# 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 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 critically negative reviews.
Samji wrote dialogues for the 2020 films Street Dancer 3D, Baaghi 3 and 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. 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 2023.

## Filmography
### As director

| Year | Film | Notes |
| 2014 | Entertainment | Directed with Sajid |
| 2016 | Housefull 3 | Directed with Sajid |
| 2018 | Baby Come Naa | Web series |
| 2019 | Booo Sabki Phategi | Web series |
| 2019 | Housefull 4 | Director and Writer |
| 2022 | Bachchhan Paandey | Remake of Jigarthanda |
| 2023 | Pop Kaun? | Web Series |
| 2023 | Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan | Remake of Veeram; co-written with Sparsh Khetarpal, Tasha Bhambra |

### As writer

| Year | Film | Notes |
| 2011 | Singham | Dialogues |
| 2020 | Baaghi 3 | Screenplay & Dialogues |
| 2020 | Street Dancer 3D | Dialogues |
| 2020 | Laxmii | Adapted Screenplay & Dialogues |
| 2020 | Coolie No. 1 | Dialogues |
| 2021 | Sooryavanshi | Dialogues |
| 2022 | Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 | Dialogues |
| 2022 | Bachchhan Pandey | Dialogues |

### As actor

| Year | Film | 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 | Film | Song | Notes |
| 2019 | Prassthanam | "Prassthanam Title Track" | Also music director |
| 2020 | Laxmii | "Mata Ka Jagrata" | also singer |
| 2020 | Coolie No. 1 | "Coolie No. 1 Title Track" | |

### As singer

| 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

| 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

| Year | Film | Songs |
| 2002 | Hum Kisise Kum Nahin | |
| 2002 | Chor Machaaye Shor | |
| 2006 | Keerthi Chakra | Khuda Se Mannat |
| 2008 | Sunday | |
| 2008 | God Tussi Great Ho | |
| 2012 | Bol Bachchan | Bol Bachchan |
| 2016 | Housefull 3 | |

### As writer

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