{"id":301286,"date":"2025-11-22T10:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/301286\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T10:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:53:05","slug":"farhan-akhtar-reveals-delay-of-jee-le-zaraa-was-stressful-felt-like-wasting-time-worried-people-doubted-his-directing-skills-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/301286\/","title":{"rendered":"Farhan Akhtar reveals delay of \u2018Jee Le Zaraa\u2019 was ‘stressful’; Felt like wasting time, worried people doubted his directing skills | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FarhanSonam Kapoor has joyfully announced her second pregnancy, sharing stylish photos on Instagram. She flaunted her baby bump, captioned \u201cMama Swag Activated,\u201d and paid homage to Princess Diana with a striking hot-pink wool suit. Her upcoming projects include the awaited Bollywood film ‘Battle for Bittora’. Farhan Akhtar<\/a>, the renowned actor and director, eagerly awaits the success of his upcoming film \u2018120 Bahadur\u2019 at the box office. It has been quite a while since he last directed a movie; his most recent directorial work was \u2018Don 2\u2019 in 2011, starring Shah Rukh Khan. Since then, he has announced two new projects \u2018Jee Le Zaraa\u2019 and \u2018Don 3\u2019. While \u2018Don 3\u2019 is slated to begin production next year, \u2018Jee Le Zaraa\u2019 remains in a state of uncertainty. In a recent conversation, Farhan revealed that he spent over two years waiting for \u2018Jee Le Zaraa\u2019 to start filming, but the project never took off. He also mentioned that the movie is currently on hold indefinitely as he has shifted his focus to other ventures.Mental health journey tied to film delaysDuring an appearance on the YouTube channel Unfiltered by Samdish, Farhan candidly discussed his mental health journey, linking it to the delays of his film \u2018Jee Le Zaraa\u2019 and the resulting impact on his confidence as a director. He expressed, \u201cSo my film Toofan was released in 2021, and right after that, I was set to direct a film called Jee Le Zara. It just kept getting delayed, and for those two years, I kept saying no to all other opportunities that came my way. I did that because when you have to direct you can only focus on that. If an acting role came, I told them, \u2018No, I am soon going to be directing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Casting and progress challenges\u2018Jee Le Zaraa\u2019, announced in 2021 with Priyanka Chopra<\/a>, Alia Bhatt<\/a>, and Katrina Kaif as its leads, has seen little progress since. Farhan shared that he kept his calendar clear, waiting for the shoot to begin, describing that time as \u201cstressful.\u201d He recalled, \u201cThe date for the film\u2019s shooting just kept shifting ahead. It was such a stressful period because I thought that I was wasting time, and before I knew it, two and a half years had gone by.\u201dPersonal insecurities and therapyAkhtar said, \u201cThere are some personal insecurities as well. I started to feel that maybe people thought I wouldn\u2019t be able to direct. It had been 12 years since I had directed a film, and maybe people were doubtful of my skill. When you sit with a therapist and you tell these things, you start realising where all these things are coming from. I didn\u2019t want to say, \u2018Let me move on from this film.’\u201dReasons for delay and current statusThe makers of \u2018Jee Le Zaraa\u2019, including Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, and Reema Kagti, have cited various reasons for the film’s delay since its announcement in 2021, with scheduling conflicts of the lead actors being a primary factor. Despite hopes expressed in May 2023 by Reema that filming would begin by the end of that year, the shoot has yet to commence.Focus shifts to \u2018Don 3\u2019Now, Farhan is set to direct \u2018Don 3\u2019, which stars Ranveer Singh in the lead role. He has an impressive directorial track record with acclaimed films like \u2018Dil Chahta Hai\u2019 and \u2018Lakshya\u2019 to his credit. The filming for \u2018Don 3\u2019 is slated to begin in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sonam Kapoor has joyfully announced her second pregnancy, sharing stylish photos on Instagram. She flaunted her baby bump,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[18957,64,63,73967,134,78922,170403,43713,344,13286],"class_list":{"0":"post-301286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-alia-bhatt","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-don-3","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-farhan-akhtar","14":"tag-jee-le-zaraa","15":"tag-katrina-kaif","16":"tag-movies","17":"tag-priyanka-chopra"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}