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Farah Khan

1965 - Today

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Farah Khan Kunder (née Khan; born 9 January 1965) is an Indian film director, writer, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer & YouTuber who works predominantly in Hindi films. Khan has choreographed more than a hundred songs in over 80 films, winning the National Film Award for Best Choreography and seven Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography. In addition, she has worked on Tamil films and in international projects, such as Monsoon Wedding (2001), Bombay Dreams (2002), Vanity Fair (2004) and Marigold: An Adventure in India (2007), and the Chinese films Perhaps Love (2005) and Kung Fu Yoga (2017), earning Tony Award and Golden Horse Award nominations. As a film director, she received two Filmfare Award for Best Director nominations for the masala films Main Hoon Na (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Farah Khan is the 1,829th most popular film director (down from 1,756th in 2019), the 1,165th most popular biography from India (down from 1,046th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Farah Khan ranks 1,829 out of 2,041. Before her are Simon Curtis, Dean Devlin, Ovidie, Billy Ray, Stephen Gaghan, and Carla Simón. After her are Tommy Wirkola, Lukas Dhont, Ira Sachs, Jake Kasdan, Samuel Bayer, and Thomas Langmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Farah Khan ranks 733. Before her are Stephen Gaghan, Jacqueline Börner, Dan Bucatinsky, Warren Ellis, Mike Henry, and Dmitri Kuznetsov. After her are András Sike, Ira Sachs, J. B. Smoove, Samuel Bayer, Paul Weitz, and Alex Winter.

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In India

Among people born in India, Farah Khan ranks 1,165 out of 1,861. Before her are Aarti Chabria (1982), Ahmed Patel (1949), Nalini Jaywant (1926), Raveena Tandon (1974), Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949), and Mandakini (1963). After her are Sania Mirza (1986), Savitri Jindal (1940), Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927), Rupi Kaur (1992), Richa Chadda (1986), and Annapurna Devi (1927).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Farah Khan ranks 41. Before her are Aditya Chopra (1971), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982), David Dhawan (1955), Mehboob Khan (1907), and Basu Chatterjee (1930). After her are Puri Jagannadh (1966), Shakti Samanta (1926), Sai Paranjpye (1938), S. S. Rajamouli (1973), Rajkumar Hirani (1962), and Rituparno Ghosh (1963).

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