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Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar

Birthday: 1974-01-10 | Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Farhan Akhtar is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playback singer and television host. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he grew up under the influence of the Hindi film industry. He began his career in Bollywood by working as an assistant director in Lamhe (1991) and Himalay Putra (1997). Akhtar, after establishing a production company named Excel Entertainment along with Ritesh Sidhwani, made his directorial debut with Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and received critical acclaim for portraying modern youth. The film also won a National award. Following it, he made Lakshya (2004) and had his Hollywood debut through the soundtrack of Bride and Prejudice (2004), for which he wrote the lyrics. He went on to make the commercially successful Don (2006). He directed a short film titled Positive (2007), to spread awareness on HIV-AIDS.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Toofaan

as    Ajju / Aziz Ali

2019
The Sky Is Pink

as    Niren Chaudhary

2017
Daddy

as    Maqsood

2016
Rock On 2

as    Aditya Shroff

2016
Wazir

as    Daanish Ali

2015
Dil Dhadakne Do

as    Sunny Gill

2014
Shaadi Ke Side Effects

as    Siddharth Roy

2011
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

as    Imran Qureshi

2010
Karthik Calling Karthik

as    Karthik

2009
Luck by Chance

as    Vikram Jaisingh

2008
Rock On!!

as    Aditya Shroff

2008
Oye! It's Friday!

as    Host