Farheen (born as Farheen Khan; 3 August 1973), also known as Bindiya in the

South Indian film industry The Cinema of South India refers collectively to the six distinct film industries based in Southern region of India namely Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Kannada, Konkani, and Malayalam. Although these industries developed independently for a long ...

, is an Indian actress, who has primarily worked in

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film ''Sati Sulochana'' directed ...

and

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood' ...

. She made her debut with ''

Jaan Tere Naam ''Jaan Tere Naam'' is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Deepak Balraj Vij and produced by Jimmy Nirula. It stars Ronit Roy and Farheen. It was the screen debut for both Ronit Roy and Farheen. The plot revolve ...

'' opposite

Ronit Roy Ronit Bose Roy (born 11 October 1965) is an Indian actor, known for his works primarily in Hindi television and films alongside Tamil and Telugu cinema. Roy has earned numerous accolades in his career including a Filmfare Award, two Screen Awa ...

in 1992. She was famous as a look-alike of

Madhuri Dixit Madhuri Dixit Nene (née Dixit; born 15 May 1967) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. A leading actress of Indian cinema, she has appeared in over 70 films. Noted by critics for her beauty, dancing skills, and characters, ...

Career

Farheen worked in films including ''Aag Ka Toofan'', ''

Fauj Fauj () is an Indian Bollywood movie released in 1994, directed by Ashok Gaikwad and produced by Gurunam Kaur. The main casts in the movie are Kamal Sadanah, Farheen, Madhoo and Kiran Kumar. Cast * Kamal Sadanah * Farheen * Madhoo * Kiran Kuma ...

'', ''

Halli Meshtru ''Halli Meshtru'' () is a 1992 Kannada-language romantic comedy film directed by Mohan-Manju. The film starred Ravichandran, Bindiya and Tara in key roles with Balakrishna, Thoogudeepa Srinivas and Silk Smitha playing supporting roles. The f ...

'' and ''

Nazar Ke Samne ''Nazar Ke Samne'' is a 1995 Indian action film directed by Jagdish A. Sharma. It stars Akshay Kumar, Kiran Kumar, Mukesh Khanna, Dalip Tahil and Farheen in pivotal role. Plot Umesh, a photographer is arrested for the murder of his newspaper e ...

'' but her only popular film is ''

''. In 2014, Farheen announced her comeback to films in a project directed by

Deepak Balraj Vij Deepak Balraj Vij is an Indian film director, predominantly within the Hindi film industry. He is the director of ''Mumbai Godfather'', ''Malik Ek'', and ''Aaya Toofan''. He directed "Aika Dajiba", a Marathi movie released on 13 August 2010. H ...

, the director of her debut film ''

''.

Partial filmography

Personal life

Farheen was born in a

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family, and is married to former Indian

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

Manoj Prabhakar Manoj Prabhakar (born 15 April 1963) is a former Indian cricketer and Coach, who recently coached Nepal National Cricket Team. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a lower-order batsman, and has also opened the innings sometimes for the I ...

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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farheen Indian film actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Living people 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema 1973 births