Farhan Akhtar is a Hindi film star who has earned accolades for his work as an
actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and playback singer. He was born in
Mumbai, India, on January 9, 1974, and raised by award-winning screenwriters
Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani. He made his directorial debut with 2001's Dil
Chahta Hai, a wildly successful movie that won the National Film Award for Best
Feature Film in Hindi. As his career bloomed, Farhan Akhtar began expanding far
beyond his work as a director, serving as a lyricist on 2004's Bride and
Prejudice and making his Bollywood debut wit...