He mostly chose controversial horror themes and stories for his films and directed Jigyaasa, Main Hoon Part-Time Killer and Islamic Exorcist.
India media believed that Jigyaasa was based on the life of the sex symbol Mallika Sherawat,[3] but Faisal has denied this.
[4] Faisal was also co-editor of Global Movie magazine and a film critic and feature writer for Bollywood for a number of news portals.
[10] On 3 February 2015, Madras High Court ruled out the decision in favor of Rajinikanth and restricted Faisal against using the actor's name in his upcoming film.
Few details were released about the nature of the proposed film, but media outlets quoted Saif in describing it as "bold" and "dirty".