Javed Akhtar recalls having just 20 naye paise in Bombay after producer failed to pay him: ‘Sometimes I had food, sometimes I didn’t’; reveals why he never had a Plan B
- Posted on August 29, 2026
- By The Times of India
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Javed Akhtar recalls having just 20 naye paise in Bombay after producer failed to pay him: ‘Sometimes I had food, sometimes I didn’t’; reveals why he never had a Plan B
Javed Akhtar moved to Bombay, now Mumbai, in 1964 and spent the next six years struggling to establish himself in the Hindi film industry.
