Adhuna Akhtar

Adhuna Akhtar

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Adhuna Akhtar Profile

  • Name:
  • Adhuna Akhtar
  • Born:
  • March 30, 1967

Adhuna Akhtar Biography

Adhuna Bhabani, formerly known as Adhuna Akhtar is a hair stylist associated with Bollywood. She is also the co-host of BBLUNT, aired on TLC. Adhuna is the former wife of Bollywood actor-director Farhan Akhtar, son of Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani. They got married in year 2000 and legally separated in 2016 after 16 years of togetherness. She first launched her salon, Juice, in 1998 in Mumbai along with her brother, and subsequently changed the name to BBLUNT. She made her Bollywood debut as a hairstylist in 2001 with Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai, soon after marriage, and got noticed for the debut work as well. A path-breaking film in many ways with a new look of actors, her work earned critical acclaim.

 

Adhuna Bhabani was born on 30 March 1967 in Liverpool, England. She is of Bengali origin and her father’s name is Dr. Ashish Bhabani. While at UK during her childhood days, she regularly used to visit a saloon with her mother. Since then she dreamt to become a hairdresser. She then enrolled for a training course at Worthington Hair, a salon in Northwest England. At the age of only 17, she won under-21 national junior hairstyling championship and that was her successful beginning in hair styling profession.

 

In 1998 she launched her first saloon in Mumbai along with her brother, and they became business partners. Originally named ‘Juice’, the saloon was later renamed as BBLUNT. Farhan Akhtar first spotted Adhuna Bhabani at a Juhu nightclub in 1997 and instantly fell in love with her. At that time he was working on his directorial debut film Dil Chahta Hai. Farhan's sister Zoya then introduced the couple. Adhuna is six years older than Farhan, but it was not an issue for them, and they tied knot in 2000 after three years of courtship.

 

Soon after their marriage, she also debut with Farhan’s debut film, Dil Chahta Hai in 2001. The movie turned out to be lucky for the couple, and is still remembered for its style quotient and different looks of the stars. Since then she has been part of all Farhan's films. The couple have two daughters, Shakya and Akira, and they part ways in 2016.

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Updated: June 08, 2018

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