Farhan Akhtar

One of the most gifted and talented artists of the Indian film industry, Farhan Akhtar is a multi-faceted film personality. Apart from being an exceptional director, Farhan is also an actor, singer, lyricist, screenwriter, and a television host. Farhan made his Bollywood debut as a director with the 2001 blockbuster movie Dil Chahta Hai. Since then Farhan has directed and acted in several successful movies including Lakshya (2004), Rock On!! (2008), and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011). The actor is most prominently known for portraying the role of the legendary Indian sportsman, Milkha Singh in the movie Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013), which also earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
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Farhan Akhtar came up with the script of his directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai (2003) after his mother threatened to throw him out of the house if he didnt do something with his life.

Farhan Akhtar turned down the role of the character DJ in the movie Rang De Basanti. The role was eventually bagged by Amir Khan.

Farhan Akhtar has a borderline Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and finds it very difficult to concentrate if things arent placed in a correct position in his room.

Farhan Akhtar learned bike riding while he was shooting for the movie Karthik Calling Karthik.


Farhan Akthar went through intense training and put on eight kilograms of weight to play the role of an Anti Terrorist Squad office.

Amitabh Bachchan`s look in the film was designed by a team flown down from Los Angeles.


Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar are acting along side each other for the first time. However they have worked together earlier in Farhan Akhtar`s second directorial Lakshya (2004), where Amitabh Bachchan played the role of an army colonel.


Farhan Akhtar rewrote the opening and closing scenes to bring the element of originality in the remake.

The password that the Joshi character mistakenly enters onto the computer at first (during Jasjit`s flashback), is ``F09AK74``, which is a code for Farhan Akhtar`s birthday.

Farhan Akhtar had to convince Dimple Kapadia to take up the role of Tara Jaiswal and come out of her retirement.

Farhan Akhtar had approached A. R. Rehman to compose the music for the album, but since it was clashing with his other projects the project went to Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, and Loy Mendonsa, who did a great job with the soundtrack.

Akshaye Khanna was initially roped in for the role of Akash. However, when Hrithik and Abhishek both refused to play the role of Sid, Farhan Akhtar asked Akshaye to play the part.