Farah Khan, an award-winning Indian choreographer, and director, was born on January 9, 1965, in Mumbai. Inspired by Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’, Farah formed her own dance group and had her first break in the 1992 hit film ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar’. Since then, she has worked in over 80 plus Bollywood films choreographing many memorable numbers and winning the Filmfare Best Choreography Award six times. Farah met Shah Rukh Khan in 1993, choreographed for him, and in 2004, she directed him in the hit ‘Main Hoon Na’. When they collaborated again in 2007, they produced ‘Om Shanti Om’, at the time it was the highest-grossing Hindi film ever. Farah directed SRK again in 2015 with ‘Happy New Year’, a super hit. Some other hit movies Farah has choreographed are ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ (1995), ‘Border’ (1997), ‘Iruvar’ (Tamil/1997), ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’ (1997), ‘Dil Se’ (1998), ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ (1998), ‘Mohabbatein’ (2000), ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ (2001), ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…’ (2001), ‘Koi…Mil Gaya’ (2003), winning the National Film Award for Best Choreography, ‘Don -The Chase Begins Again’ (2006), ‘Dabangg 2’ (2012), and ‘Dil Bechara’, the title track (2020). Her work can be seen in SRK’s ‘Jawan’, in the song Chaleya. Farah has often made cameo appearances in her films or for friends in the business. She also played the central character in a middle-aged love story, ‘Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi’, with Boman Irani. Farah is often seen on television, sometimes as an interviewer, but most often as a judge of reality shows. Farah is married and is the mother of triplets. She and her husband, Shirish Kunder, have a production company called “Three’s Company. and had her first break in the 1992 hit film ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar’. Since then, she has worked in over 80 plus Bollywood films choreographing many memorable numbers and winning the Filmfare Best Choreography Award six times. Farah met Shah Rukh Khan in 1993, choreographed for him, and in 2004, she directed him in the hit ‘Main Hoon Na’. When they collaborated again in 2007, they produced ‘Om Shanti Om’, at the time it was the highest-grossing Hindi film ever. Farah directed SRK again in 2015 with ‘Happy New Year’, a super hit. Some other hit movies Farah has choreographed are ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ (1995), ‘Border’ (1997), ‘Iruvar’ (Tamil/1997), ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’ (1997), ‘Dil Se’ (1998), ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ (1998), ‘Mohabbatein’ (2000), ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ (2001), ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…’ (2001), ‘Koi…Mil Gaya’ (2003), winning the National Film Award for Best Choreography, ‘Don -The Chase Begins Again’ (2006), ‘Dabangg 2’ (2012), and ‘Dil Bechara’, the title track (2020). Her work can be seen in SRK’s ‘Jawan’, in the song Chaleya. Farah has often made cameo appearances in her films or for friends in the business. She also played the central character in a middle-aged love story, ‘Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi’, with Boman Irani. Farah is often seen on television, sometimes as an interviewer, but most often as a judge of reality shows. Farah is married and is the mother of triplets. She and her husband, Shirish Kunder, have a production company called “Three’s Company.
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