Farah Khan Kunder (born 9 January 1965), née Farah Khan, is an Indian
film director, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer best
known for her choreographic dance work in numerous Bollywood films.
She has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in
over 80 Hindi films, winning six Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography
and the National Film Award for Best Choreography. In addition, she
has worked on Tamil films and also in international projects, such as
Marigold: An Adventure in India, Monsoon Wedding, Bombay Dreams and
the Chinese films Perhaps Love and Kung Fu Yoga, earning Tony Award
and Golden Horse Award nominations. She has since become a film
director as well, with nominations for the Filmfare Best Director
Award for her directorial debut Main Hoon Na (2004) and her second
directorial venture Om Shanti Om (2007).Farah Khan was born on 9
January 1965. Her father, Kamran Khan, is a stuntman-turned-filmmaker.
Her mother, Menaka Irani, is the sister of former child actors Honey
Irani and Daisy Irani. Farah is thus a first cousin of film
personalities Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar (children of Honey Irani).
She has one brother, Sajid Khan, who is a comedian, actor and film
director.While Farah's father is a Muslim, her mother is a Zorastrian
belonging to the Irani (Parsi) community. Their marriage broke up when
Farah was still a toddler. One reason for this was religion; another
was the shortage of money. Kamran Khan had initially been very
successful and prosperous, so much so that, when his sister-in-law
Honey Irani married a poverty-stricken poet named Javed Akhtar, the
newly-weds turned to Kamran for help and he gave them an apartment to
live in free of rent. However, Kamran then began losing money badly as
his film ventures flopped; his marriage collapsed at the same time.
Farah, therefore, saw very little of her father while growing up.
Since neither parent had any money left, Farah and Sajid were shuttled
between different homes.
film director, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer best
known for her choreographic dance work in numerous Bollywood films.
She has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in
over 80 Hindi films, winning six Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography
and the National Film Award for Best Choreography. In addition, she
has worked on Tamil films and also in international projects, such as
Marigold: An Adventure in India, Monsoon Wedding, Bombay Dreams and
the Chinese films Perhaps Love and Kung Fu Yoga, earning Tony Award
and Golden Horse Award nominations. She has since become a film
director as well, with nominations for the Filmfare Best Director
Award for her directorial debut Main Hoon Na (2004) and her second
directorial venture Om Shanti Om (2007).Farah Khan was born on 9
January 1965. Her father, Kamran Khan, is a stuntman-turned-filmmaker.
Her mother, Menaka Irani, is the sister of former child actors Honey
Irani and Daisy Irani. Farah is thus a first cousin of film
personalities Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar (children of Honey Irani).
She has one brother, Sajid Khan, who is a comedian, actor and film
director.While Farah's father is a Muslim, her mother is a Zorastrian
belonging to the Irani (Parsi) community. Their marriage broke up when
Farah was still a toddler. One reason for this was religion; another
was the shortage of money. Kamran Khan had initially been very
successful and prosperous, so much so that, when his sister-in-law
Honey Irani married a poverty-stricken poet named Javed Akhtar, the
newly-weds turned to Kamran for help and he gave them an apartment to
live in free of rent. However, Kamran then began losing money badly as
his film ventures flopped; his marriage collapsed at the same time.
Farah, therefore, saw very little of her father while growing up.
Since neither parent had any money left, Farah and Sajid were shuttled
between different homes.
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