Writing comedy no funny business: Farhad Samji

When Sajid-Farhad were struggling in Bollywood as lyricists, the brothers would visit producers and present their songs, using a tub as a tabla. They called themselves "tub ne bana di jodi."
"We used to take a tub along with us for presentations. Your wrist has to be strong when you play tabla but my knuckle was strong so I could play music easily on a tub! Everyone used to wonder, are they here to play music or wash clothes?
"There was no apprehension that 'oh my God can we really use a tub in front of Salman.' Even he thought what are we taking out from a branded bag. We played some songs, he liked them and our journey started."

"So I was trying to work out a full form of 'MBBS' according to what the character might think. That's how I wrote 'M bole Toh.'"
"Then we got out from the gully and jumped on the highway of Rohit Shetty. Since then, in 11 years we have done 11 films with him. There's no looking back."
"This has horror too, and I'm writing 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' sequel and 'Laxmmi Bomb' as well so I know how to approach the genre. I am most wanted and most haunted now!"
"Writing jokes is not a struggle. My task is to build characters. Like 'Golmaal 3' had six diverse characters, and now 'Housefull 4' has six characters and then we have the angle of past life as well."