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Habib Faisal is a Director, Scriptwriter and Additional Writing Indian
Habib Faisal is an Indian Hindi screenwriter and director. He is best known for his directional film Do Dooni Chaar, for which he won Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue. He co-wrote Siddharth Anand's Salaam Namaste. He also wrote director Shaad Ali's Jhoom Barabar Jhoom starring Abhishek Bachchan and Preity Zinta, and Siddharth Anand's Ta Ra Rum Pum starring Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee. All three are Yashraj films. He also wrote Band Baaja Baaraat which was released in late 2010.
An alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia, he has directed the television serials Lavanya and worked in New Delhi as a camera person with NDTV.
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Habib Faisal
An alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia, he has directed the television serials Lavanya and worked in New Delhi as a camera person with NDTV.
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Daawat-e-Ishq (2014)
, 2h3Directed by Habib Faisal
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Aditya Roy Kapur, Parineeti Chopra, Karan Wahi, Anupam Kher, Karan Wahi
Rating61%
Gulrez "Gullu" Qadir (Parineeti Chopra) who lives in a lower-middle class Hyderabadi mohalla and works at a mall as a shoe-sales girl with dreams of going to America. She lives along with her father Abdul Qadir (Anupam Kher) who is looking for a suitable match for her but can't afford to pay big dowry, which will only get her some uncouth crude fellow. This doesn't make Gullu lose her optimism and humour. In her quest to find her Mr. Universe, she falls in love with Amjad (Karan Wahi) and they decide to get married. Things do not work out as Amjad's parents asks for 80 lakhs dowry. Enraged Gullu plans to trap a dowry-hungry groom under IPC498A (dowry act) and to recover lacs of money from him to fulfill her dream of going to America.
Ishaqzaade (2012)
, 2h12Directed by Habib Faisal
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Gauhar Khan, Natasha Rastogi
Rating64%
Ishaqzaade depicts the passionate love story of two defiant, rebellious individuals. The Chauhans and the Qureshis are two political families whose rivalry and mutual hatred for one another goes back generations. Parma (Arjun Kapoor) is a good-for-nothing local enforcer, grandson of the patriarch chauvinist, Grandfather Chauhan, who often takes digs at Parma for being the useless son of his widowed daughter-in-law. This makes Parma try to prove himself worthy. Zoya (Parineeti Chopra), a practising Muslim who offers Salat five times a day, is the trigger-happy, hot-tempered only daughter in a traditional Muslim house full of brothers, along with her parents. She desires to go into politics like her father, but this dream is constantly laughed at by her family.
Do Dooni Chaar (2010)
, 1h50Directed by Habib Faisal
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about education, Children's films
Actors Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Aditi Vasudev, Akhilendra Mishra, Supriya Shukla, Natasha Rastogi
Rating74%
Life can be tough for a man (Rishi Kapoor) who teaches at a school for a living, lives in a DDA flat in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi and is coping with the double digit inflation rates and single digit increments in his salary. Add to that, A teenage daughter, a fast-track son and a wife (Neetu Kapoor) who loves the good life. The life of the Duggals is passing by in simply taking care of the basics. Until one day, they decide to dream. Their ticket to dreaming comes in the form of a wedding invitation. An innocent little wedding invitation. What follows is a journey of chaos, realizations, calculations, confrontations and bonding. This crazy Duggals will fight it out at home (and the neighborhood) for what they think is a ‘good buy’ for the family! This family bonds in the most unexpected and hilarious situations. And just when they think they are sorted out, comes one big, lurking temptation. Much like the apple in the Garden of Eden. And then, begins another journey that will drive them, and you, pretty much nuts.
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Fan (2016)
, 2h18Directed by Maneesh Sharma
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Parineeti Chopra, Yogendra Tiku, Vaani Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Sayani Gupta
Roles Story
Rating67%
Gaurav Chandna est un fan inconditionnel et obsessionnel de la superstar de Bollywood, Aryan Khanna. Il a le béguin pour Neha, son ami et voisin qui travaille dans un centre d'appels. Le visage de Gaurav présente une étrange similitude avec celui d'Aryan, ce qui l'aide à remporter le spectacle de talents locaux en imitant Aryan. Encouragé par ses parents, il s'embarque pour un voyage en train à Mumbai afin de rencontrer Aryan et de lui présenter le trophée gagné en le faisant passer pour lui.
