Farhan Akhtar started his career by working as an apprentice with cinematographer-director, Manmohan Singh at age 17, for films like Lamhe (1991); before going on to assist director, Pankaj Parashar in film Himalayputra (1997), followed by working in a television production house for three years, doing various jobs.
He made his writing and directorial debut [...]

After Hello (based on One Night at the call centre) the latest is that Chetan Bhagat’s most recent novel The 3 Mistakes Of My Life will also be adapted into a motion picture and this time the makers are none other than Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment.
The film will be directed [...]

After his acting debut Rock On bagged seven awards at the Filmfare Awards, director-actor Farhan Akhtar hopes to walk away with more awards at the forthcoming International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards.
“I have visited the IIFAs before and I am extremely hopeful that Rock On! will be nominated for the 10th year of IIFA [...]