Faisal Saif

Faisal Saif

writer, director, producer

Faisal Saif was born on Apr 27, 1976 in India. Faisal Saif's big-screen debut came with Jigyaasa directed by Faisal Saif in 2006.

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.

  • Birthday

    Apr 27, 1976
  • Place of Birth

    Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Awards

4 wins & 0 nominations

Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival
2006
Cultural Vision Award For Best Story
Winner - Best of the Festival
Come December (2006)
2006
Cultural Vision for Best Story
Winner - Best of the Festival
Come December (2006)
2006
Cultural Vision For Best Story
Winner - Best of the Festival
Come December (2006)
2006
Come December (2006)
Winner - Best of the Festival
Come December (2006)

Movies & TV Shows

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