Fahad Samar
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Fahad Samar is a well-known filmmaker, bestselling author, widely-read columnist, film critic, actor, and culture, food and lifestyle writer.
Biography
Fahad was born in 1968 and studied at the prestigious Bombay International School, Mumbai, India.
He graduated from St. Xavier’s college with a degree in English Literature in 1985.
Fahad lives in Mumbai, India with his wife Simone Singh.
Early Career
Fahad began his international film career with Merchant Ivory Productions and worked on such iconic Oscar winning films as A Room with a View, Howards End, and The Remains of the Day.
Fahad has worked with several celebrated Hollywood actors like Sir Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Helena Bonham-Carter and Pierce Brosnan.
Fahad has also worked on such acclaimed international feature films as The Perfect Murder [1], The Deceivers and In Custody.
Fahad scripted a short film, The Doll’s Wedding for Merchant Ivory Productions which has been telecast on Channel 4 in the UK and Canal Plus Television in France.
Author
Fahad is the best-selling author of two highly-acclaimed novels, Scandal Point and Flash Point, published by Harper Collins.
Both Scandal Point [2] and Flash Point [3] have received rave critical reviews and have been optioned by leading web platforms to be adapted into major web series.
Career as a Film and TV Writer, Director and Producer
Over the past 20 years, Fahad has written, directed and produced several commercials, television shows and documentary films for the Indian and international market under his own production company, Bombay Talkie.
Some of Bombay Talkie’s productions include:
- Over 80 commercials for products as diverse as City Walk shoes, Revlon, Atco, Fantasy Land, BPL mobile phones, Ceat and Olivia cosmetics.
- Two documentaries on the river Ganges and the Narmada [4] which were screened at the Venice Film Festival.
- A documentary on the history of the dhurrie, commissioned by Shyam Ahuja and shot on location in Benares, Rajasthan, Paris and New York. The internationally renowned tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain scored the music for this film, produced and directed by Fahad.
- BPL OYE – the internationally acclaimed top 20 count down show on Channel V was produced and directed by Fahad from March 1994 thru Dec’1995 during which period it became the # 1 show on Channel V.
- Fahad has directed 110 episodes of the cult TV show ‘Superhit Muqabla’, which was the highest rated programme on Indian television, watched by 50 million viewers each week.
- An innovative pioneer in satellite TV programming, Fahad produced and directed ‘Startoon Top Ten’, India’s first animated television show, for the Star Plus channel.
- Fahad has produced and co-directed the critically acclaimed film, ‘Jannat Talkies’ for Nine Broadcasting Ltd., starring Milind Soman, Bhakti Barve and Sohrab Ardeshir.
- Fahad was Consultant Head of Programming at Entertainment Television Network (ETC), during which period it became the most- highly watched music channel in India.
Fahad’s original English film script, ‘India Unplugged’, has been optioned for development into an international feature film.
Fahad is actively involved with creating awareness about river water pollution and has made a 60 second public service film on the subject with Pandit Jasraj singing a specially composed hymn to the river Narmada.
Columnist, Culture, Food and Lifestyle Writer
Fahad is a well-known social commentator and has contributed columns regularly to the Mumbai Mirror, DNA, Bombay Times and the Indian Express over the past fifteen years. He wrote a widely-read national column for the Indian Express titled ‘Samar of Discontent’.
A gourmand and food writer, Fahad has been a main jury member for the coveted Conde Nast Traveller Best Restaurant of India Awards.
Fahad also wrote a popular column on food, wine and travel for Upper Crust magazine called Chow Bella.
Fahad’s articles and essays on culture, food and travel have appeared in Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and Conde Nast Traveller, among other prestigious publications.
Film Critic
Fahad is a respected film critic and a member of the esteemed Film Critic’s Guild.
He has hosted the popular film review show Friday Double Bill on NDTV Prime and also Filmology with Fahad Samar on Radio One 94.3 FM.
Actor
Fahad has acted as Viju Patel [5] in two seasons of Amazon Prime Video's highly rated show Four More Shots Please.
He has also acted in Yash Raj Films, Untitled Production 68 with Vicky Kaushal and Manushi Chillar. The film is directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya.
Bibliography
- Scandal Point.
- Flash Point.
References
- ↑ "The Perfect Murder". IMDB. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ↑ "A scandalous affair". The Hindu. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ↑ "Fahad Samar launches his second novel titled 'Flash Point'". Times Of India. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ↑ "Narmada: Power to the People". IMDB. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ↑ "FAHAD SAMAR FILMOGRAPHY". Cinestaan. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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