Exploring the emotional and sensitive side of men is the Nikhil Taneja show on Yuvaa, called Be A Man, Yaar. In a conversation with the host was legendary Bollywood writer Javed Akhtar in the recent episode and he openly spoke about men and their emotions. While the iconic character of the ‘Angry Young Man’ was created by him and Salim Khan during the 70s which was embodied by Amitabh Bachchan, Javed saab said that the ‘Angry Young Man’ wasn’t just angry but also deeply hurt.
Javed Akhtar opens up on his equations with ex-Wife Honey Irani; says, “For a while, there was tension but today we are best of friends”
In the viral episode, while conversing with the Co-Founder of Yuvaa, Nikhil Taneja, Javed Akhtar mentioned having strong women in his life and said, “Meri zindagi mein sirf wo hi auratein aayi jo behad strong auratein thi (All women in my life are very strong women). I was married to Honey Irani and Honey is a very powerful and a very strong woman. Then after 11 years for different reasons we parted, and then I got married to Shabana. I don’t think I need to tell you about her.”
Calling his ex-wife, Honey Irani his best friend, and recalling their relationship graph, Javed Saab mentioned, “Aam taur se shaadi toote wo bhi 11 saal baad toh (When a marriage breaks, especially after 11 years) things can become very ugly. For a while, there was tension because obviously she was hurt but gradually things changed and today we are best of friends. Agar aap mujhe bole teen ache dosto ka naam batao toh ek toh main Honey ka loonga, do sochunga. And ye Honey ki side se hai (If you tell me to pick three of my closest friends, I will pick Honey’s name first and then think about the other too. It is the same in case of Honey) that she has total confidence in me, and we share jokes and we share emotional moments. We are best of friends!”
When Nikhil asked Javed Saab about his 40-year-long married life with Shabana Azmi, the screenwriter and lyricist shared “Woh dost hain meri basically! Meri aur Shabana ki dosti itni achi hai ki shaadi bhi uska kuch nahi bigaad payi. Do insaan hain, wo ek sath khush kaise reh sakte hain? Wo ek sath tabhi khush reh sakte hain jab dono mein mutual respect, mutual love ho (She has always been a friend. Our friendship is so strong that even marriage couldn’t destroy it. When two people are happily staying together, they remain like that when there is mutual respect, mutual love between them).”
He continued, “Uske sath ye acceptance ho ki hum mein se koi star and dusra planet nahi hai (Along with that comes the acceptance that neither of us are big stars or are from a different planet). We both are stars. And jis tarha mujhe apne ambitions, arzoo, tamanna, sapne rakhne ka adhikar hai, waise hi dusre ko bhi hai (Just like the way I have my own ambitions, desires, thoughts, dreams etc. she too has the right to have all of these). You cannot expect to have a successful marriage at the cost of one person’s happiness chahe woh male ho ya female ho.”
Javed saab also praised Amitabh Bachchan profusely in the episode, saying that there were many caricatures of the ‘Angry young man’ in cinema, but none that did it as well as Mr Bachchan. He said “This is a man who is deeply hurt and that’s why he is angry, they did not bother about the hurt and they made the character angry, he looks arrogant, so they copied him a lot but they did not work, because they were not Amitabh Bachchan, and didn’t have the depth of his performance.” He also said that unlike other writers, he felt blessed to work with Mr. Bachchan because he would make the scenes better than the dialogues he had written! He called Mili one of Mr. Bachchan’s finest performances ever.
In this sensitive and honest conversation, Javed Saab also talked about his relationship with his parents, his equation with his children Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar, his struggle with alcoholism, feminism, new-age writers and directors in Bollywood, vague concept of men, his childhood and much more.
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