Zoya Akhtar shares throwback image of Farhan Akhtar on birthday, can you recognize him
Mumbai: Sister Zoya Akhtar shared a throwback image of actor Farhan Akhtar to wish him on his 49th birthday.
"Birthday Boy. I♥️You More Each Year ♥️ #favboy #wishyouhealthpeaceandhappiness @faroutakhtar," Zoya captioned the image.
Farhan’s wife Shibani Dandekar commented: "the cutest."
Farhan is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, dialogue writer, playback singer, lyricist, producer and television host who works in
Hindi films.
Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he grew up under the influence of the Indian film industry.
Akhtar, after establishing a production company named Excel Entertainment along with Ritesh Sidhwani in 1999, made his directorial debut with Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and received widespread critical acclaim for portraying modern Indian youth in the film, which won the National Award for Best Hindi Film and the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics).
Following this, he directed the cult war film Lakshya (2004) and made his Hollywood debut through the soundtrack of Bride and Prejudice (2004), for which he and sister Zoya Akhtar served as lyricists. Next came the commercially successful Don (2006), his third directorial venture, post which he directed a short film titled Positive (2007) to spread awareness on HIV-AIDS.
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