Farhan Recalls Dad Javed Akhtar’s Advice: Do What You Wish To Do

MUMBA (ANI) – Actor and filmmaker Farhan Akhtar recalled the important and precious advice he got from his father and acclaimed lyricist Javed Akhtar.

He shared, “We come from a long tradition where sons don’t listen to their fathers. So, please don’t listen to me. Go ahead and do whatever you want.”

He also talked about the favorite film of the duo- Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan and the impact it has on him.

Farhan added, “I’ve watched all their work umpteen number of times. Be it ‘Sholay’, ‘Deewar’, all the films. But the one that I think I’ve watched the most, that they’ve worked on, was a film called ‘Kranti’, which I’ve watched, I don’t know, maybe like 300 times! It was highly entertaining. I don’t know if they will be happy that that was my first choice. This documentary is aptly titled ‘Angry Young Men’ because they brought their life experience, their voice, and their identity into the character that we all come to know as Vijay. And that’s left like a lasting impression on me.”

His favorite dialogue, he said, “I have actually made a film I love that film so much ‘Don Ko Pakadna Mushkil hi Nahi Namumkin Hai’ was my favorite dialogue.”