Faruk Kabir

Faruk Kabir

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Faruk Kabir Profile

  • Name:
  • Faruk Kabir
  • Born:
  • March 18, 1983
  • Spouse:
  • Rukhsar Rehman

Faruk Kabir Biography

Faruk Kabir is a film actor and director associated with Bollywood. He is best known as the scriptwriter, director and lead actor of 2010 Bollywood film Allah Ke Banday which bagged numerous awards and nominations at different film awards. The movie, which marked his Bollywood debut as an independent film director also starred Sharman Joshi and Naseeruddin Shah in pivot roles. ‘The Awakening’ is his maiden venture as a Bollywood director and he has also directed one documentary film titled Unheard Voices of the People of India. Prior to making his directorial debut he has worked as an assistant under Aziz Mirza, Santhosh Sivan etc in the early 2000s. He is married to noted character artist cum television actress, Rukhsar Rehman. Faruk is also trained in martial arts.

 

Faruk Kabir was born on 18 March 1983. Faruk is the son of well-known dress designer Sabiha who designed costumes for leading actresses of 1970s and 1980s. He started his film journey at the age of 18 as an assistant director of Shah Rukh Khan starrer Phir phi dil hai Hindustani in 2000. He also assisted Santosh Sivan for 2001 release – Ashoka and this movie also starred SRK in lead role. He spent a couple of years in Bollywood in an assistant’s role. Very soon he moved to US and joined the prestigious New York Film Academy where he studied Film-Making, Screen Writing and Acting. Once he returned he made his first independent documentary film - Unheard Voices of the People of India in 2005 and the following year made his second documentary film, The Awakening.

 

In 2010, he made his first Bollywood film “Alla ke bandey”, based on real life experiences. The movie was shot at 47 different locations of Mumbai and received rave reviews from critics. Apart from direction and acting, he also composed a few songs.

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Updated: September 17, 2014

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