He made his directorial debut, Do Dooni Chaar, for which he won Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue.

[2] He also wrote director Shaad Ali's Jhoom Barabar Jhoom starring Abhishek Bachchan and Preity Zinta,[2] and Siddharth Anand's Ta Ra Rum Pum starring Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee.

[4] The film received positive response from critics, and managed to do very well at the box office, turning out to be a worldwide hit.

[6] His next directorial venture was Daawat-e-Ishq, which had actors Aditya Roy Kapur and Parineeti Chopra in lead roles.

[8][9] Faisal's fourth film, Qaidi Band was released on 25 August 2017.