Writing
Hussain Zaidi
Born
1968-02-28 (58)
Place of birth
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Known for
Writing
Credits
3 titles
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.
Known for
6.7A 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.
Mardaani
2014
6.3The 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.
Lahore Confidential
2021
5.6A 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.
London Confidential
2020
Behind the camera
6.7A 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.
Mardaani
2014
6.3The 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.
Lahore Confidential
2021
5.6A 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.
London Confidential
2020