Farhan Akhtar

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Farhan Akhtar

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Why Is Farhan Akhtar Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Farhan Akhtar is an Indian actor, filmmaker, singer and songwriter who works in Hindi films. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, Akhtar, 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 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 . Following this, he directed the cult war film Lakshya and made his Hollywood debut through the soundtrack of Bride and Prejudice , for which he and sister Zoya Akhtar served as lyricists. Next came the commercially successful Don , his third directorial venture, post which he directed a short film titled Positive to spread awareness on HIV-AIDS.

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