When it comes to the most talented sibling duos in Bollywood, no one can miss out on the Akhtars. Over the years, both Zoya and Farhan Akhtar have proved that they know how to make art cinema mainstream. However, these aren’t the only ones with talent in the fam. As it turns out, the Akhtar’s extended family is equally talented, especially their cousin—Kabir Akhtar.
Kabir is the nephew of Javed Akhtar, which makes him the first cousin of Zoya and Farhan. Kabir grew up in America and in fact, he had no plans to be a filmmaker at all!
In an interview with a digital portal, Kabir shared, “I did not grow up intending to go into film and television. I think most of the family sort of didn’t. I sort of came to this path because, I had worked in theatre, now, when I look back of course and it is easy to see the straight line, from family business to here.“
After trying his luck in the tech world, Kabir moved to the entertainment industry. He started his career as an editor, working primarily on the music and documentary series, Behind the Music. Later, he got into direction and his credits include Arrested Development, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Never Have I Ever, and the Academy Awards.
Kabir won the prestigious Emmy Award for the category of Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. This was the biggest turning point for him and Kabir caught everyone’s attention in Hollywood.
During his journey, his whole family was by his side, including his cousins Zoya and Farhan. In a media interaction, he shared, “The four of us, (Farhan, Zoya, Kabir, and Nishaq) grew up together. Back then we weren’t thinking about all this, we were just watching movies, consuming them and having fun doing that. It’s great now, they have achieved a lot more success in India and they are coming here now for meetings and projects, so it’s great that we get to see each other a lot more.”
Won’t it be exciting if Kabir does collab with Zoya or Farhan? Imagine the possibilities with the Akhtars!
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