Homi Adajania
Director · India
Homi Adajania is an Indian film director and writer. He made his directorial debut with Being Cyrus (2006), an English-language psychological drama. He followed this with the commercially successful Hindi-language romantic comedy Cocktail (2012). After this Adajania directed the satire Finding Fanny. Homi Adajania entered the film industry directing and co-writing the English-language psychological drama Being Cyrus (2006) starring Saif Ali Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, and Boman Irani. The film earned critical acclaim, despite being commercially unsuccessful. Film critic Rajeev Masand called it "a stylish thriller that's told in an immensely engaging style. Adajania's second directorial venture was the Hindi-language romantic comedy Cocktail (2012). The film was written by filmmaker Imtiaz Ali and produced by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh Vijan under their banner Illuminati Films. The lead roles were played by Khan, Deepika Padukone, and debutante actress Diana Penty, while Kapadia and Boman Irani featured in supporting roles. After its three-week run, Box Office India declared the film a hit in India and abroad. It earned mixed to positive reviews from critics. Adajania's third directorial venture, the satirical comedy Finding Fanny, was released in September 2014 in both English and Hindi. The film starred an ensemble cast including Shah, Kapadia, Pankaj Kapur, Padukone, and Arjun Kapoor. The film received mostly positive reviews, and had a steady run at the box office. His next project is a Hindi film adaptation of an American novel, an intense love story, Takadum, starring Irrfan Khan, Parineeti Chopra and Sushant Singh Rajput which is currently under production. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Biography from TMDB.
- India
- Director
- 4 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
Known for
What are Homi Adajania's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Homi Adajania's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Homi Adajania's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Cocktail 2(2026)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Murder Mubarak(2024)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Jee Karda(2023)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Angrezi Medium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Fakir of Venice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Raabta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Finding Fanny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Cocktail(2012)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Being Cyrus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 2005 to 2026.
How do Homi Adajania's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th4
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 37/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Homi Adajania's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Homi Adajania work with?
People who share at least 2 of Homi Adajania's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dimple Kapadia shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Dimple KapadiaShared titles: Murder Mubarak (2024), Cocktail (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Dimple Kapadia
Cinematographers
- Linesh DesaiShared titles: Cocktail 2 (2026), Murder Mubarak (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Linesh Desai
Producers
- Dinesh VijanShared titles: Cocktail 2 (2026), Murder Mubarak (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Dinesh Vijan
