FILM DIRECTOR

Farah Khan

1965 - Today

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Farah Khan Kunder (née Khan; born 9 January 1965) is an Indian film director, writer, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer who works predominantly in Hindi films. Khan has choreographed more than a hundred songs in over 80 films, winning the National Film Award for Best Choreography and seven Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography. In addition, she has worked on Tamil films and in international projects, such as Monsoon Wedding (2001), Bombay Dreams (2002), Vanity Fair (2004) and Marigold: An Adventure in India (2007), and the Chinese films Perhaps Love (2005) and Kung Fu Yoga (2017), earning Tony Award and Golden Horse Award nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farah Khan has received more than 5,778,423 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Farah Khan is the 1,756th most popular film director (down from 1,632nd in 2019), the 1,045th most popular biography from India (down from 895th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Farah Khan ranks 1,756 out of 2,041. Before her are Aditya Chopra, John Carl Buechler, Miguel Gomes, Richard Kelly, Amy Heckerling, and Michael Glawogger. After her are Chris Sanders, Scott Frank, Ali Abbasi, Greg Mottola, Władysław Pasikowski, and Oskar Roehler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Farah Khan ranks 622. Before her are Gheorghe Mihali, Nicola Zingaretti, Anja Niedringhaus, Jane Adams, Mohammed Achik, and Andy Buckley. After her are Marina Nemat, Christian Schenk, Carrot Top, Wladimir Resnitschenko, Darja Švajger, and Matt Servitto.

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In India

Among people born in India, Farah Khan ranks 1,045 out of 1,861. Before her are Aditya Chopra (1971), Harkishan Singh Surjeet (1916), Meenakshi Seshadri (1963), Manohar Parrikar (1955), Esther Victoria Abraham (1916), and Ramanathan Krishnan (1937). After her are Indrani Rahman (1930), Ahmed Patel (1949), Ravindra Jadeja (1988), Padma Lakshmi (1970), Sania Mirza (1986), and Irfan Habib (1931).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Farah Khan ranks 33. Before her are B. R. Chopra (1914), K. Balachander (1930), David Dhawan (1955), Ebrahim Alkazi (1925), Mehboob Khan (1907), and Aditya Chopra (1971). After her are Rajkumar Hirani (1962), Basu Chatterjee (1930), Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982), Deepak Tijori (1961), Muzaffar Ali (1944), and Shakti Samanta (1926).

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Filmography

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Director
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.
Oct 20o 19958.5 / 10
My Name Is Khan
Director
Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.
Feb 10o 20108.042 / 10
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Director
Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.
Dec 14o 20017.7 / 10