{"id":283527,"date":"2025-11-10T16:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T16:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283527\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T16:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T16:24:10","slug":"farhan-akhtar-calls-naseeruddin-shahs-public-criticism-distasteful-hes-known-me-since-childhood-could-have-called-me-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/283527\/","title":{"rendered":"Farhan Akhtar calls Naseeruddin Shah\u2019s public criticism \u2018distasteful\u2019; \u2018He\u2019s known me since childhood, could have called me instead\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FarhanFarhan Akhtar called Naseeruddin Shah\u2019s public criticism \u201cdistasteful,\u201d saying, \u201cHe\u2019s known me since childhood, could have called me instead.\u201d Shah had called Bhaag Milkha Bhaag \u201ca completely fake film\u201d and criticized Farhan\u2019s acting. Despite this, the film was a major hit praised for music and storytelling. In 2013, Naseeruddin Shah<\/a> did not hold back his harsh views about Farhan Akhtar<\/a>\u2019s film \u2018Bhaag Milkha Bhaag\u2019, which tells the story of Olympian Milkha Singh. Back then, Shah had openly stated, \u201cI don\u2019t care about Farhan Akhtar, and I don\u2019t watch his films.\u201d Now, during a recent interaction, Farhan Akhtar responded to these past remarks, calling Naseeruddin Shah\u2019s public criticism \u201cdistasteful.\u201d<\/p>\n

A childhood connection deeply affected by criticism<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with India Today, having known Naseeruddin Shah since childhood, Farhan Akhtar expressed how deeply hurt he was by the remark. As reported in the Indian Express, Akhtar said, \u201cI have known him for so many years. We worked together in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. He knows me ever since I was a child. He is a great performer and a great actor, but the only thing that I didn\u2019t like was that if you want me to improve in my work, then there is a way of communicating that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farhan Akhtar\u2019s Romantic Birthday Tribute To Wife Shibani Melts Fans<\/p>\n

Farhan Akhtar on preferring private, respectful criticism<\/p>\n

Farhan described Naseer\u2019s way of correcting him as \u201cdistasteful\u201d and explained, \u201cI would have picked up a phone and told the person to come home. I have watched your film and I found these points lacking, and if you\u2019re passionate for acting, then you should work on these things. This is a way of communicating. But to go in the press and say this\u2026 I found that distasteful. Other than that, if he didn\u2019t like it, it is his opinion, and I can\u2019t change that \u2014 he is entitled to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throwback to Naseeruddin Shah\u2019s strong critique of \u2018Bhaag Milkha Bhaag\u2019<\/p>\n

Back in 2013, Shah openly shared with IANS that he considered \u2018Bhaag Milkha Bhaag\u2019 \u201ca completely fake film\u201d and criticized Farhan Akhtar\u2019s portrayal. He remarked, \u201cFarhan has no doubt worked very hard but building up muscles and growing your hair is not exactly working hard on your acting. At least he should have tried to look like Milkha. Milkha is mighty pleased by him and he imagines that this was his life, he imagines he looked like that. Doesn\u2019t he have photographs of himself from the 1960s Olympics?\u201d.<\/p>\n

Commercial success of ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ despite criticism<\/p>\n

Despite receiving some criticism, ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ went on to become a major commercial hit, earning widespread appreciation for its music, direction, and motivational storytelling.<\/p>\n

Farhan Akhtar on the work front<\/p>\n

Farhan Akhtar will be seen in ‘120 Bahadur’, an upcoming war film directed by Razneesh \u2018Razy\u2019 Ghai and bankrolled by Excel Entertainment and Trigger Happy Studios. The film stars Farhan Akhtar as Major Shaitan Singh and Raashii Khanna as his wife, Shagun Kanwar. The film features the iconic Battle of Rezang La with 120 soldiers of the Charlie Company, 13 Kumaon Regiment defending their post against a 3000-strong Chinese Army contingent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Farhan Akhtar called Naseeruddin Shah\u2019s public criticism \u201cdistasteful,\u201d saying, \u201cHe\u2019s known me since childhood, could have called me…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[149826,149825,236,88,149823,120385,149824],"class_list":{"0":"post-283527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-120-bahadur","9":"tag-bhaag-milkha-bhaag","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-farhan-akhtar","13":"tag-indian-army","14":"tag-naseeruddin-shah"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}