Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar is a popular actor, director, producer, singer, screenwriter, and lyricist of Bollywood films. He completes 39th year of his life and celebrates his Birthday today. According to his birth chart, He was born on 9th January, 1974 to the renowned screenwriter Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani. The talented writer and director, Zoya Akhtar is his sister. His cousins are the Farah Khan and Sajid Khan. He went to HR College in Mumbai and took a degree of Commerce. He dropped out of college and at 17, he gradually started his career in the film industry. He first worked for a TV production house and then established his own production house, Excel Entertainment. But before that, he has also assisted several directors and cinematographers.

According to his career report, The first film, which he directed under his production house was Dil Chahta Hai in 2001 and that was a huge hit and won a National Award. His next film Lakshya although didn't do well but his another success came through the remake film, Don. The Celebrity made his acting debut with the film Rock On and it has received the second National Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. In this film, he has sung almost all songs and they were hit mostly among youngsters.

Farhan's sister made her directorial debut with the film Luck By Chance and casted Farhan as a lead. This is followed by another flick Karthik Calling Karthik. Both these movies did not worked well but gained him good accolades for his performance. Under the direction of his sister, Farhan Akhtar next worked in the movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, alongside Hrithik Roshan and Abhay Deol. This film was a huge success and also won two National Awards for Best Choreography and Best Audiography. Next, he has written, directed and produced Don 2, a sequel to Don and this was also a hit. His upcoming films include Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, where he plays the character of the athlete Milkha Singh and another is Shaadi Ke Side Effects, a sequel to Pyaar Ke Side Effects.

Apart from films, he became one of the nine judges in the Femina Miss India beauty peagant in 2002 and also a judge for the dance show Nach Baliye in 2005. Farhan is also a television host who came up with the show Oye! It's Friday and hosted many award functions. He also endorses many brands like Pureit, the water purifier product from Hindustan Unilever, Titan Industries, and United Spirits, which is an alcohol firm of Vijay Mallya. He is a Capricorn individual who is very practical and capable. Farhan's positive attitude and hard working nature are the key factors that made him stand in a successful position today. 

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