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Born | Farah Khan 9 January 1965 (age 59) |
Alma mater | St. Xavier's College, Bombay |
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Years active | 1992–present |
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Children | 3 |
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Farah Khan Kunder (née Khan; born 9 January 1965)[1] is an Indian film director, writer, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer who works predominantly in Hindi films. Khan has choreographed more than a hundred songs in over 80 films,[2] winning the National Film Award for Best Choreography and seven Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography.
In addition, she has worked on Tamil films and in international projects, such as Monsoon Wedding (2001), Bombay Dreams (2002), Vanity Fair (2004) and Marigold: An Adventure in India (2007), and the Chinese films Perhaps Love (2005) and Kung Fu Yoga (2017), earning Tony Award and Golden Horse Award nominations.
As a film director, she received two Filmfare Award for Best Director nominations for the masala films Main Hoon Na (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007). She then went on to direct the comedy Tees Maar Khan (2010) and the dance heist comedy Happy New Year (2014).