Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar is an Indian actor, filmmaker and singer who works in Hindi films. Born to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he established the production company Excel Entertainment, along with Ritesh Sidhwani, in 1999. Akhtar made his directorial debut with Dil Chahta Hai, a coming-of-age film that has since become a cult classic. Receiving acclaim for depicting urban youth realistically, the film won the National Award for Best Hindi Film, and two Filmfare Awards for Akhtar. He then directed the war film Lakshya, the action thriller Don and its sequel Don 2. As an actor, Akhtar made his screen debut with the musical drama Rock On!!, for which he won a second National Film Award for Best Hindi Film as well as the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He starred in, wrote the dialogues for, and produced the buddy-road film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, which won him Filmfare Awards for Best Film, Best Supporting Actor and Best Dialogue. Akhtar then portrayed athlete Milkha Singh in the biopic Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhan_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)