Javed Akhtar recalls having just 20 naye paise in Bombay after producer failed to pay him: ‘Sometimes I had food, sometimes I didn’t’; reveals why he never had a Plan B | Hindi Movie News
Javed Akhtar moved to Bombay, now Mumbai, in 1964 and spent the next six years struggling to establish himself in the Hindi film industry.In a recent conversation with Let’s Talk with Devna G, the veteran writer recalled surviving on occasional ghostwriting assignments and sometimes going without food for days. Despite the hardships, he said he…