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Tales behind the hits ft. Farhan Akhtar
Brut India
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9 months ago
From Dil Chahta Hai to Don, Farhan Akhtar shared the stories behind his directorial hits.
📹: Raj Shamani
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00:00
And when that film released, that film didn't do well, you know.
00:03
So I was so depressed.
00:05
I was so depressed.
00:07
I was like, man, how did this happen?
00:09
And there was something about that music, that train.
00:13
You know that, you know, that music plays so correctly.
00:17
I was like, man, this is such a wonderful theme.
00:20
Someone should make this film again.
00:22
And I'll tell you the truth, when I made Dil Chahta Hai,
00:24
I didn't have any such plan that after this,
00:27
I'm going to have a career in the film.
00:39
It was a very difficult film to make.
00:41
Very challenging film to make.
00:43
It was a film that took me out of my comfort zone.
00:46
I joined the army.
00:47
Are you serious?
00:48
I was making a film in the world of the army.
00:51
I had no understanding of how they function.
00:53
So to learn that, understand that, display it.
00:56
So that when they see the film, it was important to me.
00:59
They should feel that, wow, man, this is really,
01:02
we've not seen a film like this before.
01:04
In terms of display, depiction of the army.
01:08
So I made that film with all my heart.
01:10
And when that film released, that film didn't do well.
01:13
Okay.
01:14
You know, so I was so depressed.
01:17
I was so depressed.
01:18
I was like, man, how did this happen?
01:20
And it took me a long time.
01:22
It took me almost a year, year and a half
01:24
to come out of that depression.
01:25
Really?
01:25
Yeah.
01:26
And I distracted myself.
01:28
I started traveling.
01:29
I used to go with my friends here, there, the other.
01:31
Drank quite a bit.
01:32
But what I connected with was,
01:35
Karan Shergill in the film,
01:36
his life problem that he doesn't know what to do,
01:40
that I could relate to.
01:41
And this is how I used to make plans.
01:42
Exactly like this.
01:44
My friend is going to commerce, let me go too.
01:47
You know, it was literally that.
01:49
And when he gets a goal,
01:53
he gets a goal, then you see what he can do.
01:57
So the first film that was made, Dil Chahta Hai,
02:02
people liked it a lot.
02:04
The film was praised a lot.
02:06
The work was also praised a lot.
02:08
I felt great.
02:09
And I will tell you the truth, when I made Dil Chahta Hai,
02:11
I had no such plan that after this,
02:14
I am going to have a career in film.
02:17
I wanted to make that movie.
02:18
That was my plan.
02:20
Okay.
02:20
You just made Dil Chahta Hai.
02:21
I want to make this film, I will make this film.
02:23
When the film did well,
02:25
and when everybody said, what next, what next?
02:28
That's when I started thinking that this is a possibility.
02:31
We were friends, we are, we will stay.
02:35
I hardly worked hard in Dil Chahta Hai.
02:37
You know what I mean?
02:38
The more I worked hard in Dil Chahta Hai,
02:40
it was like casting.
02:42
I was looking for who will do it, who will do it.
02:44
Finally, I mean, this is fate.
02:48
You have to call it luck that this kind of cast came into place.
02:52
But it wasn't easy at all.
02:56
So, we were going by train to Dehradun.
02:59
And in the train, I was listening to music with my headphones on.
03:04
And I was listening to this album, beautiful album
03:07
called Bombay The Hard Way.
03:08
Okay.
03:09
So, when I was listening to that,
03:11
one of the tracks on that is the Don's title theme.
03:16
They had done the background score.
03:18
And there was something about that music, that train.
03:21
You know that, you know,
03:23
that music plays so correctly with it.
03:26
And I'm like, yaar, this is such a wonderful theme.
03:30
Someone should make this film again.
03:32
And Zoya was there.
03:33
So, I told Zoya, I said, Zoya, somebody should make Don.
03:37
And she was like, why don't you make it?
03:40
So, I'm like, should I make Don?
03:41
And I got excited about the idea of Don.
03:44
So, I reached out to Hrithik.
03:46
And I told Hrithik, I said, yaar, Hrithik,
03:48
I'm thinking I'm going to remake Don.
03:50
So, what do you think?
03:51
He's like, sounds amazing, dude.
03:53
You know, this, that, and the other.
03:54
So, I said, let me write it and I'll bring it to you.
03:56
So, he said, cool.
03:58
So, I started writing.
04:00
And I'm writing, and I'm writing, and I'm writing.
04:02
The only person whose face is popping into my head is Shah Rukh.
04:06
So, the way he was, not his cinematic image, but him.
04:13
Personality.
04:13
His personality, his wit.
04:17
You know, that little sarcastic humor that he has.
04:19
Self-deprecating.
04:20
I mean, he can make fun of himself too.
04:22
Your aunty has brought a lot of uncles outside.
04:25
But I've already spoken to Hrithik about what I'm going to do.
04:29
So, I called up Hrithik.
04:30
So, he said, Farhan, you have to make your film.
04:34
You have to make it to the best of your, the way you want to make it.
04:38
And if you're feeling he's the guy, please go ahead and call him.
04:40
Don't worry about me.
04:43
That is a very gracious thing.
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