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FILM DIRECTOR

Farhan Akhtar

1974 - Today

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Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, writer, dialogue writer, singer and songwriter who works in Hindi films. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani after establishing a production company named Excel Entertainment along with Ritesh Sidhwani in 1999, made his directorial debut with the coming-of-age comedy-drama Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and received widespread critical acclaim for portraying realistic modern Indian youth in the film, which won the National Award for Best Hindi Film and the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics). Following this, he directed the cult war film Lakshya (2004) and made his Hollywood debut through the soundtrack of Bride and Prejudice (2004), for which he and sister Zoya Akhtar served as lyricists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farhan Akhtar has received more than 9,781,730 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Farhan Akhtar is the 1,764th most popular film director (down from 1,536th in 2019), the 1,063rd most popular biography from India (down from 910th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Farhan Akhtar ranks 1,764 out of 1,581. Before him are Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Mani Kaul, Goutam Ghose, Gareth Evans, Prakash Jha, and Adam Wingard. After him are Alain Gomis, Louis Theroux, Roya Sadat, Jeff Wadlow, Roel Reiné, and Joseph Kahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Farhan Akhtar ranks 713. Before him are Nami Otake, Ever Carradine, Antoine Sibierski, Jerry Stackhouse, Paul Epworth, and Sergey Ryazansky. After him are René Sommerfeldt, Christian Riganò, Michelle Krusiec, Florian Rousseau, Dave Mirra, and Yuan Hua.

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In India

Among people born in India, Farhan Akhtar ranks 1,063 out of 1,493. Before him are Raman Parimala (1948), Deepti Naval (1952), Rohini Hattangadi (1955), Sidharth Malhotra (1985), Vicky Kaushal (1988), and Prakash Jha (1952). After him are Vivek Oberoi (1976), Arundhati Bhattacharya (1956), Tamannaah (1989), Abhinav Bindra (1982), Himesh Reshammiya (1973), and Arunima Sinha (1989).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Farhan Akhtar ranks 40. Before him are Rituparno Ghosh (1963), Ram Gopal Varma (1962), Prabhu Deva (1973), Mani Kaul (1944), Goutam Ghose (1950), and Prakash Jha (1952). After him are S. S. Rajamouli (1973), S. Shankar (1963), Ashutosh Gowariker (1964), Rajkumar Santoshi (1956), Anurag Kashyap (1972), and Rohit Shetty (1973).

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