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.
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
All is not well between Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her sister-in-law Shweta Nanda. Grapevine buzzed that the former beauty queen and actress skipped good friend Farah Khan’s birthday for Shweta Nanda. Shweta attended the bash with her actor brother Abhishek Bachchan and daughter Navya Naveli Nand ... 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
Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder’s triplets Anya, Czar and Diva turned 10 and an intimate party was hosted by the kid’s mamu Sajid Khan which saw many Bollywood celebrities along with their children. The three of the birthday kids were dressed in blue. The theme of the party was blue. Farah ... read more
Paparazzi caught two stunning mothers of Bollywood, Suzanne Khan and Farah Khan with their kids for lunch on Sunday noon. Farah was spotted with her three kids- Diva, Czar, and Anya Kunder outside a popular restaurant in Mumbai. While Suzanne Khan also took her two sons, Hrehaan and H ... read more
Abhishek Bachchan turned 42 today and megastar and father Amitabh Bachchan took to his social media account to wish his son who is enjoying vacation in Australia with his wife Aishwarya and daughter Aaradhya. While wishing his good-mannered son, Big B gets emotional. He mentioned in his b ... read more