Aaha Kalyanam (2014)
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Nani, Vaani Kapoor, Simran, Five Star Krishna
Rating58%
Shakthivel (Nani) is street-smart and fun-loving. Intelligent and quirky, Shruti (Vaani Kapoor), who assists the wedding coordinator, sees Shakthi at the front of the food serving line and suspects that he is gatecrashing to eat for free. She confronts Shakthi, who quickly summons his friend, the videographer at the wedding, and pretends that he is part of the film crew and has a right to be there. After seeing her dance at the wedding, Shakthi cannot resist the temptation to make a video of Shruti doing her dance routine.
Bewakoofiyaan (2014)
, 1h58Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Rishi Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana
Roles Story
Rating55%
Mohit Chadha (Ayushmann Khurrana) learns how to drive a car on the morning of his promotion from Junior Executive in Marketing to Senior Executive. He goes for lunch with Mayera (Sonam Kapoor) after the promotion, where he proposes to her. Meanwhile, Mayera's father, V.K. Sehgal (Rishi Kapoor), is transferred to Animal Husbandry. V.K. Sehgal does not approve of their wedding, as he thinks Mohit would not be able to provide for her and give her happiness. V.K. goes to Mohit's office and challenges him: if he passes a test, then he can marry Mayera. He calls Mohit to the club everyday to play squash. V.K. gets a retirement gift from all his staff.
Daawat-e-Ishq (2014)
, 2h3Directed by Habib Faisal
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Aditya Roy Kapur, Parineeti Chopra, Karan Wahi, Anupam Kher, Karan Wahi
Roles Writer
Rating61%
Gulrez "Gullu" Qadir (Parineeti Chopra) who lives in a lower-middle class Hyderabadi mohalla and works at a mall as a shoe-sales girl with dreams of going to America. She lives along with her father Abdul Qadir (Anupam Kher) who is looking for a suitable match for her but can't afford to pay big dowry, which will only get her some uncouth crude fellow. This doesn't make Gullu lose her optimism and humour. In her quest to find her Mr. Universe, she falls in love with Amjad (Karan Wahi) and they decide to get married. Things do not work out as Amjad's parents asks for 80 lakhs dowry. Enraged Gullu plans to trap a dowry-hungry groom under IPC498A (dowry act) and to recover lacs of money from him to fulfill her dream of going to America.
Ishaqzaade (2012)
, 2h12Directed by Habib Faisal
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Gauhar Khan, Natasha Rastogi
Roles Lyricist
Rating64%
Ishaqzaade depicts the passionate love story of two defiant, rebellious individuals. The Chauhans and the Qureshis are two political families whose rivalry and mutual hatred for one another goes back generations. Parma (Arjun Kapoor) is a good-for-nothing local enforcer, grandson of the patriarch chauvinist, Grandfather Chauhan, who often takes digs at Parma for being the useless son of his widowed daughter-in-law. This makes Parma try to prove himself worthy. Zoya (Parineeti Chopra), a practising Muslim who offers Salat five times a day, is the trigger-happy, hot-tempered only daughter in a traditional Muslim house full of brothers, along with her parents. She desires to go into politics like her father, but this dream is constantly laughed at by her family.
Ladies vs Ricky Bahl (2011)
, 2h20Directed by Maneesh Sharma
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Parineeti Chopra, Dipannita Sharma, Aditi Sharma, Akshay Anand
Roles Dialogue
Rating59%
Dimple Chaddha (Parineeti Chopra) is a spoilt brat and only daughter of Sandeep Chaddha, the creator of "Chaddha Industries", a huge property company in Delhi. Her boyfriend is Sunny Singh (Ranveer Singh), a fitness instructor at a local gym. While travelling with Dimple on his bike, he stops at an old bungalow and proceeds to break in to harass the residents. Sunny tells a confused Dimple that the bungalow he vandalised belongs to his family and it had been illegally encroached upon by the tenants. His grandfather, father and mother have all died recently due to the stress of fighting the court case to remove tenants. The government however as ruled in favour of the tenants and he has to pay thousands in property tax to avoid being arrested.
