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Hussain Zaidi (Syed. Hussain Zaidi) was born on 28 February, 1968 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, is an Indian writer. Discover Hussain Zaidi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

Popular As Syed. Hussain Zaidi
Occupation Novelist, journalist, Movie Producer
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 28 February 1968
Birthday 28 February
Birthplace Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality India

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1968

S. Hussain Zaidi (born 28 February 1968) is an Indian author and former investigative journalist.

His works include Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, Black Friday, My Name is Abu Salem and Mumbai Avengers.

S. Hussain Zaidi is India's most prolific crime writer.

He publishes under the Blue Salt imprint.

The Mumbai mafia has been his focus in books such as Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, My Name is Abu Salem and Byculla to Bangkok.

Zaidi began his career in journalism while working for the newspaper The Asian Age, where he became the resident editor.

Zaidi later worked for several other periodicals, including The Indian Express, Mid-Day and Mumbai Mirror.

His in-depth research on the Mumbai mafia has been used by international authors, including Misha Glenny in McMafia and Vikram Chandra in his book Sacred Games.

Zaidi was once kidnapped in Iraq.

Zaidi has covered the Mumbai mafia for several decades.

2002

His 2002 book Black Friday detailed the 1993 Mumbai bombings, an attack consisting of thirteen explosions that killed 250 people.

2004

The book was adapted two years later, in 2004, into a film by Anurag Kashyap also titled Black Friday.

The film was so controversial that the Indian Censor Board did not allow it to be released in India for three years.

2007

It was finally released on 9 February 2007 after the Supreme Court of India allowed it following the TADA court verdict in the '93 Bombay blast case.

In Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia, a historical account of the Mumbai mafia, Zaidi conducted an interview with crime boss DaWood Ibrahim, who is suspected of having orchestrated the bombings.

The book was adapted into the film Shootout at Wadala by Sanjay Gupta.

Zaidi was also an associate producer of the HBO documentary Terror in Mumbai, which is based on the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.

2015

The 2015 Kabir Khan film Phantom, starring Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif, is an adaptation of Zaidi's book Mumbai Avengers; the screenplay was written in conjunction with the author.

Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment are making a web series titled Bambay meri jaan, an adaptation of Zaidi's book.

The series will reportedly focus on DaWood Ibrahim's early life, as well as his gang members and other contemporary mob bosses.

Shah Rukh Khan's production house Red Chillies Entertainment released a Netflix film titled Class of '83, starring Bobby Deol and directed by Atul Sabharwal, based on Zaidi's book of the same name.

Gangubai Kathiawadi is an Indian Hindi-language biographical crime film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and produced by Bhansali Productions in conjunction with Jayantilal Gada's Pen India Ltd. The film is based on Zaidi's book Mafia Queens of Mumbai.

The story revolves around Gangubai Kothewali, a brothel owner and matriarch.

Matchbox Pictures has acquired the filming rights to journalist Jigna Vora's book Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison, co-published by Penguin Random House and Blue Salt.

2020

London Confidential: The Chinese Conspiracy is an Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film which has been streaming on ZEE5 since September 2020.

Directed by Kanwal Sethi and produced by Mohit Chhabra and Ajay Rai, it was written by Zaidi and stars Mouni Roy and Purab Kohli.

the narrative revolves around a conspiracy to spread an infection.

Zaidi did an interview with Spymaster Lucky Bisht in June 2022, Bisht was in many controversies during his job, for which he had to go to jail but later he was acquitted of judiciary.

The assassination of Raju Pargai and Amit Arya, R.A.W. Hitman: The Real Story of Agent Lima lays bare the enigmatic life of a spy, navigating a treacherous world of espionage, assassination and politics uncovering a web of deceit that changes the course of his life.

The biggest question is Lucky Bisht and Agent Lima are both the same becomes the best seller book in just 3 weeks.