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Farhan Akhtar is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Playback Singer Indian born on 10 january 1974 at Mumbai (Inde)
Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playback singer, lyricist 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.
He started his acting career with Rock On!! (2008), for which he won a second National Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi as producer, and indulged in further experimentation before he acted in, produced and wrote the dialogues for the critical and commercial success Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), which won him two Filmfare Awards, including Best Supporting Actor. In the same year, he directed a sequel to Don titled Don 2 (2011), which remains as his highest-grossing film till date. He achieved further success by portraying Milkha Singh in the 2013 film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, earning him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
Il étudie à Bombay, d'abord à la Maneckji Cooper School puis au H.R. College où il commence, sans les achever, des études de commerce.
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Farhan Akhtar
Birth name Farhan Akhtar
Nationality Inde
Birth 10 january 1974 (50 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards
Nationality Inde
Birth 10 january 1974 (50 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards
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.
He started his acting career with Rock On!! (2008), for which he won a second National Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi as producer, and indulged in further experimentation before he acted in, produced and wrote the dialogues for the critical and commercial success Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), which won him two Filmfare Awards, including Best Supporting Actor. In the same year, he directed a sequel to Don titled Don 2 (2011), which remains as his highest-grossing film till date. He achieved further success by portraying Milkha Singh in the 2013 film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, earning him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
Biography
Farhan Akhtar est né le 9 janvier 1974 dans une des familles importantes de Bollywood. En effet, il est le petit-fils du célèbre poète ourdou Jan Nisar Akhtar, le fils du poète, parolier et scénariste Javed Akhtar et de la scénariste et réalisatrice Honey Irani et sa sœur, Zoya est également réalisatrice. En outre, il est le beau-fils de Shabana Azmi, seconde épouse de son père, et le cousin de la chorégraphe et réalisatrice Farah Khan. Il est marié à Adhuna Bhabani Akhtar dont il a deux filles, Shakya et Akira.Il étudie à Bombay, d'abord à la Maneckji Cooper School puis au H.R. College où il commence, sans les achever, des études de commerce.
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Lakshya (2004)
, 2h55Directed by Farhan Akhtar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Sharad Kapoor, Om Puri, Boman Irani
Rating77%
Karan Shergill (Hrithik Roshan) is a young man who has no goal or plans for his future. His father is a businessman, his brother is a successful individual living in America. His girlfriend, Romi (Preity Zinta), a student activist and reporter who espouses fashionable causes out of well-meaning sincerity, tells him he needs to find a goal in life. When a friend announces he is going to join the Indian Military Academy (IMA, Dehradun), Karan applies as well, despite dissent from his parents.
Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
, 3h5Directed by Farhan Akhtar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Road movies, Bollywood, Buddy films
Actors Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Dimple Kapadia
Rating80%
This movie is about three childhood friends, Akash Malhotra (Aamir Khan), Sameer Mulchandani (Saif Ali Khan), and Siddharth "Sid" Sinha (Akshaye Khanna) who, after college, fall in love. In the beginning, Akash does not believe in the concept of love and does not engage in relationships lasting more than two weeks. Sameer is a genial, well-meaning, desperately romantic, but confused guy who is prone to romantic infatuations and believes to have found true love whenever he gets attracted to a girl. Sid, an artist by profession and the most mature of the three, is not interested in trivial romances and is dedicated to his work.
Scriptwriter
Rock On 2 (2016)
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Buddy films
Actors Arjun Rampal, Prachi Desai, Farhan Akhtar, Shraddha Kapooor, Purab Kohli, Shahana Goswami
Roles Dialogue
Rating49%
Adi décide d'organiser un grand concert de charité avec le reste des membres de Magik, un groupe de rock. Cependant, l'opposition constante des autorités locales leur rend les choses très difficiles.
Dil Dhadakne Do (2015)
, 2h50Directed by Zoya Akhtar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah
Roles Dialogue
Rating69%
Kamal Mehra (Anil Kapoor) is a businessman who owns Ayka, a company on the verge of bankruptcy. He has a troubled relationship with his wife, Neelam (Shefali Shah), and two children, Ayesha (Priyanka Chopra) and Kabir (Ranveer Singh). Ayesha owns a successful travel business of her own but is unhappy with her marriage to Manav (Rahul Bose), who is controlling, narcissistic and disdains Ayesha's family. Kabir unwillingly participates in the family business even though he yearns to become a pilot. In celebration of Kamal and Neelam's 30th wedding anniversary, they invite their family and friends for a 10-day cruise across the Mediterranean. Among their invitees are Mr. Sood (Parmeet Sethi) and his family. Kamal plots to get Kabir married to Sood's daughter, Noorie (Riddhima Sud), in exchange for his investing in Ayka.
Talaash (2012)
, 2h19Directed by Reema Kagti
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Musical theatre, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shernaz Patel, Rajkummar Rao
Roles Dialogue
Rating71%
Late at night on a deserted road, well-known actor Armaan Kapoor (Vivan Bhatena) loses control of his car for no evident reason, apparently trying to avoid something, and drives into the sea. Inspector Surjan Shekhawat (Aamir Khan) with his assistant Devrath Kulkarni (Rajkummar Rao) begins an investigation into Armaan's death. Surjan's personal life is in turmoil since his 8-year-old son, Karan, drowned recently during a family outing. His wife, Roshni (Rani Mukerji), is still grieving and Surjan has developed a guilt complex.
