Farhan Akhtar’s Best Movies

Farhan Akhtar is one of the most popular actors who works in Bollywood films. Mr. Akhtar was born on 9th January 1974 in Mumbai itself. He is the son of the famous lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar. Zoya Akhtar-his sister- is also a very famous screenwriter, director and producer. Having grown around the film experts, Farhan too showed his interest to work in cinema. Not only confined to acting but Farhan is also a director, screenwriter, playback singer, producer and what not. He even does his shows for English Shows. His movies are a big hit. Audience connects to his movies like it's their personal thing. This is because he makes such simple yet heart touching movies. Now let's have a look at the best movies of Farhan Akhtar.

1. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Woho! No more it's an ordinary name. Neither the phrase nor the movie. Farhan Akhtar, Hritik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin starrer Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara was released on 15th July 20011. And even till date the movie is relevant and is discussed by the people. It is a story of 3 friends who go on a road-trip and enjoy their life to the fullest. Slowly and gradually, they try every experience which they were fearful of. Especially for today's world, it's a life-lesson to live every moment of life. With a budget of Rs 45 crores, the movie collected Rs 153 crores on the Box-Office. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has been directed by Zoya Akhtar. The screenplay has been prepared by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti. Dialogues written by Farhan Akhtar. Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under the banner of Excel Entertainment. Edited by Anand Subaya. Music by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy.

2. Dil Dhadakne Do

Dil Dhadakne Do is a 2015 Indian comedy-drama film in the Hindi language that was produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the Excel Entertainment label. It was directed by Zoya Akhtar. Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, and Farhan Akhtar all play key roles in the ensemble drama, which also features Aamir Khan as the voice of Pluto, the family dog who serves as the movie's narrator. Rahul Bose, Zarina Wahab, Vikrant Massey, Pawan Chopra, Parmeet Sethi, Dolly Mattdo, and Manoj Pahwa are among the supporting actors. In order to commemorate their parents' 30th wedding anniversary, the Mehras, a dysfunctional family, take their relatives and friends on a cruise. After the vacation, the Mehras reconcile.

3. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is a 2013 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and written by Prasoon Joshi. The narrative is based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Olympian from India who won the 400-meter race twice at the Asian Games and twice at the Commonwealth Games. The cast of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag includes Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Divya Dutta, Meesha Shafi, Pavan Malhotra, Yograj Singh, Art Malik, and Prakash Raj. Reel Sports was organised by the American action director Rob Miller. With the budget of Rs 41 crores, the movie collected Rs 150 crores. (est.)

4. Dil Chahta Hai

Dil Chahta Hai is a unique movie which was made back in 2001. The uniqueness of the story was liked by audiences so much that it has been included in Farhan Akhtar’s best movies’ list. Farhan Akhtar wrote the screenplay and directed the movie. It was his directorial debut. The film was produced by Ritesh Sidhwani. It was distributed by Excel Entertainment, which Akhtar and Sidhwani co-founded. The romantic lives of three friends who recently graduated from college are the subject of the movie's main focus (Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Akshaye Khanna). Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia are also featured. Although, Farhan has written and directed the movie and not acted in it, yet it has become so popular to be counted in Farhan Akhtar's Best Movies.

5. The Sky Is Pink

The Sky Is Pink is a 2019 Hindi-language biographical romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Shonali Bose. It was co-produced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ronnie Screwvala, and Siddharth Roy Kapur under their respective production companies, Purple Pebble Pictures, RSVP Movies, and Roy Kapur Films. Based on the true story of Aisha Chaudhary, who had severe combined immunodeficiency and pulmonary fibrosis, the movie stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Farhan Akhtar, Zaira Wasim, and Rohit Suresh Saraf. It depicts how her parents, Aditi and Niren, deal with their marriage while caring for their daughter's illness. Wasim retired from Bollywood after this movie, which was her final one.

6. Karthik Calling Karthik

Karthik Calling Karthik was released on 26th February 2010. It is an Indian psychological thriller film. The movie was written and directed by Vijay Lalwani, produced by Excel Entertainment. The production company is owned by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani itself. Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone play the key roles in the movie. In the movie, supporting actors Ram Kapoor, Vivan Bhatena, Vipin Sharma, and Shefali Shah appear. The background score was written by MIDIval Punditz and Karsh Kale, while the music for the movie was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, the trio. A couple of the scenes were also taken from different films, including the American film ‘Wanted’ (2008). 

7. Rock On!!

Rock On!! is a musical drama film written and directed by Abhishek Kapoor. The movie released 29th August 2008. It has been produced by Farhan Akhtar under the banner of Excel Entertainment. The music composition has been done by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. It was Akhtar and Prachi Desai’s first movie together. The story is of a Mumbai-based grunge rock band ‘Magik’. The cast of the movie include Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Luke Kenny, and Purab Kohli. Rock On!!, received the seven-time Filmfare Award and excellent reviews but performed mediocrely at the box office. A Happy Life, a highly regarded South Korean film, served as inspiration. The sequel Rock On!! 2 was released eight years later, in 2016.

8. Luck by Chance

Luck by Chance was released on 30 January 2009. This drama film was written and directed by Zoya Akhtar, which was her directorial debut. The movie has been produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. The cast of the movie include Farhan Akhtar and Konkana Sen Sharma in lead roles, and Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Juhi Chawla, Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Kapoor, Isha Sharvani, Alyy Khan and Sheeba Chaddha in supporting roles. Rani Mukerji, Sunny Deol, Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Pooja Batra, Karan Johar, Manish Malhotra, Ranbir Kapoor, John Abraham, Vivek Oberoi, Rajkumar Hirani, Bobby Deol, Boman Irani, and Anurag Kashyap made cameo appearances as guests in the movie. The movie follows the journey of an aspiring actor who travels to Mumbai with an aspiration of becoming a movie star.