| Farah Khan Ali | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mumbai |
| Residence | Mumbai, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | jewellery designer |
| Spouse | DJ Aqeel |
| Children | Azaan, Fizaa |
Farah Khan Ali is a gemologist and renowned jewellery designer[1] in India.
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Farah Khan is the eldest of the four children of parents Actor-Producer-Director Sanjay Khan and his wife Interior Designer Zarine Khan. She finished her graduation (BA) at Sophia College, Mumbai. Not knowing what she wanted to do, she tried her hand at everything raging from Ad films to interior design and even television production. Farah’s foray into the jewellery line was purely by chance when she decided to accompany her friend on a whim to do a course in Gemology at the renowned Gemological Institute of America in Santa Monica, California in 1992. Farah Khan graduated at the top of her class in 1993.
She launched her own jewellery brand "FARAH KHAN" in 2004.[1] She designed jewellery for some of the top Bollywood stars and people from India's foremost business families. Internationally Farah Khan has also designed for Swarovski. In June 2009, Farah showcased her designs at the 10th anniversary celebrations of IIFA (The Indian International Film Awards) in Macau where she was the only jewellery designer to singularly have more than 10 Bollywood personalities wear her jewelllery on the Green carpet a feat never achieved before.[2] Farah Khan was awarded the best Jewellery Designer Award by the Lions Gold club in January 2010 and was also received the DNA award for society’s most stylish swan [3]
Farah Khan married Aqeel Ali (known professionally as DJ Aqeel) and became Farah Khan Ali. They have two children, a boy Azaan and a girl Fizaa.
She is one of the famous twitter users in India[4] with username farahkhanali.[5] She was selected as Wills Twitter face to report Wills India Fashion Week 2010 through her tweets.[6] She also started a campaign against rapists through her tweets and planning to start a signature campaign to attract Indian government attention towards such issues [7]