The luxurious life that we see stars enjoying was not always like this. There was a time when stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and others didn't have a house and struggled to even sleep. One such star, who now lives in a lavish bungalow, once slept on railway stations and in parks.
The star we are talking about was once deprived of food and sleep, however, in spite of giving up, he became a superstar in Bollywood. He made several actors stars with his work. He is none other than Javed Akhtar.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Javed Akhtar (@jaduakhtar) Javed Akhtar completed his education at Safia College in Bhopal, and came to Bombay with dreams of working as an assistant director for filmmakers like Guru Dutt or Raj Kapoor, whom he admired deeply. He ran away from home at the age of 15 to fulfill his dreams. In the documentary Angry Young Men, Javed Akhtar revealed that after spending just five days in his father’s house, he decided to strike out on his own.
He spent many nights sleeping at railway stations, parks, studio compounds, and on benches. The struggle to survive was intense, and once he was left with nothing to wear. He said, “My last trouser and the only trouser was torn to the extent that it couldn’t be worn anymore.
And I had no other trousers." To this, his wife Shabana Azmi added that there was a time when he hadn't eaten for 3 days and said, "It was raining heavily, and from an apartment in a nearby building, he saw a faint light.