Honey Irani

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Honey Irani
Born (1950-01-17) 17 January 1950
Mumbai, India
Occupation screenwriter
Nationality Indian
Subjects Love, Philosophy

Honey Irani (born January 17, 1950) is an Indian film actress and an award-winning screenwriter, who works in Hindi cinema.

Personal life and background

Honey Irani was born into a Irani, Zoroastrian family on January 17, 1950.

She married to Javed Akhtar on March 21, 1972, although the marriage ended in divorce.[1] They have two children, one son, Farhan Akhtar and a daughter, Zoya Akhtar,[2] both filmmakers. She is the maternal aunt of choreographer/director Farah Khan and director/host Sajid Khan. Her sister Daisy Irani was a famous child artist of the 50's and 60's.[3]

Career

Honey Irani began her Bollywood career as a child actress with roles in films like Chirag Kahaan Roshni Kahaan and Bombay Ka Chor. She has acted in over 72 films.[4]

After her divorce she started doing embroidery on sarees to support her family. Though she has been writing short stories all this while, she never shared them. Now, she told the story idea of Aaina (1993) to Pam Chopra,wife of Yash Chopra for a TV series, however it was selected by Yash Chopra for a film. Meanwhile, Yash Chopra asked her to developed a story idea, which went on to become her debut as a screenwriter, Lamhe (1991), starring Sridevi. The film was a hit and she won the Filmfare Award for Best Story for the film, and it paved way for a successful career as screenwriter. She won the award again for Kya Kehna in 2002, besides winning Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay with Ravi Kapoor for blockbuster Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai in 2001. [1]

Partial filmography

Screenwriter

Actor

  • Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), as Sheila
  • Amar Prem (1971)
  • Kati Patang (1970) as Manorama ("Munni")
  • Chandi Ki Deewar (1964)
  • Soorat Aur Seerat (1962)
  • Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan (1959)
  • Qaidi No. 911 (1959)
  • Pyar ki Pyas (1961)as Geeta.
  • Zameen Ke Taare (1960).
  • Masoom (1960).

Director

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "‘Shabana and I are not sahelis’". Filmfare. Jul 2, 2012. Retrieved 2013-12-17. 
  2. ↑ India-today.com: 'Honey Irani – Sweet Taste of Success'
  3. ↑ Rana A. Siddiqui (May 22, 2003). "Honey Irani... happy and sweet". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-12-16. 
  4. ↑ Rediff.com: 'Everyone would be crying. It was great'

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1955–1970
1971–1990
1991–2010
2011–present
1969–1980
1981–2000
2001–present
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