Habib Faisal

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. He is best known for directing Do Dooni Chaar (2010) and Ishaqzaade (2012).

Career

He made his directorial debut, Do Dooni Chaar, for which he won Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue.^[1] He co-wrote Siddharth Anand's Salaam Namaste.^[2] He also wrote director Shaad Ali's Jhoom Barabar Jhoom starring Abhishek Bachchan and Preity Zinta,^[2] and Siddharth Anand's Ta Ra Rum Pum starring Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee.^[2] All three are Yashraj films. He also wrote Band Baaja Baaraat which was released in late 2010.^[3]

Faisal then went on to direct his second film, Ishaqzaade, starring debutant Arjun Kapoor, and Parineeti Chopra in their first lead film, which released on 11 May 2012.^[4] The film received positive response from critics, and managed to do very well at the box office, turning out to be a worldwide hit.^[5] He then wrote Bewakoofiyaan, which was directed by Nupur Asthana and featured Ayushmann Khurrana, Sonam Kapoor, and Rishi Kapoor.^[6] His next directorial venture was Daawat-e-Ishq, which had actors Aditya Roy Kapur and Parineeti Chopra in lead roles.^[7] Daawat-e-Ishq released worldwide on 19 September 2014.^[8]^[9]

Faisal's fourth film, Qaidi Band was released on 25 August 2017.

An alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia, he has directed the television serials kareena kareena^[10] and worked in New Delhi as a camera person with NDTV.^[11]

Discography

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

Filmography

2021: Dil Bekaraar (Director and additional dialogues)
2020: Aashram(Hindi web series) (writer)
2018: Raju Gadu (Telugu film) (writer, alongside Maruthi)
2018: Home (director, an ALTBalaji Original Series)
2017: Qaidi Band (writer and director)
2016: Fan (writer)
2014: Daawat-e-Ishq (writer and director)
2014: Bewakoofiyaan (writer)
2012: Ishaqzaade (director)
2011: Ladies vs Ricky Bahl (dialogue)
2010: Band Baaja Baaraat (screenplay and dialogue)
2010: Do Dooni Chaar (writer and director)
2007: Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (writer)
2007: Ta Ra Rum Pum (screenplay and dialogue)
2005: Salaam Namaste (additional screenplay)
1996: Opus 27 (short film)
1992: Electric Moon (assistant director)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
2010	Filmfare Awards	Best Dialogue	Band Baaja Baaraat	Won	^[12]
2010	Screen Awards	Best Dialogue	Band Baaja Baaraat	Won	^[13]
2010	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	^[14]
2021	Filmfare OTT Awards	Best Original Story (Series)	Aashram	Nominated	^[15]

References

^ "Do Dooni Chaar about state of teachers in India". The Indian Express. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Middle Class Hero". The Indian Express. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
^ "Nothing filmy about Band Baaja Baarat". The Indian Express. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
^ "Ishaqzaade - Yash Raj Films". Yash Raj Films. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ "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.
^ "Bewakoofiyaan - Yash Raj Films". Yash Raj Films. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ "Daawat-e-Ishq - Yash Raj Films". Yash Raj Films. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ "Daawat-E-Ishq to release on September 19". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
^ "Daawat-e-Ishq release date shifted to 19 Sept". India Today. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
^ "Writing is a very solitary experience: Habib Faisal". Hindustan Times. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
^ "Jhoom celebrates a positive attitude". Rediff.com. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
^ "Filmfare Awards: Bollywood and Regional Film Awards". filmfare.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
^ "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
^ "Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2012". www.radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^ "Nominees for the MyGlamm Filmfare OTT Awards 2021". Filmfare. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

External links

Habib Faisal at IMDb

[1] "Do Dooni Chaar about state of teachers in India". The Indian Express. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.

[hero-2] "Middle Class Hero". The Indian Express. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.

[3] "Nothing filmy about Band Baaja Baarat". The Indian Express. 24 November 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] "Daawat-E-Ishq to release on September 19". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[9] "Daawat-e-Ishq release date shifted to 19 Sept". India Today. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[10] "Writing is a very solitary experience: Habib Faisal". Hindustan Times. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

[11] "Jhoom celebrates a positive attitude". Rediff.com. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2010.

[12] "Filmfare Awards: Bollywood and Regional Film Awards". filmfare.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

[13] "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

[14] "Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2012". www.radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[15] "Nominees for the MyGlamm Filmfare OTT Awards 2021". Filmfare. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

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v t e Habib Faisal
Directed	Do Dooni Chaar (2010) Ishaqzaade (2012) Daawat-e-Ishq (2014) Qaidi Band (2017)
Written	Bewakoofiyaan (2014) Fan (2015)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue
1959–1970	Rajinder Singh Bedi (1959) Ramanand Sagar (1960) Amanullah Khan, Kamal Amrohi, Wajahat Mirza & Ehsan Rizvi (1961) Wajahat Mirza (1962) Akhtar ul Iman (1963) Arjun Dev Rashk (1964) Govind Moonis (1965) Akhtar ul Iman (1966) Vijay Anand (1967) Manoj Kumar (1968) Ali Raza (1969) Pt Anand Kumar (1970)
1971–1990	Rajinder Singh Bedi (1971) Gulzar (1972) Ramesh Pant (1973) Gulzar (1974) Kaifi Azmi (1975) Salim-Javed (1976) Sagar Sarhadi (1977) Vrajendra Gaur (1978) Rahi Masoom Raza (1979) Satyadev Dubey (1980) Shabd Kumar (1981) Kader Khan (1982) Dr. Achla Nagar (1983) Mahesh Bhatt (1984) Sai Paranjpye (1985) Rahi Masoom Raza (1986) no award (1987) no award (1988) Kamlesh Pandey (1989) Javed Akhtar (1990)
1991–2010	Suraj Sanim (1991 ) Rahi Masoom Raza (1992) Kader Khan (1993) Prof Jay Dixit (1994) K K Singh (1995) Aditya Chopra & Javed Siddiqui (1996) Gulzar (1997) Aditya Chopra (1998) Rajkumar Santoshi & K. K. Raina (1999) Hriday Lani & Pathik Vats (2000) O. P. Dutta (2001) Karan Johar (2002) Gulzar & Jaideep Sahni (2003) Abbas Tyrewala (2004) Aditya Chopra (2005) Prakash Jha (2006) Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi (2007) Imtiaz Ali (2008) Manu Rishi (2009) Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (2010)
2011–present	Habib Faisal (2011) Farhan Akhtar (2012) Anurag Kashyap, Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh Jaiswal & Sachin Ladia (2013) Subhash Kapoor (2014) Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani (2015) Himanshu Sharma (2016) Ritesh Shah (2017) Hitesh Kewaliya (2018) Akshat Ghildial (2019) Vijay Maurya (2020) Juhi Chaturvedi (2021)