S. Hussain Zaidi

S. Hussain Zaidi (popularly known as Hussain Zaidi) is an Indian Author. He is also a former investigative journalist. His major works include Mafia Queens of Mumbai, Black Friday, Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of Mumbai Mafia and My Name is Abu Salem. Zaidi always aspired to do something related to writing. He also had a knack for investigation and detective work. He started his journey as a journalist. He used to write for a newspaper named The Asian Age. Due to his promising work, he was promoted to the position of a Resident Editor. His work has not been limited to one publishing house, he has worked for numerous periodicals.

Mid Day, The Indian Express and Mumbai Mirror Click to look into! >> Read More... are some of the newspapers he worked with. Following his passion, Zaidi started writing books on Investigation, Crime and mafia. Often selecting controversial and argumentative topics, he made sure that he did his thorough research for the book to avoid any circumstantial damage. According to a few sources, his in-depth research for his books on the Mumbai Mafia has been used by prominent International authors like Vikram Chandra Vikram Chandra (Born: January 1967) is the NDTV Gr >> Read More... (for the book Sacred Games) and Misha Glenny (for the novel McMafia).

He is married to Velly Thevar. Zaidi has followed multiple incidents of Mumbai Mafias in his books. Black Friday, told a precise and detailed story of the Mumbai Attacks in the year, which comprised of 250 casualties due to 13 explosions, was released by Zaidi in the year 2002. Zaidi has not been wrong about Mafia for several decades. The rights of the book were sold to Anurag Kashyap Born on 10th September 1972, Anurag Kashyap has es >> Read More... for a movie under the same name. For his book, Dongri to Dubai, Zaidi conducted a dangerous interview with the crime King of India, Dawood Ibrahim.

This book was also adapted for a movie called Shootout At Wadala Click to look into! >> Read More... . Zaidi is the Associate Producer of the documentary by HBO called Terror In Mumbai which is based on the unforgettable bomb blasts of 26/11 in Mumbai. Kabir Khan Kabir khan is a very much renowned director of Bol >> Read More... ’s movie ‘ Phantom Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ is also an adaptation of Hussain’s book Mumbai Avengers. He has also helped with the screenplay of the flick. Following his investigative and dangerous lifestyle, Hussain Zaidi was once kidnapped in the terrorist affected country Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussain. His life was saved by the popularity of Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... when his kidnapper misunderstood him to be a dear friend of the superstar.