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Farhan Akhtar is a popular Indian actor, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer. He’s the son of the well-known lyricist and scriptwriter, Javed Akhtar.

Wiki/Biography

Farhan was born on Wednesday, 9 January 1974 (age 45 years; as in 2019), in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Capricorn. He did his schooling from Maneckji Cooper College in Mumbai. He joined H.R. Faculty of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai nonetheless was suspended from the school throughout the 2nd 12 months because of his transient attendance.

A Childhood Image of Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar

Bodily Look

Peak (approx.) 5’ 9”

Eye Color Darkish Brown

Hair Color Black

Household, Caste & Spouse

He was born to a Muslim father and a Parsi mother. His father, Javed Akhtar is a renowned lyricist and scriptwriter. Farhan’s mother, Honey Irani is an actress and screenwriter. He has an elder sister, Zoya Akhtar, a broadly recognized Indian director and screenwriter.

An Outdated Image of Farhan alongside along with his Father, Mom, and Sister

A Childhood Image of Farhan Akhtar with His Mom and Sister

Farhan Akhtar with His Father- Javed Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar with His Mom and Sister

Farhan’s step-mother is the veteran Bollywood actress, Shabana Azmi.

Farhan alongside along with his Father, Step-Mom, and Sister

Veteran Indian actress, Daisy Irani is his maternal aunt, and ace choreographer Farah Khan and director Sajid Khan are Farhan’s first cousins.

Farhan Akhtar’s Aunt-Daisy Irani and His Cousins- Farah Khan and Sajid Khan

Farhan Akhtar with Farah, Sajid, and Shirish

Farhan was in a important relationship with the actress Suman Ranganathan, which led to 1995. Later, he purchased married to Riya Jain, nonetheless their marriage didn’t closing prolonged.

Suman Ranganathan

In 1997, he met Adhuna Bhabani in a disco. Adhuna is a star hairstylist and runs a salon B- Blunt. Farhan and Adhuna Bhabani have been in a live-in relationship for 3 years and purchased married in 2000. The couple has two daughters, Shakya and Akira. After 16 years of their marriage, Farhan and Adhuna decided to half their strategies.

Farhan Akhtar with His Spouse- Adhuna Bhabani

Farhan Akhtar with His Daughters

On 21 January 2016, the couple purchased divorced and launched an announcement stating,

That is to announce that we, Adhuna and Farhan, have mutually and amicably decided to separate. Our children keep our priority and it’s immensely important to us, as accountable dad and mother, that they’re protected towards unwarranted speculation and public glare. We sincerely request that we’re given the privateness that’s required in the intervening time to maneuver forward in a dignified technique.”

In an interview, when Farhan was requested was it easy to tell his children about his divorce, he said,

Nothing is easy. Something you inform your infant which you suppose your infant doesn’t want to listen to isn’t going to be easy. The issue that your infant expects you and by you doing it, you’ll realise that that's what you rely on from them. When chances are you'll be reliable alongside together with your infant, they aren’t dumb or foolish. They understand excess of you and I can take into consideration. They’ve a method of energy about how their dad and mother are feeling. So lengthy as you don’t deceive them and also you’re feeling ‘it’s okay, I’ve instructed them, they are going to now do regardless of’, points will come spherical. Finally, a child will understand why you may need executed what you may need executed. Possibly not in the meanwhile, nonetheless you merely have to be reliable with them and in flip, they're going to be reliable with you.”

Reportedly, the rationale for his or her divorce was Farhan’s closeness alongside along with his Wazir (2016) co-star Aditi Rao Hydari.

Farhan Akhtar with Aditi Rao Hydari

There have been rumours that whereas taking footage for Rock On 2 (2016), he started courting his co-star Shraddha Kapoor, and it was Shraddha’s father, Shakti Kapoor, who was not happy with their relationship.

Farhan Akhtar with Shraddha Kapoor

In 2019, he started courting Shibani Dandekar. Shibani is a broadly recognized Indian VJ, model, singer, and anchor.

Farhan Akhtar with His Girlfriend, Shibani

Profession

When he was 17 years earlier, he started working as a trainee in cinematography and path division of Yash Chopra’s film Lamhe (1991). After that, he labored with ‘Script Store,’ an industrial manufacturing dwelling for almost three years. He labored as an assistant director with Pankaj Parashar for the Bollywood film Himalay Putra (1997). In 1999, he started a producing agency, Excel Leisure, along with Ritesh Sidhwani, an Indian film producer.

Farhan Akhtar with Ritesh Sidhwani

In 2001, he debuted as a creator and director throughout the Hindi film ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ (2001) and obtained the Nationwide Movie Award for the same. In 2008, he debuted as a producer throughout the Bollywood film ‘Don-The Chase Begins Once more.’ Just a few of his films as a producer and director are Don 2: The King Is Again (2011), Fukrey (2013), and Dil Dhadakne Do (2015).

In 2008, he debuted as a singer and actor throughout the film ‘Rock On!!’ He has acted in a lot of Bollywood films like Karthik Calling Karthik (2010), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013), and Toofan (2020).

Controversies

• In 2017, Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao handed a opposed contact upon the controversy of Tamil film ‘Mersal’ (2017), he said,

“Indian stars have very low IQ and really low basic information.”

Farhan took a dig on him and tweeted,

How dare you, sir.”

