Faisal Hashmi

Faisal Hashmi
Faisal at the event organized by Ahmedabad Management Association in 2019
Born	(1985-08-01) 1 August 1985 Palanpur, Gujarat
Nationality	Indian
Education	Mechanical engineering
Alma mater	Jaipur Engineering College
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2015–present
Notable work	Vitamin She Short Circuit
Website	www.directorfaisalhashmi.com

Faisal Hashmi (Gujarati: ફૈસલ હાશ્મી) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He shot to fame right from his first Gujarati feature film Vitamin She. He wrote and directed the first-ever Gujarati language sci-fi feature film Short Circuit and opened the doors to a new genre for Gujarati cinema.

Early life and education

Faisal was born on 01 August 1985 in Palanpur. His father is a school teacher and his mother is a housewife. He did his graduation in Mechanical Engineering. His parents wanted him to be an engineer, but he was more keen on films. Jurassic Park made a huge impact on his mind upon its release and he decided to be a filmmaker.

While pursuing Mechanical Engineering, Faisal has successfully cleared all the interviews held by Infosys during the campus placement. He was even offered an appointment later. But he choose to not to go at Infosys and decided to pursue his passion for filmmaking.

Faisal is a known comic book geek. He has a vast collection (over 2000+) of comic books in his personal collection.

Career

Faisal made his debut film, Lakshman Gole in Hindi language. It was a biography of a real-life criminal Laxman Gole whose life took u-turn after reading Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth.

After that, Faisal wrote and directed a Gujarati language feature film Vitamin She which was a great success at the box office and earned him accolades from the industry. It was also a debut feature film for the most famous radio jockey of Gujarat, Dhvanit Thaker as a lead actor. After the release of Vitamin She, Faisal directed his second Gujarati language feature film Daud Pakad, a comedy Thriller film. For Daud Pakad, he joined hands with his long time friends and very famous south Indian action directors Anbariv for a quality stunt work. The film is yet to release.

Faisal and Dhvanit again joined hands for the first ever Gujarati sci-fi feature film Short Circuit. It was the first film that used high end technical crew from Bollywood as well as South India. The film received positive review from critics as well as audience upon its release and praised for its direction, plot, VFX and performances and had a successful run at the box office.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Actor	Notes
2015	Lakshman Gole	Yes	Yes	No
2017	Vitamin She	Yes	Yes	No
2019	Short Circuit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Nominated—IGFF Award for Best Director Nominated—IGFF Award for Best Story Writer Nominated—IGFF Award for Best Screenplay Writer Nominated—IGFF Award for Best Dialogues Writer Nominated—GIFA Award for Best Director Nominated—GIFA Award for Best Screenplay Writer Nominated—GIFA Award for Best Dialogues Writer
Not Released Yet	Daud Pakad	Yes	No	No

External links

• Faisal Hashmi on IMDb
• Faisal Hashmi on Twitter