Farhan Akhtar
Farhan Akhtar
Biography
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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Actor
as Major Shaitan Singh
as Self
as Archie's Uncle Ben (voice) (uncredited)
as Self
as Waleed
as Ajju / Aziz Ali
as Niren Chaudhary
as Adi
as Kishan Mohan Girhotra
as Maqsood
as Himself
as Aditya Shroff
as Daanish Ali
as Self
as Himself
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as Sunny Gill
as Siddharth Roy
as Milkha Singh
as Self, special appearance in "Apna Bombay Talkies" (uncredited)
as Self
as Imran Qureshi
as Himself
as Karthik
as Vikram Jaisingh
as Aditya Shroff
as Host
as Self
as Himself
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
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Writer
as Writer
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as Story
as Dialogue
as Screenplay
as Dialogue
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Director
as Director
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Art
as Creative Director
as Creative Director
Crew
as Film Processor
Sound
as Playback Singer