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S.Hussain Zaidi is India's most prolific crime writer. Discover books he has authored, mentored, choreographed and presented under the aegis of Blue Salt imprint.

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. His in-depth research on the Mumbai mafia has been used[clarification needed] by international authors like Misha Glenny in McMafia and Vikram Chandra in his book Sacred Games. Zaidi was once kidnapped in Iraq.

Zaidi has covered the Mumbai mafia for several decades. His 2002 book Black Friday detailed the 1993 Mumbai bombings, an attack comprising 13 explosi S.Hussain Zaidi is India's most prolific crime writer. Discover books he has authored, mentored, choreographed and presented under the aegis of Blue Salt imprint.

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. His in-depth research on the Mumbai mafia has been used[clarification needed] by international authors like Misha Glenny in McMafia and Vikram Chandra in his book Sacred Games. Zaidi was once kidnapped in Iraq.

Zaidi has covered the Mumbai mafia for several decades. His 2002 book Black Friday detailed the 1993 Mumbai bombings, an attack comprising 13 explosions that killed 250 people. The book was adapted two years later, in 2004, into a film by Anurag Kashyap also titled Black Friday. The film was so controversial that the Indian Censor Board did not allow it to be released in India for three years and was finally released on 9 February 2007 after the Supreme Court of India allowed it following the verdict in the '93 Bombay blast case was delivered by TADA court. In Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia, a historical account of the Mumbai mafia, Zaidi conducted an interview with crime boss Dawood Ibrahim, who is suspected of having orchestrated the bombings. The book was adapted into a film, Shootout at Wadala by Sanjay Gupta.

Zaidi is also associate producer of the HBO documentary Terror in Mumbai, which is based on the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.

The 2015 Kabir Khan film Phantom starring Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif, is an adaptation of Zaidi's book Mumbai Avengers, and the screenplay of the film has been written in co-ordination with the author.

S. Hussain Zaidi is an Indian crime writer and a former investigative journalist. His documentation of the Mumbai mafia in books like Dongri to Dubai, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, My Name is Abu Salem and Byculla to Bangkok is considered one of the finest pieces of investigative journalism. His mastery over terrorism-related research is reflected in Black Friday, David Headley and I and Mumbai Avengers. International writers like Misha Glenny, who wrote McMafia have used his in-depth research and so as Vikram Chandra while writing Sacred Games. Adrian Levy, who wrote books like The Meadows on Kashmir terrorism and recently The Siege on 26/11 attacks considers him a friend and consult him on various subjects. ...more

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	Dongri To Dubai : Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia by S. Hussain Zaidi (Goodreads Author), Vikram Chandra (Foreword) 3.93 avg rating — 9,160 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Friday: The True Story Of The Bombay Bomb Blasts 4.11 avg rating — 1,989 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mafia Queens Of Mumbai: Stories Of Women From The Ganglands by S. Hussain Zaidi (Goodreads Author), Jane Borges (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 2,658 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Byculla to Bangkok 3.75 avg rating — 1,452 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mumbai Avengers 3.32 avg rating — 780 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Name is Abu Salem 3.63 avg rating — 592 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Headley and I 3.67 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dangerous Minds by S. Hussain Zaidi (Goodreads Author), Brijesh Singh 3.76 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eleventh Hour 3.96 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wily Old Woman of Dongri by S. Hussain Zaidi (Goodreads Author), Jane Borges (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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S. Zaidi and 2 other people liked S. Hussain Zaidi's blog post: Guide into the underworld \| Vikram Chandra " I first met S. Hussain Zaidi in the winter of 1997, when I had just begun writing a novel about the Mumbai underworld. I desperately needed help, and was lucky enough to have a sister who knew Hussain through their shared profession of journ..." Read more of this blog post »
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“Man's most dangerous enemy is the one he was once closest to.”
― S. Hussain Zaidi, Dongri To Dubai : Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia

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“As Karim Lala often said,'learn to clench the world in your fist. open your palm only when you have to receive money”
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“The lack of effective and charismatic leaders always forced the Muslim youth to choose the wrong role models.”
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