Farah Khan Kunder was born on 9 January 1965 and is an Indian film director, writer, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer who works predominantly in Hindi films.
17 Facts About Farah Khan
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Farah Khan's father, Kamran Khan, is a stuntman-turned-filmmaker.
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Farah Khan is thus a first cousin of film personalities Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar.
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Farah Khan has one brother, Sajid Khan, who is a comedian, actor and film director.
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Farah Khan married Shirish Kunder, the editor of her film Main Hoon Na, on 9 December 2004.
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Farah Khan was studying sociology in St Xavier's College, Bombay when the music video of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was released.
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Farah Khan was so inspired, that although she hadn't danced before that, it soon became her vocation.
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Farah Khan learned to dance basically on her own, and set up a dance group.
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Farah Khan met actor Shahrukh Khan on the sets of Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and the two have since become good friends and started working together.
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Farah Khan has won the Filmfare Best Choreography Award six times.
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Farah Khan then went on to direct her first film Main Hoon Na starring Shahrukh Farah Khan which was produced by Red Chillies Entertainment.
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Farah Khan became the second female director to be nominated for Filmfare Best Director Award.
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Farah Khan initially announced her plans to direct Happy New Year in 2005, multiple delays and cast changes occurred over a number of years.
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Farah Khan trained Colombian pop star Shakira for a Bollywood version of her song Hips Don't Lie for the MTV Video Music Awards on 31 August 2006.
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Farah Khan has choreographed Kylie Minogue for the song "Chiggy Wiggy" in the 2009 movie Blue.
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Farah Khan judged dance reality show Just Dance alongside Hrithik Roshan and Vaibhavi Merchant on Star Plus.
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In 2015, Farah Khan replaced Salman Farah Khan and hosted the reality show Bigg Boss Halla Bol, the spin-off of Bigg Boss season 8.