The web series, adapted from Hussain Zaidi’s book Dongri to. He is also the founder of Blue Salt Films. Amyra Dastur has been roped in to star in Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s next production venture Dongri To Dubai. Zaidi was also an associate producer of the HBO documentary Terror in Mumbai, which is based on the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. The book was adapted into the film Shootout at Wadala by Sanjay Gupta. 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. It was finally released on 9 February 2007 after the Supreme Court of India allowed it following the TADA court verdict in the '93 Bombay blast case. 108 likes, 6 comments - Aakanksha Jain (bookscharming) on Instagram: Book - Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia Author - S. The film was so controversial that the Indian Censor Board did not allow it to be released in India for three years. The book was adapted two years later, in 2004, into a film by Anurag Kashyap also titled Black Friday. His 2002 book Black Friday detailed the 1993 Mumbai bombings, an attack consisting of thirteen explosions that killed 250 people. Zaidi has covered the Mumbai mafia for several decades.

His in-depth research on the Mumbai mafia has been used by international authors, including Misha Glenny in McMafia and Vikram Chandra in his book Sacred Games. He later worked for several other periodicals, including The Indian Express, Mid-Day and Mumbai Mirror. Zaidi began his career in journalism while working for the newspaper The Asian Age, where he became the resident editor. He is also known to be India's number 1 crime writer, and most prolific crime writer.

Hussain Zaidi is an Indian author and former investigative journalist. Introduction to the Book Videos in this series will feature the authors talking or discussing their latest published book.

Dongri To Dubai by S. Hussain Zaidi