Habib Faisal

Habib Faisal
Habib in 2012
Born	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Alma mater	Jamia Millia Islamia
Occupations	Film director screenwriter lyricist
Years active	1992–present

Habib Faisal is an Indian filmmaker and lyricist best known for his work in Hindi films. He was written and directed films such as Salaam Namaste (2005), Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007), Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), Ladies vs Ricky Bahl (2011), Ishaqzaade (2012), Bewakoofiyaan (2014), and Fan (2016).

Career

Fasial has written several films under the Yash Raj Films banner including Siddharth Anand's Salaam Namaste (2005), Shaad Ali's Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007), and Anand's Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007).^[1] In 2010, he wrote Maneesh Sharma's Band Baaja Baaraat,^[2] and made his directorial debut with the film Do Dooni Chaar for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue.^[3] The following year, he co-wrote the crime comedy Ladies vs Ricky Bahl alongside Devika Bhagat.

Faisal's second film, Ishaqzaade starring debutant Arjun Kapoor, and Parineeti Chopra, was released on 11 May 2012.^[4] The film received positive reviews from critics, and was a box-office hit.^[5] He wrote the comedy Bewakoofiyaan (2014), directed by Nupur Asthana which starred Ayushmann Khurrana, Sonam Kapoor, and Rishi Kapoor.^[6] His next directorial venture was the comedy-drama Daawat-e-Ishq (2014) starring Aditya Roy Kapur and Parineeti Chopra in lead roles.^[7] Faisal's fourth film, Qaidi Band was released in 2017.

An alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia, he has directed the television serial kareena kareena^[8] and worked in New Delhi as a cameraman for NDTV.^[9]

Discography

Year	Title	Artist	Album
2012	"Chokra Jawaan"	Amit Trivedi	Ishaqzaade
2017	"Jag Mag" (with Peter Muxka Manuel)		Qaidi Band
2017	"I am India"

Filmography

Year	Title	Screenwriter	Director	Notes
2005	Salaam Namaste	Yes	No	Additional screenplay
2007	Ta Ra Rum Pum	Yes	No
	Jhoom Barabar Jhoom	Yes	No
2010	Do Dooni Chaar	Yes	Yes
	Band Baaja Baaraat	Yes	No
2011	Ladies vs Ricky Bahl	Yes	No
2012	Ishaqzaade	Yes	Yes
2014	Bewakoofiyaan	Yes	No
	Daawat-e-Ishq	Yes	Yes
2016	Fan	Yes	No
2017	Qaidi Band	Yes	Yes
2018	Home	No	Yes
	Raju Gadu	Yes	No	Telugu film
2020	Aashram	Yes	No
2021	Dil Bekaraar	No	Yes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
2010	Filmfare Awards	Best Dialogue	Band Baaja Baaraat	Won	[10]
	Screen Awards	Best Dialogue		Won	[11]
	National Film Awards	Best Hindi Feature Film	Do Dooni Chaar	Won
2012	Mirchi Music Awards	Upcoming Lyricist of The Year	"Chokra Jawaan" from Ishaqzaade	Nominated	[12]
2021	Filmfare OTT Awards	Best Original Story (Series)	Aashram	Nominated	[13]

References

1. "Middle Class Hero". The Indian Express. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
2. "Nothing filmy about Band Baaja Baarat". The Indian Express. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
3. "Do Dooni Chaar about state of teachers in India". The Indian Express. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
4. "Ishaqzaade - Yash Raj Films". Yash Raj Films. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
5. "Rowdy Rathore Bumper Opening In Single Screens Good At Multiplexes". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
6. "Bewakoofiyaan - Yash Raj Films". Yash Raj Films. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
7. "Daawat-e-Ishq - Yash Raj Films". Yash Raj Films. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
8. "Writing is a very solitary experience: Habib Faisal". Hindustan Times. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
9. "Jhoom celebrates a positive attitude". Rediff.com. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
10. "Filmfare Awards: Bollywood and Regional Film Awards". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
11. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
12. "Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2012". www.radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
13. "Nominees for the MyGlamm Filmfare OTT Awards 2021". Filmfare. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

External links

• Habib Faisal at IMDb