Band Baaja Baaraat (2010)
, 2h20Directed by Maneesh Sharma
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood, Films about marriage
Actors Anushka Sharma, Ranveer Singh, Manmeet Singh, Manu Rishi, Puru Chibber, Manish Prakash Chaudhari
Rating71%
Bittoo Sharma (Ranveer Singh) is street-smart and fun-loving. He gatecrashes a wedding for the free food, and Shruti Kakkar (Anushka Sharma), an intelligent and quirky girl who is assisting the wedding coordinator, confronts him. Bittoo pretends that he is part of the film crew and makes a video of Shruti's performance when he sees her dancing at the wedding. The next day, he tries to impress Shruti with a DVD he compiled of her dance at the wedding. Shruti is not interested in flirting, and reveals that her main interest is starting her own wedding planner business.
Do Dooni Chaar (2010)
, 1h50Directed by Habib Faisal
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about education, Children's films
Actors Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Aditi Vasudev, Akhilendra Mishra, Supriya Shukla, Natasha Rastogi
Roles Histoire
Rating74%
Life can be tough for a man (Rishi Kapoor) who teaches at a school for a living, lives in a DDA flat in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi and is coping with the double digit inflation rates and single digit increments in his salary. Add to that, A teenage daughter, a fast-track son and a wife (Neetu Kapoor) who loves the good life. The life of the Duggals is passing by in simply taking care of the basics. Until one day, they decide to dream. Their ticket to dreaming comes in the form of a wedding invitation. An innocent little wedding invitation. What follows is a journey of chaos, realizations, calculations, confrontations and bonding. This crazy Duggals will fight it out at home (and the neighborhood) for what they think is a ‘good buy’ for the family! This family bonds in the most unexpected and hilarious situations. And just when they think they are sorted out, comes one big, lurking temptation. Much like the apple in the Garden of Eden. And then, begins another journey that will drive them, and you, pretty much nuts.
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007)
, 2h12Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Preity Zinta, Lara Dutta, Amitabh Bachchan, Piyush Mishra
Roles Writer
Rating37%
The film begins with a mysterious Romani people gypsy-like musician (Amitabh Bachchan) leading the crowds at Waterloo station in London in a dance to the title song.
Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007)
, 2h33Directed by Siddharth Anand
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Musical films, Road movies, Bollywood
Actors Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Javed Jaffrey, Shruti Seth, Victor Banerjee, Sujoy Ghosh
Rating57%
Rajveer Singh (Saif Ali Khan) has an immense passion for stock car racing and dreams of making it big on the racecourse. After being discovered by his manager Harry (Jaaved Jaffrey), he meets Radhika Shekar Rai Banerjee (Rani Mukerji) and instantly falls for her. He joins Speeding Saddles, a failing race team, and transforms from Rajveer Singh to RV the race car driver. He wins his first race and keeps winning, making him quite wealthy.
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Ladies vs Ricky Bahl (2011)
, 2h20Directed by Maneesh Sharma
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Parineeti Chopra, Dipannita Sharma, Aditi Sharma, Akshay Anand
Roles Additional Writing
Rating59%
Dimple Chaddha (Parineeti Chopra) is a spoilt brat and only daughter of Sandeep Chaddha, the creator of "Chaddha Industries", a huge property company in Delhi. Her boyfriend is Sunny Singh (Ranveer Singh), a fitness instructor at a local gym. While travelling with Dimple on his bike, he stops at an old bungalow and proceeds to break in to harass the residents. Sunny tells a confused Dimple that the bungalow he vandalised belongs to his family and it had been illegally encroached upon by the tenants. His grandfather, father and mother have all died recently due to the stress of fighting the court case to remove tenants. The government however as ruled in favour of the tenants and he has to pay thousands in property tax to avoid being arrested.