Hussain Zaidi

Birth : 1968-02-28, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

History

S. Hussain Zaidi is an Indian author and former investigative journalist. Zaidi is India's most prolific crime writer. 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.

Profile

Movies

Gangubai Kathiawadi

Novel

Duped and sold to a brothel, a young woman fearlessly reclaims her power, using underworld connections to preside over the world she was once a pawn in.

Lahore Confidential

Writer

The story revolves around a humble, divorced Indian woman named Ananya and amidst her mundane-routine life, she finds herself on a secret intelligence duty in Pakistan. But her love for Urdu literature will have her falling in love that will eventually put them in a tug of war with each other.

London Confidential

Writer

A spy-thriller set amidst a series of brutal killings of Indian agents in London, and how Uma, a RAW officer, must expose a mole within the ranks.

Class of '83

Associate Producer

A hero policeman shunted to a punishment posting as the Dean of the police academy decides to punish the corrupt bureaucracy and its criminal allies in return by training five lethal assassin policemen.

Class of '83

Book

Phantom

Book

Phantom is an action thriller that unfolds across various countries around the world. The plot revolves around protagonist Daniyal, whose journey to seek justice takes him from India to Europe, America and the volatile Middle East. However, he finds out that in a mission like this, there is always a price to pay, in this case, a very personal price.

Mardaani

Screenplay

A Mumbai police officer's search for a missing teenage girl leads her to the depraved world of child trafficking. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game between the officer and a ruthless mafia kingpin.

Shootout at Wadala

Book

The first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982.

Black Friday

Book

Bombs tear through Bombay, wreaking havoc and polarising the citizens. With perpetrators at large, the state launches a massive drive to unmask the truth behind these events.