Nikhat Khan Hegde (born 4 August 1962) is an Indian actress, model and film producer.
Farhat is married to Rajeev Datta, brother of Reena Dutta, Aamir Khan's first ex-wife.
Apart from her father and brothers, Nikhat's relatives have been active in the Hindi film industry, including her late paternal uncle, the producer-director Nasir Hussain, his son, Mansoor Khan (director of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak) and his daughter, actress Zayn Marie Khan.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the Muslim scholar who was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, and who was made India's first Minister of Education by Jawaharlal Nehru, was her great-grand-uncle.
[2][3] Santosh, who is ten years older than Nikhat, was a divorcee with a 10-year-old son, Shravan Hegde.