Abbas–Mustan

Abbas and Mustan Burmawalla are brothers known for directing stylish suspense, action and romantic thrillers in Bollywood with dark-lighted themes.[1] Their films mostly have all the characters with shades of grey. Even the main hero or central character in their films also has grey or negative shades with selfish desire and passion to do anything to meet his/her goal and does anything to succeed their goal. They have frequently cast Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Preity Zinta, Shah Rukh Khan, Ameesha Patel, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor in their work. The duo directed landmark Bollywood films like Khiladi, Baazigar, Soldier, Ajnabee, Baadshah, Aitraaz, Humraaz, 36 China Town, Race, Race 2 and comedian Kapil Sharma's debut movie Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon. They have prominently worked with the production house Venus Worldwide Entertainment and Tips Films, all of which were blockbusters.

Abbas-Mustan
Abbas–Mustan at the 61st Filmfare Awards
Occupationdirectors, writers, producers
Years active1990–present

History

The duo began their career with Gujarati films. In 1990, the duo made their Hindi directorial debut with the film Agneekaal, starring Raj Babbar, Jeetendra, Madhavi and Sonu Walia.

Early life and career

Abbas Burmawalla, Mustan Burmawalla, and their brother Hussain Burmawalla are from Surat in Gujarat state. Abbas–Mustan wanted to do something different from their family business of furniture, which led them to seek guidance from their Hindi film editor uncle, S.D. Kura, who advised them to undertake film editing to learn the craft and then progress to their goal of film direction. 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, which became a hit, thus launching their career.

After Abbas–Mustan's film journey began as director, they initially stuck to directing Gujarati movies, before moving into bigger scale of directing Hindi movies. Their first Hindi movie as directors was Agneekaal starring Jeetendra, Raj Babbar, and Madhavi in 1990. Since then, they have directed more than 14 Hindi movies(most of them plagiarized from Hollywood thrillers). They eventually launched their own production house called Burmawalla Partners. In most of their films, name of the lead actor is Raj and lead actress is Priya.

The duo is infamous for plagiarizing foreign films. Asian Academy of Film & Television honored both of them with the Life Membership of International Film And Television Club.

Filmography

Directors
YearTitleCastNotes
1990AgneekaalJeetendra, Raj Babbar, Madhavi
1992KhiladiAkshay Kumar, Ayesha JhulkaBased on Khel Khel Mein (1975)
1993BaazigarShah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, KajolRemake of A Kiss Before Dying[2]
1996DaraarJuhi Chawla, Arbaaz Khan, Rishi KapoorBased on Sleeping with the Enemy
1998SoldierBobby Deol, Priety ZintaNominated: Filmfare Award for Best Director
Remade as Villu
1999BaadshahShah Rukh Khan, Twinkle KhannaBased on Nick of Time and If Looks Could Kill with some scenes inspired by Rush Hour and Mr. Nice Guy
2001Chori Chori Chupke ChupkeSalman Khan, Rani Mukherji, Priety ZintaInspired by Avan Aval Adhu and Doosri Dulhan and pretty woman
2001AjnabeeAkshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu, Kareena KapoorBased on Consenting Adults
2002HumraazAkshaye Khanna, Bobby Deol, Amisha PatelNominated: Filmfare Award for Best Director
Based on A Perfect Murder
2004Taarzan: The Wonder CarVatsal Seth, Ayesha TakiaBased on Christine
2004AitraazAkshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena KapoorBased on Disclosure
200636 China TownAkshaye Khanna, Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Paresh RawalBased on Once Upon a Crime
2007NaqaabAkshay Khanna, Bobby Deol, Urvashi SharmaInspired by Dot the i
2008RaceAnil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Riyas RahimAdaptation of Goodbye Lover
2012PlayersAbhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bipasha BasuRemake of The Italian Job
2013Race 2Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez, Amisha PatelSome place recorded in Turkey
2015Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon[3]Kapil Sharma, Elli Avram, Manjari Fadnis, Simran Kaur Mundi, Arbaaz KhanBased on Kannada film Nimbehuli[4][5]
2017Machine[6]Mustafa Burmawalla, Kiara Advani

Producers

References
  1. "Abbas-Mustan haven't spent a single day apart in 54 years".
  2. "10 'Iconic' Indian movies that were actually copied". Deccanchronicle.com. 30 June 2014.
  3. "KAPIL SHARMA GETS FIT FOR DEBUT FILM KIS KISKO PYAR KARU". Archived from the original on 7 December 2014.
  4. "Kis Kisko Pyar Karoon, Review: Odd Kapils". www.filmfestivals.com.
  5. "Kapil Sharma's debut film served with legal notice citing similarities to a Kannada film – Times of India".
  6. "Mustafa on working with Abbas-Mustan after failure of Machine: I think I should also work with others". 4 July 2018.
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