Farah Khan turned 61 on January 9, and her loved ones are showering heartfelt wishes on the filmmaker-choreographer. Naseruddin Shah’s son Vivaan Shah shared a heartfelt throwback picture from the set
of Happy New Year to celebrate her birthday. As Bollywood legends reunited for the frame, it’s serving pure friendship goals.
On Instagram, Vivaan Shah dropped the throwback picture featuring Farah Khan, alongside Boman Irani, Sonu Sood, Shah Rukh Khan, and Abhishek Bachchan. All the boys were seen posing for the camera, flaunting their brightest smiles, while Boman was caught in a candid moment. The picture oozed nostalgia for fans of the 2014 film Happy New Year, directed by the birthday girl.
Vivaan Shah’s warm words for Farah Khan on her birthday.
Further, to mark the filmmaker’s special day, the 7 Khoon Maaf star penned a long note for her. Calling Farah Bob Fosse, a 20th-century American choreographer and director known for his distinctive jazz style and work in musical theatre and film, and Molière, a 17th-century French playwright and actor considered the creator of modern French comedy, Vivaan wrote, “Happyy Happyy Happiest Birthdayyy @farahkhankunder. Our Bob Fosse and our Molière as well!”
He further added, “A visionary, a humorist, a satirist, a cinema scholar and one of the kindest, warmest, most awesome and entertaining human beings on planet earth! You’re a rockstar! Love you lotsss Ma’m.”
Take a look at the post here:
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Vivaan Shah’s Recent Works
The 35-year-old, who made his film debut with Saat Khoon Maaf in 2011, has been part of several projects to date, including Happy New Year, Bombay Velvet, Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana, Kabaad The Coin, Inn Galiyon Mein, and others.
More recently, he starred as Captain Vijendra Malhotra in Ikkis, directed and co-written by Sriram Raghavan. The biographical war drama stars Agastya Nanda in his theatrical debut, alongside Dharmendra and Asrani in their final film roles, and Jaideep Ahlawat and Simar Bhatia, among others. Based on the life of Arun Khetarpal, the youngest recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, and set during the Battle of Basantar in the 1971 India–Pakistan War, the film was released on January 1.
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Vivaan Shah On His Transformation For Ikkis
In a recent interview, while talking about the transformation, Vivaan said, “For this role, I had to consciously work on looking more mature. Interestingly, just before Ikkis, I was shooting for another project where I had to appear much younger than my actual age.”
“I had to do the complete opposite—build myself up and look more muscular. I hadn’t touched weights for almost a year, so I shifted to an entirely different workout regime focused on strength training, aiming for a slightly more military-style physique,” he added.
