Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar is, to me, one of the most quietly important architects of modern Bollywood. Son of screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he could have leaned on that lineage, but his 2001 directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai instead became a genuine cult classic that shifted how Hindi cinema spoke to young audiences. What impresses me is the breadth: actor, director, producer, writer, and singer, all of it backed by the entrepreneurial nerve to co-found Excel Entertainment and build his own machine.

Name (English)

Farhan Akhtar

Name (Japanese)

ファルハーン・アクタル

Reading

ふぁるはーん・あくたる

Born

January 9, 1974 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Tiger

Origin

Mumbai, Bombay State, India

Occupation

actor / film director / film producer / screenwriter / singer

Awards & achievements

• Filmfare Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.excelmovies.com/directors/farhan-akthar/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/faroutakhtar/
• Xhttps://x.com/FarOutAkhtar
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhan%20Akhtar
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q590853

Tags

• Bombay State
• actor
• film director
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-11

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.