Director and actor Faruk Kabir is an industry kid. His maternal grandfather, Murad, was a well-known character actor. His uncle, Raza Murad, too is an actor and so is his sister, Sanober Kabir. His mother Sabhia is a costume designer. Faruk started his career at a young age as an assistant director to Aziz Mirza in Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and then Santosh Sivan in Asoka. He made his directorial debut with a short film, The Awakening, in 2006 which starred Ajay Devgn. His debut as a feature film director was Allah Ke Banday (2010), which he directed and acted in as well. Recently he was in news for his film Khuda Haafiz starring Vidyut Jammwal and Shivaleeka Oberoi, which reportedly did well on the OTT circuit. He isn’t new to the OTT space. In fact, he can be said to be one of the pioneers exploring this new platform. He came up with a horror web series called Shockers, starring Dia Mirza, Kalki Koechlin, Rajat Barmecha, Amit Sadh, Prateik Babbar and Amyra Dastur for Hotstar in 2016. He also directed AbNormal for Zee5.
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