Faisal Saif

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Born              :-   Apr 27, 1976   Mumbai, Maharashtra
Occupation  :-   Film director, screenwriter, Film critic





Biography

Faisal Saif started his career following the cinema school of south Indian film maker Balu Mahendra. As a college student he was never interested in studying and was always a harassing spoiled brat! He used to go to see movies instead of attending his lectures. Always flirting with girls and a mischievous and most notorious person on earth (As written in the Biography Section of his Official Website).

Faisal Saif started his independent directorial career by directing music videos for various companies. Faisal made his first feature film in English titled "Pick Me" a.k.a Come December (2006). Faisal was lucky enough to convince British Actress Hayley Cleghorn to play the principal lead role in this movie. The movie went in various film festivals and gave him some critical acclaims.

It was Jigyaasa (2006) (Indian-Hindi-English Subtitled)(Released Worldwide 10th March 2006). That brought Faisal Saif into the limelight of Bollywood (Indian Film Industry). The huge publicity and controversies surrounding this film gave a noticing turn to his career. Jigyaasa was one of the most controversial and talked about film of the year. The press and media however did not gave encouraging reviews but the audiences loved it. Some also said that Jigyaasa was an indirect attack to big names in the film industry who exploits young aspirants for their sexual pleasures.

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2006	Jigyaasa	Hindi	(Released on 10 March 2006)
2006	Come December	Hindi, English	(Festival Film) Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival Award Winner
2012	Paanch Ghantey Mien Paanch Crore	Hindi	Psycho-thriller starring Pakistani superstar Meera. (Released on 10 August 2012)