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Sajid Nadiadwala (born 18 February 1966, India) is an Indian film producer.
Nadiadwala started as an AC Technician and then later worked as spot boy and graduated to become production assistant in his uncle's production house before establishing his own production company called "Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment". The production company has churned out many hits including Jeet (1996), Judwaa (1997), Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (2000) and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004).
Despite being heavily hyped, his 2006 film Jaan-E-Mann failed to do well at the box office. His next release however, the 2007 film Heyy Babyy, was one of the year's biggest hits. His 2009 production Kambakkht Ishq received worldwide media attention due to the casting of American actors such as Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards and Brandon Routh, and the initially rumored participation of Arnold Schwarzenegger. His first film of 2010, HouseFull starring Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta and Boman Irani was a hit. On September 30, 2010, he announced a sequel to HouseFull which would again star Akshay Kumar and be directed by Sajid Khan, who would thus complete his three-picture deal with him. His film Anjaana Anjaani released on October 1, 2010 to high expectations but turned out to be a box-office dud. His latest film Housefull 2 was a blockbuster hit on box office wich was released on April 5, 2012. He frequently casts Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar in his films, as Salman is his friend while Akshay Kumar is a childhood friend (Akshay was Sajid's junior at the Don Bosco School).
Komal Nahta is the editor and publisher of "Film Information", India's largest film trade journal. He is also an anchor of the Trade show ETC Bollywood Business on the Bollywood TV channels ETC and Zee Cinema. He is also the co-owner of koimoi.com which is a joint foray into the Online Entertainment & News segment in partnership with Mr. Alok Kejriwal (CEO, Games2Win India Pvt. Ltd.). He is also the Chairman of Eros International.
His interviews are carried by many satellite channels, including CNBC, STAR, Zee, B4U, NDTV, Zoom and Doordarshan. He was also the Bollywood representative of the BBC for almost 10 years. The Asian Development bank(ADB) has appointed him advisor for its film financing division, the first person from the film industry to be so appointed. He has recently launched a new tabloid called "The Film Street Journal".
On 26 April 2010, Nahta replaced Taran Adarsh as the host of ETC Bollywood Business on the indian TV channels ETC (India) and Zee Cinema (UK). The show airs daily on weekdays at 8:30 pm in India and at 7:30 pm in the UK. On Mondays, the show is about the previous fridays collections. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Nahta speaks to various artists from the film industry. Thursdays preview films releasing on Friday. On Fridays, Nahta will be review films released on that day. The show launched the first episode with Sajid Nadiadwala as the guest. He is also the Editor of Entertainment website www.koimoi.com He has also given a special appearance in the 2010 comedy, Tees Maar Khan, along with Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Akshaye Khanna.