How would Dil Chahta Hai’s Sid, Sameer and Akash be had Instagram existed? Farhan Akhtar answers

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The duo has now co-produced the latest Netflix film, Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, which is billed as a coming of ‘digital’ age drama. It is co-produced by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, who have also written the film along with director Arjun Varain Singh. Kho Gaye Hum Kahan features a brief sequence, where the three friends–Ananya Panday, Siddhanth Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav–also go on a Goa trip, similar to that in Dil Chahta Hai.

When asked what would the film be like if Instagram had made its way into the lives of Dil Chahta Hai characters, Farhan told Indianexpress.com, “They definitely would have posted the Goa meme where the three of them are sitting on their own! But it would have been a completely different film if there was all that what we have now.”

Farhan was joined by Reema, Zoya, Ritesh, Arjun and Ruchikaa Kapoor Sheikh, director, Original Films, Netflix India at the roundtable. Adding to Farhan’s answer, Reema said, “The film then would have been Kho Gaye Hum Kahan!”, to which the actor added, “It could have very much been possible, yes.”

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The new Netflix film aims to celebrate the power of friendship in the fast-paced era of social media, as it follows three best friends in their 20s navigating their life and striving to balance their online identities with their true selves.

Putting one’s life and art out on social media can be quite daunting, especially for public personalities and Farhan Akhtar says he is aware of the perils. There was a time the actor-filmmaker says trolling did bother him, but it doesn’t rattle him anymore today.

“I have somehow successfully managed to weed out the need to really consider what everybody is saying all the time. It is also, what is known as, your own negative bias. People say 10 good things, but that one bad thing starts circulating in your head. I felt it is not healthy to do that to yourself.

“Whether it is a piece of work, a reel or an image that you have put out, you have put it out there because it has something you are happy sharing with people. That’s where your attachment with it should end. Then whatever people want to say and do with it, that’s their own thing. I don’t get into reading the comments, honestly it doesn’t bother me anymore, at all,” he added.