Abbas–Mustan

Abbas–Mustan
Abbas–Mustan at the 61st Filmfare Awards in 2016
Born	Surat, Gujarat, India
Occupations	Directors Writers Producers
Years active	1990–present
Children	Abbas: Mustafa Alibhai Burmawalla (son)
Relatives	Hussain A. Burmawalla (brother)

Abbas–Mustan is an Indian filmmaking duo consisting of brothers Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla and Mustan Alibhai Burmawalla, known for directing stylish suspense, action and romantic thrillers in Bollywood with dark-lighted themes. The duo directed the Bollywood films Khiladi, Baazigar, Soldier, Ajnabee, Baadshah, Aitraaz, Humraaz, 36 China Town, Race, Race 2 and comedian Kapil Sharma's debut movie Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon.

Early life and career

Abbas Burmawalla, Mustan Burmawalla, and their brother Hussain Burmawalla are from Surat in Gujarat state. They began their career with Gujarati films. 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, launching their career.

Their first Hindi movie as directors was Agneekaal in 1990. Since then, they have directed more than 14 Hindi movies. They eventually launched their own production house called Burmawalla Partners.

Asian Academy of Film & Television honored both of them with the Life Membership of International Film And Television Club.

Filmography

Directors

Year	Title	Cast	Notes
1990	Agneekaal	Jeetendra, Raj Babbar, Madhavi
1992	Khiladi	Akshay Kumar, Ayesha Jhulka	Based on Khel Khel Mein (1975)
1993	Baazigar	Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Kajol	Remake of A Kiss Before Dying
1996	Daraar	Juhi Chawla, Arbaaz Khan, Rishi Kapoor	Based on Sleeping with the Enemy
1998	Soldier	Bobby Deol, Preity Zinta
1999	Baadshah	Shah Rukh Khan, Twinkle Khanna
2001	Chori Chori Chupke Chupke	Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta	Inspired by Avan Aval Adhu, Doosri Dulhan and Pretty Woman
2001	Ajnabee	Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu, Kareena Kapoor	Based on Consenting Adults
2002	Humraaz	Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Amisha Patel	Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Director Based on A Perfect Murder
2004	Taarzan: The Wonder Car	Vatsal Sheth, Ayesha Takia	Based on Christine
2004	Aitraaz	Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra	Based on Disclosure
2006	36 China Town	Akshaye Khanna, Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Isha Koppikar, Tanushree Dutta	Based on Once Upon a Crime
2007	Naqaab	Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Urvashi Sharma	Inspired by Dot the i
2008	Race	Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Anil Kapoor, Sameera Reddy	Adaptation of Goodbye Lover
2012	Players	Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bipasha Basu	Remake of The Italian Job
2013	Race 2	Saif Ali Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Anil Kapoor, Ameesha Patel
2015	Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon	Kapil Sharma, Elli Avram, Manjari Phadnis, Simran Kaur Mundi, Arbaaz Khan	Based on Kannada film Nimbehuli
2017	Machine	Mustafa Burmawalla, Kiara Advani
TBA	3 Monkeys †	Arjun Rampal, Priya Prakash Varrier, Abrar Zahoor
2024	Race 4	Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Amrisha Patel, Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Aditya Pancholi, Anil Kapoor, Sunil Shetty, Armaan Kohli || Producers Evano Oruvan (7 December 2007) Life Partner (14 August 2009) Players (6 January 2012) Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (25 September 2015) Machine (17 March 2017) References External links Abbas at IMDb Mustan at IMDb