Farah Khan is the daughter of Menaka Khan and Kamran Khan. She is Saajid Khan, the well known host, comedian-turned-director’s sister. She was born on January 9th in 1965.
Farah’s mother is screenplay writer Honey Irani’s sister. Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar are her cousins.
Farah learnt dance on her own and set up her own troupe. She was inspired by the Thriller video by MJ. She was studying Sociology in St. Xavier’s, Mumbai. After Saroj Khan walked out on Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander(1992), Farah got the chance to choreograph the song “Pehla Nasha” which catapulted her to stardom. She met Shahrukh Khan on the film set of Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and continues to be good friends with him.
Farah Khan has won the Best Choreographer award at Filmfare, six times. For the song, Idhar Chala, she won the National award. She has won international fame for Monsoon Wedding and Bombay Dreams. She has worked in a Chinese movie Perhaps Love.
Farah Khan has been seen regularly on the small screen. She was a judge in Indian Idol seasons 1 and 2 and had her own talkshow Tere Mere Beach Mein. She has worked with international performers like Kylie Minogue and Shakira.
Farah Khan turned director with the 2004 hit Main Hoon Na, starring Shahrukh Khan. She won the Best Debutante director award for it. She has gone on to make the super successful Om Shanti Om in 2007. Her last movie Tees Maar Khan failed at the box office.
She is married to editor Shirish Kunder.
Soon-to-be married couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh dropped in at filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s residence to invite him for their wedding which is slated to take place on November 14 and 15 in Italy. Deepika and Ranveer were clicked outside Bhansali’s residence days ago. The ‘ ... read more
Ace tennis player Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik turned parents to a baby boy and congratulatory message are pouring from every corner. Shoaib shared the news about their little bundle of joy on social media and wrote, “Excited to announce: Its a boy, and my girl is doin ... read more
Farah Khan, who is going through hard phase in life after her brother Sajid Khan's name surfaced in #MeToo sexual allegations partied hard with her good friends Shweta Bachchan Nanda, her son Agastya Nanda and Shahrukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan. Sharing the picture w ... read more
Choreographer cum filmmaker Farah Khan's brother Sajid Khan's sexual harassment allegation totally devastated the family. A few hours later, Farah Khan issued an official statement on sexual harassment allegations against her brother. Speaking her heart out ... read more
Farah Khan has fractured her leg during the dance rehearsal of Sonam Kapoor’s sangeet and the ace choreographer turned filmmaker is now confined to wheelchair. She has a cast in her leg and her friends are making a round of her home. Gauri Khan, Zoya Akhtar, Anil Kapoor and his wife Sun ... read more
In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Farah Khan, who has choreographed Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja’s sangeet reportedly suffered fracture in her legs. Only counted days are left for the ceremony and ahead of the D-day of the actress, Farah has fractured her legs. But the good things is t ... read more
Farah Khan choreographed Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania for a special song in ‘Veera Di Wedding’. The four ladies looked deadly gorgeous. Rapper Badshah was also part of the song. The ... read more
If the latest grapevine is to be believed, Farah Khan is choreographing Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja’s sangeet. The couple is set to tie the knot next month and the wedding preparations are going on in full swing. It is learnt that good friend of Sonam, Farah was assigned the task of choreographi ... read more
Many Bollywood celebrities including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Kiran Rao, Dimple Kapadia, Farah Khan and many more attended the prayer meet of veteran actress and always fun-loving Shammi. Fondly called Shammi Aunty, she passed away on Tuesday morning at 89. Kiran Rao, Priya ... read more
Veteran actress and fun-loving actress Shammi passed away on Tuesday morning at her residence. She was 89. Her last rites was performed by her adopted son, Iqbal Rizvi. Close friends from the entertainment world including veteran actress Asha Parekh, Farida Jalal and Anju Mahendru attended ... read more
