Sajid Nadiadwala
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Sajid Nadiadwala (born 18 February 1966, India)[1]is an Indian film producer.
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[edit] Career
Nadiadwala started as an AC Technician and then later worked as spot boy and graduated to become production assistant in his uncle's production house before establishing his own production company-Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. The production company have churned out many hits including Jeet (1996), Judwaa (1997), Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (2000) and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004).
His 2006 released film Jaan-E-Mann was a box office failure but was critically appreciated. His latest 2007 release Heyy Babyy was of the year's biggest hits.[2] He has frequently cast Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar in his films.
Sajid, as he claimed in an interview, is a certified Chartered Accountant but sources close to him say he had failed in his XII exams.
[edit] Personal life
Many of his family and relatives including A.G. Nadiadwala and A.K. Nadiadwala were successful film producers in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Firoz A. Nadiadwala is his cousin who is also currently a successful film producer.
Sajid secretly married Bollywood actress Divya Bharti on 20 May 1992. Their marriage was tragically short lived when Divya fell to her death from her apartment building on 5 April 1993. The circumstances surrounding her death was suspicious but nothing was proved. Her death remains a mystery to this day. It is alleged that her death was not a suicide but a homicide. One source believes Sajid had links with the Mumbai Mafia and was involved in Divya's mysterious death but this has never been proven.[3].According to news reports Sajid had fainted when he found out about her death the very next day. He fainted again soon after he lit her funeral pyre.[4]He has since dedicated some of his films to Divya's memory.
He has since remarried to Wardha Khan, a former journalist. [5] They have a son together. [6]
His father Suleiman Nadiadwala died on Tuesday 11 September, 2007 of a prolonged illness.[7]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Producer
- Kambakht Ishq (2008)
- Heyy Babyy (2007)
- Jaan-E-Mann (2006)
- Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004)
- Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (2000)
- Judwaa (1997)
- Jeet (1996)
- Andolan (1995)
- Waqt Hamara Hai (1993)
[edit] References
- ^ All for love-Hyderabad Times-Cities-The Times of India
- ^ BoxOfficeIndia.com - The Premium Boxoffice Portal
- ^ Hindu Unity - Links
- ^ Divya Bharati is dead
- ^ SmasHits.com - BREAKING NEWS - Bollywood Hindi Tamil Telugu Indian Music Videos and News
- ^ Sajid Nadiadwala's son has already done cameo roles
- ^ Sajid Nadiadwala's father passed away
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