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In an interview on the talk show "The Lounge" with Simone Singh (on the Indian channel CNBC-TV18), Farhan Akhtar said that when he left college, he spent about two years at home and did nothing productive. During those two years, he watched about two films daily. Akhtar said that it was this period of his life which allowed him to connect with Karan Shergill, the protagonist of Lakshya (2004). Lakshya, which film Akhtar directed, begins with Karan as a young, unemployed slacker who stays at home, sleeps late, and has no ambition or aim in life.

Date of birth (location)
9 January 1974
Mumbai, India
Trivia
In an interview on the talk show "The Lounge" with Simone Singh (on the... (show more)

Filmography as: Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Camera and Electrical Department, Archive Footage

Writer - filmography
(In Production) (2000s)

Kismat Talkies (2007) (pre-production) (dialogue)
Untitled Zoya Akhtar Project (2007) (pre-production) (dialogue)

Don (2006/I) (dialogue)
Dil Chahta Hai (2001) (story, screenplay, dialogue)
... aka Do Your Thing (USA: TV title)

Filmography as: Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Camera and Electrical Department, Archive Footage

Producer - filmography

Kismat Talkies (2007) (pre-production) (producer)
Untitled Zoya Akhtar Project (2007) (pre-production) (producer)
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2006) (post-production) (producer)

Filmography as: Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Camera and Electrical Department, Archive Footage

Director - filmography

Don (2006/I)
Lakshya (2004)
Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
... aka Do Your Thing (USA: TV title)

Filmography as: Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Camera and Electrical Department, Archive Footage

Actor - filmography

The Fakir (2006) (completed)

Filmography as: Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Camera and Electrical Department, Archive Footage

Miscellaneous Crew - filmography

Bride & Prejudice (2004) (lyricist)
... aka Balle Balle! Amritsar to L.A. (India: English title)
... aka Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (International: English title: promotional title)

Filmography as: Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Camera and Electrical Department, Archive Footage

Camera and Electrical Department - filmography

Lamhe (1991) (assistant camera) (uncredited)
... aka Lamhen
... aka Lamhey
... aka Moments

Filmography as: Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Camera and Electrical Department, Archive Footage

Archive Footage

"Koffee with Karan"
- Episode #1.4 (????) TV Episode .... Himself