Sajid Nadiadwala is an Indian film producer, writer, and director. He was born on 18 February 1966 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. Sajid has written and produced films including Housefull (2010), and Baaghi (2016) directing Kick (2014) which brought him various debutant director awards, and wrote the Marathi film Lai Bhaari was produced by Riteish Deshmukh.
He is the owner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. Sajid Nadiadwala is a lawyer who initiated his career as a spot guy and very soon he graduated to become a film production subordinate in his uncle’s film production house. After taking a sufficient amount of expertise, he finally established his own production house named “Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment”.
His production house has delivered a number of megahits movies comprising Judwaa, Jeet, Kick, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, and Housefull amongst others.
His grandfather produced hundreds of films in Bombay, including the Taj Mahal. The family’s base was in Malad, where his grandfather owned theatres, and where they had more than 5,000 acres and streets named after them. Hence, Sajid used to watch films since he was a child. Sajid’s father also produced films.
Nadiadwala married actress Divya Bharti on 10 May 1992. Ten months later, Divya fell from their fifth-story window at their Tulsi residency and died. She was 19. After Divya’s death, he met Warda Khan, a journalist. Khan proposed to Nadiadwala and on 18 November 2000, the two were married. The couple later had two sons.