Farah Khan

Farah Khan Kunder
Farah Khan is smiling towards the camera.
Khan in 2016
Born
Farah Khan

9 January 1965 (1965-01-09) (age 59)
Alma materSt. Xavier's College, Bombay
Occupations
  • Film director
  • actress
  • television presenter
  • choreographer
  • writer
  • producer
  • dancer
Years active1992–present
Spouse
(m. 2004)
Children3
Relatives

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).

  1. ^ Thomas, Anjali (7 October 2007). "Farah Khan latest chant is 'Mom Shanti MOM' - Lifestyle - DNA". dnaindia.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Latest News: Latest Headlines Today, Latest Current Affairs News News18". News18. Retrieved 16 August 2024.