Farah Khan is one of the leading and most versatile choreographers who have charmed Bollywood for a long time. Her recent venture "Om Shanti Om" has been a major success in the box-office. She is reputed not only as a choreographer but also as a director. Some of her notable and successful ventures have been "Main Hoon Na" and recently released "Om Shanti Om" which has been great successes in the box-office.
Her mother Menaka is the sister of Honey Irani and Daisy Irani who were reputed child artists in the early era of Hindi cinema. Farah Khan`s father is a well-known producer Feroz Khan who has many hit movies. Her younger brother Sajid Khan is a reputed actor who mainly portrays comic characters in movies and also a good director. One of her most famously choreographed movie is "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander" which became a grand success and along with it brought Farah Khan to limelight. Her career started rolling.
Farah Khan achieved critical acclaim and recognition internationally for her work in "Monsoon Wedding", "Bombay Dreams" and "Vanity" "Fair". She was nominated for Broadway`s 2004 Tony Award as Best Choreographer for the movie "Bombay Dreams" along with collaborator Anthony Van Laast. She followed it up with her first directed movie "Main Hoon Na" produced by Shah Rukh Khan. The film was a great success and her direction was highly appreciated. She became the first ever-female director to be nominated for Filmfare Best Director Award. She won the Filmfare Best Choreography Award four times beginning with 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2003.
Farah Khan got married with Shrish Kunder on 9th December 2004. She has recently choreographed her husband`s directorial debut, "Jaaneman" and her friend Karan Johar`s "Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna". Apart from being in domestic circuit, she has also contributed internationally with the project, "Marigold: An Adventure in India". She has also choreographed in movies like Farhan Akhtar`s "Don" and Rakesh Roshan`s "Krrish". She also has trained the Latin Sensation Shakira for a Bollywood version of her hit song "Hips Don`t Lie" for the MTV Video Music Awards on August 31st 2006; live in Radio City Music Hall. Shrish Kunder has recently made it public that his wife Farah Khan is pregnant and they are expecting triplets early next year. The kids are planned to be affectionately called Amar, Akbar, and Anthony.
About the Bollywood superstar and her best friend Shah Rukh Khan she holds very high regards. She met Shah Rukh more than eleven years ago in Goa when he had just got married to Gauri. She also considers him as his brother, father and friend and claims that he means everything to her. in her words, "I don`t listen to anyone -- not to my parents, not to my brother [television anchor Sajid Khan], not to anybody. I don`t give a damn about anyone`s opinion. But I listen to Shah Rukh. I care about his opinion". She further adds that Shah Rukh has also produced her film, which was her dream. To her he has done her good more than anybody in the whole world could do. Such a talented soul is Farah Khan that the whole industry not only respects her for her brains but also for her loving soul.
