Javed Akhtar met Farhan Akhtar’s first wife Adhuna two days before their wedding, says ‘it makes no difference’ daughter Zoya never tied the knot

Javed said that anyone can make a mistake while choosing a partner and “if there has to be a mistake, you will make that mistake, not me.” Javed made sure that his children knew that they could choose anyone from any ethnicity, caste, creed, as long as it was their own choice. He shared that his son took his advice so seriously that he announced his wedding just a month before he was actually supposed to get married.

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“One day, he came and said, on the 10th, I am marrying a girl. I had not met that girl. So I said ‘are you sure?’ You are getting married when you are starting your first film? He said ‘yes, I have thought about it’. I said fine. I met her perhaps two days before the wedding. What difference does it make? It’s his life,” he said. Javed was referring to Farhan’s first marriage to Adhuna Bhabani in 2000. At that time, Farhan was starting his first directorial Dil Chahta Hai. Farhan and Adhuna were married for over 15 years and share two daughters.

Javed said that when his daughter Zoya decided not to get married, he was fully supportive of that decision as well. “My daughter decided not to get married. That too, doesn’t make any difference to me. She decided she won’t get married till somebody comes and she changes her mind, that’s what she told me. But at the moment, till today, she has not found somebody, it’s okay,” he said and added, “She is happy. She is doing good work she has good friends. She has a lovely life.”