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Teary-eyed Javed Akhtar recalls being deprived of food, sleep, clothes in Mumbai
At the tender age of 15 Javed Akhtar moved away from his family in search of work and the desire to make it big in Mumbai. He asserted never looking back or asking anyone for financial help even during desperate times
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Legendary screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar, a part of the iconic duo Salim-Javed, recalled his struggling days in Mumbai, then Bombay. He went down memory lane in the three-part docuseries `Angry Young Men` and got teary-eyed as he spoke about being deprived of food, sleep, and even clothes to wear during his time in the city.
Javed shared, “When you’re a teenager, life is easy, and you can do anything. That’s what I believed. I decided after my graduation that I’d move to Bombay to work as an assistant director, either with Guru Dutt or Raj Kapoor. They were directors, I admired at that time. I was sure I’d become a director myself in a short time.”
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