Farhan Akhtar
Birthday: 1974-01-10 | Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaFarhan 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Ajju/Aziz Ali
as Niren Chaudhary
as Maqsood
as Aditya Shroff
as Daanish Ali
as Sunny Gill
as Siddharth Roy
as Imran Qureshi
as Karthik
as Vikram Jaisingh
as Aditya Shroff
as Host
