A biography for Farah Khanhasn’t been written yet.
“Every person with a phone is a critic.”
“Personally, I love being a mother the most. I dream of taking holidays with my three kids. I want to take my kids to beaches, gardens, the farm, malls everywhere.”
“Even as one of the best choreographers in the country, I was criticised for a lot of things I have done in life.”
“Professionally, I like doing one thing at a time and enjoy directing the most.”
“Women directors in India have mostly made niche films. Naturally, those films have a limited market.”
“One should be able to take the whole family along to watch a film.”
“I see people every day who think they're the be all and end all of the industry. I've seen so many people come and go, but the industry doesn't revolve around one person.”
“After 'Main Hoon Na,' I got married; so I took some time off.”
“I would say that all my films have more content than a 'content-driven film.' It is not easy to make such films.”
“I'm happy directing films. On television, the direction takes your entire life away.”
“When I am making a movie, I am very casual; wearing chappals, and have my hair tied. However, when I am judging a show, I take care of myself and get the makeup and hair done.”
“When I became a choreographer, I was not assisting any choreographer. I was assisting the director Mansoor Ali Khan for 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.' I was the fourth assistant director.”
“My experience in Bollywood has been this: You work hard, you deliver, and nobody finds fault with you.”
“Somewhere my dad gave up. He was really so successful at his level that after a point he could not handle failure.”
“My father Kamran Khan was a successful producer, director and actor in B-grade films.”
“We have music playing at home, day and night.”
“I always wanted to make cinema which will entertain the masses, cinema that could be called escapist but is mounted on a realistic scale with high production values.”
“It is really a sad state of affairs if I am still the only commercially successful woman director. We need a lot more commercially viable women, not only in direction.”
“The most creative director I have worked with is Mani Ratnam.”
“It takes two years to make a good film.”