Javed Akhtar Says Drinking Alcohol Made Him Behave Like The 'Devil': 'I'd Become Quite Offensive, Angry'
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Javed Akhtar Says Drinking Alcohol Made Him Behave Like The 'Devil': 'I'd Become Quite Offensive, Angry'

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Javed Akhtar has been quite vocal about his battle with alcoholism and how it has had a negative impact on his life. In a recent chat, the veteran screenwriter said that if he could go back in time, he would tell his younger self to never drink as he wasted a decade of his life trying to battle the condition. When asked what he would tell his younger self, Javed Akhtar replied, “I would tell him that the 20-25 years he drank alcohol, he shouldn’t do that.” “Bohot time waste hua usmey. He had breakfast and after that, he told me, ‘I am not going to drink anymore’.” Shabana continued, “I didn’t say anything. In a 2012 episode of Aamir Khan’s Satymeva Jayate, Javed had said, “I started drinking at a very young age of 19.

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'Funny, Frank': Javed Akhtar Lauded After Opening Up About His Long Phase of Alcoholism
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'Funny, Frank': Javed Akhtar Lauded After Opening Up About His Long Phase of Alcoholism

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Javed Akhtar opened up about his struggles with alcoholism in a chat with Chetan Bhagat for an ‘Uncut’ interview and his cheerful honesty about the matter has been winning hearts. “Only someone like Javed Akhtar could recount their long phase of alcoholism with such sense of humor,” a Twitter user pointed out, sharing a clip from the interview. Only someone …

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