Farheen

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Farheen
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Born
Farheen Khan
Other names
  • Farheen Prabhakar
  • Bindiya
Years active1992–1998
Spouse Manoj Prabhakar
Children2

Farheen (born as Farheen Khan), also known as Bindiya in the South Indian film industry, is an Indian actress, who has primarily worked in Bollywood, Kannada cinema and Tamil cinema. She made her debut with Jaan Tere Naam opposite Ronit Roy in 1992. She was famous as a look-alike of Madhuri Dixit. [1]

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Career

Farheen worked in films including Aag Ka Toofan, Fauj , Halli Meshtru and Nazar Ke Samne but her only popular film is Jaan Tere Naam .

In 2014, Farheen announced her comeback to films in a project directed by Deepak Balraj Vij, the director of her debut film Jaan Tere Naam. [2]

Partial filmography

FilmYearLanguageRole
Jaan Tere Naam 1992HindiPinky Malhotra
Halli Meshtru 1992KannadaParimala
Rayaru Bandaru Mavana Manege 1993KannadaShivaranjini
Kalaignan 1993TamilDivya
Aag Ka Toofan1993Hindi
Meri Aan 1993HindiFarheen
Dil Ki Baazi 1993HindiAsha
Tahqiqaat 1993HindiMary
Sainik 1993HindiMinnie Dutt
Fauj 1994Hindi
Amaanat1994HindiBijli / Geeta / Radha
Saajan Ka Ghar 1994HindiKiran
Nazar Ke Samne 1995HindiSarita
Shiva1995Kannada
King Soloman 1996MalayalamGeethanjali
Agni Prem 1996Hindi
Thali1997Telugu

Personal life

Farheen was born in a Muslim family, and is married to former Indian cricketer Manoj Prabhakar and lives in Delhi, with their two children, Raahil and Manavansh and her father-in-law. Prabhakar's eldest son Rohan from his first wife, Sandhya, and Rohan's wife also live with the family. [3]

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