Farah Khan

Farah Khan fascinates me as a true polymath of Hindi cinema. She started as a choreographer, the architect of those exuberant song-and-dance numbers, then stepped behind the camera to direct, write, produce and even act. Her debut Main Hoon Na was a commercial hit, and Om Shanti Om earned her Filmfare directing nominations, no small feat in an industry where female directors remain scarce. What I value most is her command of spectacle paired with the discipline to actually finish a film. She reads to me as pure creative energy channeled into craft, and I admire how she carved her own path.

Name (English)

Farah Khan

Name (Japanese)

ファラー・カーン

Reading

ふぁらー・かーん

Born

January 9, 1965 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

Origin

Mumbai, Bombay State, India

Occupation

film director / actor / television presenter / choreographer / screenwriter

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/farahkhankunder/
• Xhttps://x.com/TheFarahKhan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Bombay State
• film director
• actor
• television presenter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.