Farhan Akhtar Quotes

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Farhan Akhtar

Profession : Director

Birth : January 9, 1974

To hear someone talk about their life - you get to know the way their eyes moisten up, how big the smile is or how comfortable their body language is while talking to someone.

Farhan Akhtar

'Dil Chahta Hai' is not the first film about friendship. 'Lakshya' is not the first film about war and coming of age.

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'Lakshya' is a different genre of movie. While 'Dil Chahta Hai' could be categorised as a romantic comedy, this is a war drama.

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Fitness is about keeping yourself healthy. This is something you do for yourself and for your loved ones.

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I take a more holistic approach to fitness than trying to achieve a certain body to display.

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I am very fond of technology and like to keep pace with change.

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Being healthy is not just about building a body: it is a lifestyle that manifests itself in your general outlook. It makes you more positive and optimistic and increases your energy level.

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I love travelling, especially to Goa.

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I realised that I enjoyed direction while making 'DCH.' The process of putting a film together and working with the cast and crew felt good.

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Indian food beats everything else, in my book. The kinds of cuisine our country offers is just amazing. Every single dish has a variation depending on what region you go to, and that excites me the most about Indian food.

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Friendship brings in a lot of honesty and trust into any relationship, especially a marriage.

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If you are a doctor or farmer, be sincere about your profession. If you can do what you do honestly, you will end up serving your country.

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'Deewar' has been remade so many times, 'Trishul' has been remade so many times. But 'Don' - no one has gone into this area as often as they have gone into these other movies, and I think it fits into the modern sensibility of movie viewing quite well.

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A break-up between couples is traumatic for everyone.

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There was a phase when I would just loaf around, doing nothing. It had put my mom under a lot of stress. I knew her stress stemmed from her love for me, yet I never paid attention to her feelings. When it finally hit me that my idleness was taking a toll on her, I was genuinely sad and depressed.

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Nobody is immune to feeling depressed.

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Work does affect my personal life, as it consumes most of my time. It takes away a lot from my family time.

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As the director, you are the organiser who has to have all the answers. You are the person with maximum clarity.

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I think nothing can be taken for granted - be it the fact that you get to work with a certain kind of talent, certain kinds of budgets, or that the audience looks forward to your work.

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Apart from the highs and lows of when your film releases, there's a strange, addictive quality that making a film has because of all that drama. There's so much that goes on, and we miss it when it's over.

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