Farhan Akhtar is an actor-director known for wearing his heart on his sleeve. He speaks candidly, especially in interviews, which adds to his public appeal. Despite the constant spotlight on celebrities' lives, Farhan has managed to navigate the ups and downs in his personal life with grace and respect.
Farhan Akhtar reflects on childhood experiences with divorced parents amidst his own divorce; says, “It’s never going to entirely go away” Farhan Akhtar, the director of Dil Chahta Hai , was married to Adhuna Bhabani for sixteen years, beginning in 2000, even before his debut film was released. The couple, who have two children, Shakya and Akira, divorced in 2016. Farhan later married Shibani Dandekar in 2022.
In an interview with Faye D'Souza, Farhan discussed the parallels between his life and that of his father, the famed writer Javed Akhtar and said, “I know what it felt like and there was a huge part of me that was like I cannot do this to my own kids.” Farhan responded to a heartbreaking yet perceptive question about his feelings before ending his first marriage, given the type of childhood he had. “It was difficult.
A certain aspect of it was, of course, that I had been through having divorced parents when I was a kid.” He explained that he and Adhuna chose to have an open and honest conversation with their children to reassure them that they were not to be blamed. “I felt that it came to a place that if Adhuna and myself spoke to them openly and honestl.