Game (2011)
Directed by Abhinay Deo
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Gul Panag, Sarah-Jane Dias, Jimmy Shergill, Boman Irani
Roles Dialogue
Rating52%
Kabir Malhotra (Anupam Kher) is a billionaire tycoon who invites four people to his island home in Greece, by sending a different letter to each. The four people, who have never met before, are:
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
, 2h33Directed by Zoya Akhtar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Road movies, Bollywood, Buddy films
Actors Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah
Roles Dialogue
Rating81%
At the beginning of the film, Kabir (Abhay Deol) proposes to Natasha (Kalki Koechlin). Their families meet at the engagement party where Natasha learns that Kabir is planning a three-week bachelor road trip to Spain with his school friends Imraan (Farhan Akhtar) and Arjun (Hrithik Roshan). Kabir explains that the three have a long-standing pact, and that during the road trip, each of them will have to pick an adventure sport, which all three will try together. Initially, Arjun is reluctant to take trip as he does not want lose his pay for missing work. It is later revealed that Arjun's ex-girlfriend left him due to his workaholism & obsesion with money. Imraan has an additional personal agenda on the trip: to find his biological father Salman Habib (Naseeruddin Shah), an artist in Spain.
Don 2 (2011)
, 2h26Directed by Farhan Akhtar
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, Kunal Kapoor, Boman Irani, Om Puri
Roles Story
Rating70%
The film opens five years after the ending of the first film, with Don (Shahrukh Khan) narrating the story. The European drug cartel bosses meet in the French Riviera to discuss a new threat emerging from Asia: Don is jeopardising their business by undercutting their prices, and the bosses decree that Don must die. Living in Thailand for the last five years, he goes to a remote settlement to pick up a shipment of cocaine. Instead of the expected uneventful transaction, Don fights his way out. He returns to Malaysia, surrendering to Roma (Priyanka Chopra) and Inspector Malik (Om Puri). Don is sentenced to death and sent to prison, where he meets old rival Vardhaan (Boman Irani). He offers Vardhan a partnership, and they escape from prison after poisoning the other inmates.
Billa (2009)
Directed by Meher Ramesh
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Namitha, Krishnam Raju, Rashin Rahman, Hansika Motwani
Roles Writer
Rating60%
The movie begins with an underworld don Billa (Prabhas), featured on Interpol's criminal list, hiding and operating out of Malaysia. Krishnamoorthy (Krishnam Raju) has spent the last few years looking for Billa, leaving behind a life in India.
Rock On!! (2008)
, 2h25Directed by Abhishek Kapoor
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood, Buddy films
Actors Arjun Rampal, Shahana Goswami, Farhan Akhtar, Prachi Desai, Purab Kohli, Koel Purie
Roles Dialogue
Rating76%
Rock On begins in Mumbai, with the rock band Magik, in 1998. Joseph (Joe) Mascarhenas (Arjun Rampal) is the lead guitarist who feels necessity to prove his worth as a musician. Aditya Shroff (Farhan Akhtar) is the lead singer who rebelled against his well to-do family to play music. Rob Nancy (Luke Kenny) who plays keyboards and Kedar Zaveri a.k.a. KD/"Killer Drummer" (Purab Kohli) comprise the remainder of the band. After a competition is announced by Channel V, they decide to enter, as the winner will be offered an album and one music video.
Don (2006)
, 2h58Directed by Farhan Akhtar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films, Bollywood, Gangster films
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Isha Koppikar, Boman Irani, Om Puri
Roles Story
Rating70%
In mid-2000s, the illegal drug trade based in Kuala Lumpur is booming. The Malaysian authorities are called upon for assistance by their Indian counterparts. The Indian team sent to Kuala Lumpur is headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police D'Silva (Boman Irani), who targets the illegal drug operations of Singhania (Rajesh Khattar). Helping him along the way is Inspector Vishal Malik (Om Puri), an Indian officer from Interpol. Both of them know that in order to put an end to the illegal drug trade, they must capture "Don" (Shah Rukh Khan) who manages Singhania's business in Kuala Lumpur. Singhania was one of the two closest and most trusted men of Boris, a criminal who went underground and was presumed dead by the police. Boris's other lieutenant was a man called Vardhan, equally ruthless as Singhania, but his whereabouts are unknown. The police thinks that Singhania had killed Vardhan upon learning that Boris was about to hand over his drug business to Vardhan.
Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
, 3h5Directed by Farhan Akhtar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Road movies, Bollywood, Buddy films
Actors Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Dimple Kapadia
Roles Histoire
Rating80%
This movie is about three childhood friends, Akash Malhotra (Aamir Khan), Sameer Mulchandani (Saif Ali Khan), and Siddharth "Sid" Sinha (Akshaye Khanna) who, after college, fall in love. In the beginning, Akash does not believe in the concept of love and does not engage in relationships lasting more than two weeks. Sameer is a genial, well-meaning, desperately romantic, but confused guy who is prone to romantic infatuations and believes to have found true love whenever he gets attracted to a girl. Sid, an artist by profession and the most mature of the three, is not interested in trivial romances and is dedicated to his work.
Producer
Raees (2017)
, 2h22Directed by Rahul Dholakia
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical, Crime
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mahira Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Sunny Leone, Uday Tikekar
Roles Producer
Rating66%
Set in 1980s Gujarat, it shows the story of a cruel and clever bootlegger (played by Shah Rukh Khan) whose business is highly challenged and eventually thwarted by a tough cop Ghulam Patel (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui). The film criticizes the prohibition of alcohol, prostitution and illegal drugs in Gujarat.
Rock On 2 (2016)
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Buddy films
Actors Arjun Rampal, Prachi Desai, Farhan Akhtar, Shraddha Kapooor, Purab Kohli, Shahana Goswami
Roles Producer
Rating49%
Adi décide d'organiser un grand concert de charité avec le reste des membres de Magik, un groupe de rock. Cependant, l'opposition constante des autorités locales leur rend les choses très difficiles.