awards and nominations Nominated for Producers Guild Film Awards for Writing Dialogue for the film Singham