Abbas–Mustan
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.jpg) Abbas–Mustan at the 61st Filmfare Awards | |
| Occupation(s) | Directors, writers, producers |
| Years active | 1990-present |
Abbas and Mustan Burmawalla are brothers known for directing stylish suspense, action and romantic thrillers in Bollywood with dark-lighted themes.[1] Their films mostly have all the characters with shades of grey. Even the main hero or central character in their films also has grey or negative shades with selfish desire and passion to do anything to meet his/her goal and does anything to succeed their goal. They have frequently cast Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Shahrukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor in their work. They have recently launched Abbas's son Mustafa in the film Machine, a musical sports love story with Kiara Advani which was a failure at the box office. The duo directed landmark Bollywood films like Khiladi, Baazigar, Soldier, Ajnabee, Baadshah, Aitraaz, Humraaz, 36 China Town, Race, Race 2 and comedian Kapil Sharma's debut movie Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon. They have prominently worked with the production house Venus Worldwide Entertainment, all of which were blockbusters.
History
They begun their career with Gujarati films.
Early life and career
Abbas Burmawalla, Mustan Burmawalla, and their brother Hussain Burmawalla are from Surat in Gujrat state. Abbas–Mustan wanted to do something different from their family business of furniture, which led them to seke guidance from their Hindi film editor uncle, S.D. Kura, who advised them to undertake film editing to learn the craft and then progress to their goal of film direction. They joined Sultan Ahmed as assistant director who was directing the movie Ganga Ki Saugandh (1978). They later joined as assistant director with Govindbhai Patel to do several films. When Patel refused an opportunity to direct Gujarati film Sajan Tara Sambharana (1985), Abbas–Mustan received their first break to direct the movie, which became a hit, thus launching their career.
After Abbas–Mustan's film journey began as director, they initially stuck to directing Gujarati movies, before moving into bigger scale of directing Hindi movies. Their first Hindi movie s directors was Agneekaal starring Jeetendra, Raj Babbar, and Madhavi in 1990. Since then, they have directed more than 14 Hindi movies. They eventually launched their own production house called Burmawalla Partners. In most of their films, name of the lead actor is Raj and lead actress is Priya.
The duo are renowned for taking inspiration from Hollywood films and adding glamour to them. Asian Academy of Film & Television honored both of them with the Life Membership of International Film And Television Club.
Filmography
Directors
Producers
- Evano Oruvan (7 December 2007)
- Life Partner (14 August 2008)
- Players ( 6 January 2012 )
References
- ^ "Abbas-Mustan haven't spent a single day apart in 54 years".
- ^ "KAPIL SHARMA GETS FIT FOR DEBUT FILM KIS KISKO PYAR KARU". Archived from the original on 2014-12-07.
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- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Kapil-Sharmas-debut-film-served-with-legal-notice-citing-similarities-to-a-Kannada-film/articleshow/49034169.cms
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