• Within the #MeToo storm in 2018, a girl accused director Sajid Khan of exploiting her. Farhan criticised Sajid by tweeting,

I can’t adequately stress how shocked, disillusioned and heartbroken I’m to be taught the tales about Sajid’s behaviour. I don’t understand how nonetheless he ought to uncover a method to atone for his alleged actions.”

Farhan obtained monumental criticism for not determining about his cousin brother’s behaviour.

• He was trolled by the netizens for tweeting ‘Save Bhopal, vote in opposition to Sadhvi Pragya‘  each week after the voting was executed in 2019.

Awards & Honours

Filmfare Awards

2002: Critics Award for Greatest Film, Greatest Screenplay for Dil Chahta Hai

2009: Greatest Male Debut for Rock On!!

2012: Greatest Supporting Actor for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

2014: Greatest Actor for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Farhan Akhtar with His Filmfare Award

Nationwide Awards

2002: Greatest Characteristic Movie in Hindi for Dil Chahta Hai

2009: Greatest Characteristic Movie in Hindi for Rock On!!

Farhan Akhtar Receiving Nationwide Award

Be conscious: He has many additional accolades to his title.

Deal with

• Sea Spring Bungalow No 1, B J Highway, Bandstand, Mumbai – 400050

• Vipassana, Close to Bandstand, Mumbai

Belongings/Properties

Bungalow: Rs 35 crore

Farhan Akhtar’s Bungalow

Web Price/Revenue

• Rs. 144 crore approx. (as in 2019)

• Rs. 22.4 crore approx (Yearly, as in 2019)

Automobile Assortment

Farhan Akhtar in His Porsche Automobile

Farhan Akhtar Posing with His Automobile

Farhan Akhtar Posing with His Vary Rover

Signature

Farhan Akhtar’s Signature

Favorite Issues

Meals: Home made meals, Kebabs, Cheesecake, and Mutton Biryani

Actor(s): Guru Dutt, Robert Di Nero, Martin Scorsese, and Ridley Scott

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Actress: Preity Zinta

Movie: The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Sports actions: Soccer, Tennis, Biking, and Volleyball

Movie Style: Motion

Vegetable: Bhindi

Information/Trivia

• His nanny used to call him ‘Bulbul,’ and his girlfriend, Shibani, calls him ‘Foo.’

• Identical to his father and sister, Farhan will be an atheist.

• He’s a well being freak and takes his handmade lunch with him whereas he’s taking footage, which regularly consists of grilled hen or fish.

• His hobbies embody travelling, cooking, and finding out books.

• He has purchased a dolphin/shark tattoo inked on his correct shoulder.
  

  Farhan Akhtar’s Tattoo

  In an interview, he shared an attention-grabbing story related to his tattoo, he said,

I’ve one apology for a tattoo. My editor buddy and me, we used to work collectively. It was via the mid-Nineties when one night, we purchased very drunk and decided we should all the time make tattoos. Until date, in case you ask me if I can take you to that place, I obtained’t keep in mind, we now have been so drunk. However he knew any particular person, who was a dock worker by day and a tattoo artist by night. So, we purchased proper right into a taxi and I merely understand that we entered this shack sort of a spot the place the fan was really low. So this man opens a tattoo chart and requested which one I most popular. I observed this dolphin tattoo and I’ve an element for dolphins. So I purchased it on this shoulder — and it turned a shark.”

• He’s a canine lover and owns a canine, Jimmy.
  

  Farhan Akhtar Taking half in with His Canine

• He’s a large fan of the West Indies former cricketer, Sir Vivian Richards.
  

  Farhan Akhtar with Vivian Richards

• Actor, Salman Khan is his childhood buddy. In an interview, Farhan said,

Salman and I’ve spent a wide range of time collectively and we now have been really good buddies. He was really supportive and caring within the path of me and Zoya similar to he was within the path of his private brothers.”

• Farhan considers American actor, producer, and director, Robert De Niro as his inspiration.
  

  Farhan Akhtar with Robert De Niro

• Reportedly, he has Katsaridaphobia, i.e. the priority of cockroaches.

• In 2002, he judged Femina Miss India, a widely known magnificence pageant.

• He appeared as considered one of many judges on the dance actuality TV current Nach Baliye (2005).
  

  Farhan Akhtar as a Choose in Nach Baliye

• Reportedly, he was the first choice of the makers of the film Rang De Basanti (2006) to play the lead place, later, that place was carried out by Aamir Khan.

• Farhan has moreover appeared in assorted commercials like Pureit, Chivas Regal, Britannia Nutri Selection Biscuits, IndusInd Financial establishment, Dulux Paint, Nutrilite, and Titan Industries.
  

  Farhan Akhtar Promoting for Nutrilite

• He said in an interview that after his dad and mother have been divorced, his buddies have been an superior help to him.

• He has been associated to UN Girls (The United Nations entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women).
  

  Farhan Akhtar at an event of the UN Girls’s Goodwill

• Farhan launched a social advertising and marketing marketing campaign, ‘Males Towards Rape and Discrimination’ or ‘MARD’ in August 2012, after a female lawyer was sexually assaulted and killed by a watchman.
  

  Farhan Akhtar at an Occasion of MARD

• Farhan has walked the ramp for various type reveals.
  

  Farhan Akhtar Strolling the Ramp with His Girlfriend, Shibani Dandekar

• He has featured on the quilt of various renowned magazines.
  

  Farhan Akhtar on the Cowl of GQ Journal