"Dil chahta hai" more...

A young man with an insatiable thirst for acting, directing, movies and Bollywood had got himself introduced in the film line at a mere age of 17 years. Acting as an apprentice with cinematographer-director, Manmohan Singh, Farhan Akhtar, was picking up random elements about the film industry which was going to make him the head-turning Director cum singer cum lyricist cum actor that he is known as, in today's film industry!

Farhan Akhtar born to Honey Irani & Javed Akhtar, formed Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. with his friend,Ritesh Sidwani in 1999 and made his debut as a director in the film world with DIL CHAHTA HAI. We,film watchers were over clad and overburdened with the various stereotyped cliched, 'jalebi', wanna-be 'zara hatke' but failing to make their mark movies and desperately sought for a movie that not only outdid all the aforementionned but also made us forget the daily woes that our lives bore and reflect on real life issues that one could co relate to and laugh at,at the same time!

Dil Chahta Hai, offered nothing but the perfect balm to our ailments. It was a pure fun movie that bore real life issues, that we youngsters could correlate to, laugh at and walk out of the hall feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and craving for more!

Next came Lakshya (2004), another one of its kind movie,which did not do him much good at the box office but earned him much due critical acclaim .

He also simultaneously wrote lyrics for Gurindher Chadha's movie Bride & Prejudice.

Not everybody can aim at re-making a masterpiece that was so glamorous in the 1st go that falling short or appearing cliched and failing to please the audience with the same concept is much feared. In spite of knowing all the short comings Farhan Akhtar took the leap and directed Don. Though the movie was critically hammered, it proved to be a great success at the box office, grossing over 50 crores, and being the fifth biggest hit of the year. He is also in the process of making Don 2-The Chase continues.

In 2007, he produced the film Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.which performed fairly well at the box office.

A Bollywood figure barely ever interests himself with a non-profit welfare activity, unlike Farhan Akhtar. In 2007, he directed, Positive, a 12-minute short-film on HIV stigma and the need for family support for the patient. Shot in Mumbai, it was part of 'AIDS JaaGo' (AIDS Awake), a series of four short films, directed by Mira Nair, Santosh Sivan, Vishal Bhardwaj and Farhan Akhtar, in a joint initiative of Mira Nair's Mirabai Films and voluntary organisations Avahan and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Today's generation of youth has some or the other kind of rock music either pumping through their veins or are a part of it without realising it. Farhan Akhtar recognized this very essence and tapped it and made crores out of it or as commonly known as ROCK ON. This was his first acting and singing debut in today's film industry.It was critically acclaimed as well as a box office blockbuster. Salim Khan was so impressed with Farhan's acting skills that Salim Khan awarded him with one of his Filmfare awards. He also appeared in his sister Zoya's directorial debut, Luck By Chance.

He has appeared as a judge on a few shows on television, including the first season of the dance-reality show, Nach Baliye (2005), and the beauty pageant, Femina Miss India (in 2002). He is also a TV host on NDTV Imagine with his show: Oye! It's Friday!.

Listlessly, Farhan Akhtar has never failed to please his audience with creations as special as a chef cooking a made-to-order specially suited for you gourmet dinner. Born in a Bollywood family and with Bollywood blood flowing through his veins, he is making beautiful use of the various resources put out to him. 

As Farhan Akhtar says,"Luck falls short if you don't have hard work to back it up with!"A man with his own panache for good fashion and excellent taste of presentation, he keeps thrilling his audience incessantly with his out of the box thinking and keeps up to his own morals.

Kudos to a man who has realised the need to production of alternative films!