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'''Sabbir Khan''' is an Indian film director and screenwriter.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Khan's mother died when he was very young, and his father was a lyricist in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He worked in advertising before he became a film director.<br />
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He made his directorial debut with ''[[Kambakkht Ishq]]'', a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film produced by [[Sajid Nadiadwala]]. The film was based on the 2002 Tamil film, ''[[Pammal K. Sambandam]]''. It featured [[Akshay Kumar]] and [[Kareena Kapoor]] in the lead roles, along with [[Aftab Shivdasani]] and [[Amrita Arora]] in supporting roles. Hollywood actors [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Denise Richards]], [[Brandon Routh]], and [[Holly Valance]] appeared in cameos, playing themselves. The film was released worldwide on July 3, 2009. <br />
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Sabbir Khan then directed ''[[Heropanti]]''. It was a remake of the 2008 Telugu romantic drama, ''[[Parugu]]''. It starred [[Tiger Shroff]] and [[Kriti Sanon]] in their Hindi film debuts, alongside [[Prakash Raj]] in a supporting role. The film was released Worldwide on May 23, 2014. Made on a final budget of 25 crores, Heropanti (2014) earned over 78 crores Worldwide and over 52.92 crores net domestically in India with an opening of 6.63 crores net domestically in India, becoming a Commercial Success and an HIT Movie. <br />
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Sabbir Khan's next was ''[[Baaghi (2016 film)|Baaghi]]''. It was produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, under [[Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment]]. It was third successive film with Khan. It starred Tiger Shroff, [[Shraddha Kapoor]], and [[Sudheer Babu]], in his Hindi debut, in the main leads. It also had [[Sunil Grover]] in a supporting role. Made on a final budget of 36 crores, The Movie earned over 129 crores Worldwide and over 76.34 crores net domestically in India with a big opening of 11.94 crores net domestically in India, becoming a Big Hit and a major commercial success.<br />
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Khan reunited with Tiger Shroff, for the third time, for ''[[Munna Michael]]'', starring [[Nidhi Agerwal]] and [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] in the lead roles. It was produced by [[Viki Rajani]] and [[Eros International]]. The film was released on 21 July 2017. Nidhi Agarwal got Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut. Tiger Shroff's dancing skills and action were highly appreciated, along with Nawazuudin’s character. However, ''Munna Michael'' was unsuccessful at the box office.<br />
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Khan's next film was ''[[Nikamma]]'', is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film starring [[Abhimanyu Dassani]], [[Shirley Setia]], and [[Shilpa Shetty]]. It was a remake of ''[[Middle Class Abbayi|MCA]]''. It received overwhelmingly negative reviews from both the critics and audience. The film bombed at the box office.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Year !! Title !! Director !! Producer !! Writer !! Notes<br />
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| 2009 || ''[[Kambakkht Ishq]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || Debut film<br />
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| 2014 || ''[[Heropanti]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || Remake of ''[[Parugu]]''<br />
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| 2016 || ''[[Baaghi (2016 film)|Baaghi]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || Remake of ''[[Varsham (2004 film)|Varsham]]''; climax inspired by ''[[The Raid (2011 film)|The Raid]]''<br />
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| 2017 || ''[[Munna Michael]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||<br />
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| 2022 || ''[[Nikamma]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || Remake of ''[[Middle Class Abbayi]]''; screenplay only<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb name|1287649}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121031045944/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/index/search/q/Sabbir%20Khan Sabbir Khan, Filmography] at [[Bollywood Hungama]]<br />
* [http://kambakkhtishq.erosentertainment.com/ Kambakkht Ishq, website]<br />
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