Highlights
Farhan Akhtar started his career as a director in 2001 with a path-breaking youth-centric film ‘Dil Chahta Hai’
He made his debut as an actor much later in 2008 with Rock On
New Delhi: Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhar latest sports drama Toofan, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is going to release on July 16 on Amazon Prime Videos. However, the duo has earlier worked together for the hit biopic of athlete Milkha Singh titled ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ which released in 2013.
However, their collaboration could have started way back in 2006 when Farhan was offered the critically acclaimed 2006 film ‘Rang De Basanti’by Mehra.
“He was truly amused because he had just made Dil Chahta Hai and was finishing Lakshya . I told him I wanted him to act in my film and he could not believe it at that point of time,” reveals Mehra to PTI.