\u201cAs a matter of fact, 75 is a very old age in my mind. So, for me, to believe that I\u2019m 75 is tough because I don\u2019t feel that. My body tells me, \u2018Listen buddy, you\u2019re no longer young\u2019, but otherwise, my involvement with life, my curiosity, interests, fantasies, aspirations and ambitions are intact. I\u2019m totally involved with life, and don\u2019t feel like a retired, tired person at all,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wizard of words, who has spent over five decades in Indian showbiz as a lyricist and screenwriter believes that \u201cas long as one doesn\u2019t become cynical, disinterested or detached, you don\u2019t get old\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any regrets in life? \u201cOh yes. People often say \u2018I have no regrets\u2019. But I have regrets. I really believe that out of these 75 years, my 10 years were totally wasted in drinking. I could\u2019ve used those years, which I scattered all over my life, in a more constructive manner by learning one more language or a musical instrument,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For his special day, a grand birthday party is being organised by his wife Shabana Azmi, and children Zoya and Farhan. But a prelude included the launch of The World of Javed Akhtar, an exhibition of photographs, posters and paintings curated by Pradeep Chandra and SMM Ausaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speculation is rife that Farhan Akhtar and his girlfriend Shibani Dandekar are planning to get married, but Javed Akhtar says he is completely unaware. \u201cI have no idea, at all. I keep meeting him. I\u2019ve never asked him and he has never told me. If anything of this sort is happening and he thinks he should share it with me, he will tell me. Once your children are grown up people, they\u2019re adults, you cannot treat them like children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ask him if fans can expect an autobiography or memoir from him, and he says, \u201cI think a memoir is better. My life has gone in many directions, it has passed so many phases, I\u2019ve seen so many places, people, cities and different situations. I\u2019ve met some unusual people and I\u2019d like to write about them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But at this stage of life, he\u2019s not wasting any time. He reveals that he is working on two scripts, apart from keeping busy with his poetry and song writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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