Happy birthday: Here is sneak peek into Farhan Akhtar’s Bollywood career

Actor and director Farhan Akhtar is celebrating his 42nd birthday today. Blessed with multiple talents, the son of screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani is way ahead of his contemporaries in the industry. He is an all rounder, as the star has tried almost every aspect of Bollywood. Have a look at his treasure.

Farhan started his career as an assistant director in ‘Lamhe’ and ‘Himalay Putra’ and then made his directorial debut with ‘Dil Chahta Hai’. He was praised for his direction and the film also begged a National award.

The star stepped into acting with 2008 film ‘Rock On!!’ and the film also marked his singing debut. The film became successful and after that Farhan acted in many Bollywood films.

He became the part of many projects like ‘Luck By Chance’ and ‘Karthik Calling Karthik’ but those films failed to impress audience.

The actor has also written scripts and dialogues of many films. In his sister’s film ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’, Farhan not only impressed everyone with his acting but powerful dialogues penned down by him left deep impact on the audience.

The movie that helped Farhan to prove his mettle as an actor was ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’. The film directed by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra was not only applauded by critics but it also did well at the box office. The actor won many awards for his performance as an Indian athlete Milka Singh.