Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, playback singer, producer, and television host who works in Hindi films. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he grew up under the influence of the Hindi film industry. He began his career in Bollywood by working as an assistant director in Lamhe (1991) and Himalay Putra (1997).

Farhan Akhtar’s birth number is 9, ruled by Mars.
Farhan Akhtar’s destiny number is 0+9+0+1+1+9+7+4= 31, 3+1= 4 ruled by Rahu.
Farhan Akhtar’s zodiac sign is Capricorn.

Akhtar, after establishing a production company named Excel Entertainment along with Ritesh Sidhwani in 1999, made his directorial debut with Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and received critical acclaim for portraying modern youth in the film, which won the National Award for Best Hindi Film the next year. Following this success, he directed the cult war film Lakshya (2004) and had his Hollywood debut through the soundtrack of Bride and Prejudice (2004), for which he and sister Zoya Akhtar served as lyricists. Next came the commercially successful Don (2006), his third directorial venture, post which he directed a short film titled Positive (2007) to spread awareness on HIV-AIDS.

Although he initiated his acting career with a delayed release in the Anand Surapur-directed drama The Fakir of Venice, Akhtar’s official screen debut came with Abhishek Kapoor’s musical drama Rock On!! (2008) for which he won a second National Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi as producer, and he indulged in further experimentation with Zoya’s directorial debut Luck By Chance (2009) and the Vijay Lalwani-directed Karthik Calling Karthik (2010), before he wrote the dialogues and served as producer for the critical and commercial success Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) starring him in a leading role and directed by Zoya, which won him 4 Filmfare Awards, including Best Supporting Actor; the same year, he directed a sequel to Don titled Don 2 (2011), which remains his highest-grossing film till date.

Further success came Akhtar’s way when he played Milkha Singh in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s 2013 film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, his first outside his home production as an actor, earning him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Later, he received praise for starring in Zoya’s ensemble comedy-drama Dil Dhadakne Do (2015) and Bejoy Nambiar’s crime thriller Wazir (2016), his first major action film. Apart from a pre-empted replacement of Dil Dhadakne Do co-star Rahul Bose in the comedy Shaadi Ke Side Effects (2014), he has since headlined major leading roles in the prison drama Lucknow Central (2017), The Sky Is Pink (2019), and the Amazon Original film Toofaan (2021), which reunited him with Mehra.

Future of Farhan Akhtar in 2022:

Farhan Akhtar has entered the 49th year of his life. 4+9= 13, 1+3= 4 ruled by Rahu.
2022 is a number 6 year ruled by Venus.
Farhan Akhtar’s lucky numbers are 3, 6, 9.

The year 2022 is looking like a good year for Farhan Akhtar. The stars in his birth chart indicate that he might tie the knot with his contemporary girlfriend soon. Career-wise, it’s high time he returned to his true passion i.e., directing films. He has started work on Jee Le Zara starring Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, and Alia Bhatt which will be great. Don 3 would be the best way to make a blockbuster comeback for Farhan Akhtar. His last film as an actor was Toofan which was released on OTT which didn’t fetch many laurels for him. So it would be better if Farhan concentrates on producing and directing films for some time,” says veteran Bollywood Astrologer cum Business Transformation Expert Hirav Shah.

Hirav Shah adds “Farhan Akhtar is popular for his toned body and transforming his body into different avatars. This year, he might need to be a little careful in matters of his health. The transiting Saturn might create a lot of disturbance over his health during this period. Sudden issues also may arise, thus, avoiding a strict diet is highly advisable.

Happy Birthday, Farhan Akhtar!

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