The actor in him needs no introduction after Rock On! And that is exactly what ETC in Bollywood Ka Asli Hisaab Kitaab style discloses in an exclusive interview about Farhan Akhtar on B Biz. The director-actor navigates through his debut movie Rock On! to his forthcoming films. Farhan talks to Taran Adarsh about his next movie – Luck by Chance which is directed by his sister-Zoya Khan and having acted in an English movie – Fakir of Venice which is a black comedy.

Difference of opinion is always welcome. He believes in speaking what he feels is right even if it means contradicting with step mother Shabana Azmi.

India’s favourite singer, director and now the actor Farhan Akhtar gets real and unfold his thoughts; as he gets into an interesting conversation with Swati Chaturvedi exclusively on Kahiye Janab, the celebrity chat show on Zee News.

Scheduled for this weekend, Saturday 20, 2008, viewers get a sneak peak into the life of Farhan Akhtar, the man with multiple talents.

How do you let off steam when cinema houses in the city are pulsating to the successful beat of your new film?

You go to Hard Rock Cafe at Lower Parel and jam, impromptu. That’s what the young and successful producer-duo Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani of Rock On did for TOI.

Farhan, with gelled hair and in chequered grey shirt; Ritesh in a blue tee with two tattoos ‘Nirvaan’ and ‘Aarav’ (his sons’ names) showing. “Even I have one,” said Farhan exposing his arm. “I got it at 16 after a night of wild partying. I wanted a dolphin but it looks like a shark, so I call my tattoo ‘Sholfin’!” He took the mike and belted out Beatles numbers while Ritesh hammered the drums, though not as convincingly as Purab Kohli did in the film. A fan with spiky blonde hair and earrings walked up and said, “Dudes, you rocked man! You are the best.” Charged further, the duo then jammed unplugged in a chat session, a mannequin dressed like pop singer Prince standing by silently and listening into the rockstars’ conversation...

Farhan Akhtar and his rocker colleagues want to carry the film's music beyond films. But not in a sequel to the successful film.

Farhan feels he has had enough of the Rock On saga. "The director Abhishek Kapoor should know about the sequel. As for me, I'm not for it. I feel Rock On is a sequel to my own Dil Chahta Hai. Both transported me to the same emotional space. So I've had enough of it. I think Abhishek has a lot more to do as a filmmaker than a sequel."

Playing as a band is what Farhan wants to do with the Rock On gang. "Suddenly there's an upsurge of rock… We suddenly have an Indi-rock revival. Regional bands are again playing. Newspapers articles are being written about desi rock. Suddenly, I feel we've started something we can't control. It's all very encouraging. It's a great thing happening here. Credit must go to our director Abhishek Kapoor who was very adamant on doing a film on a neglected cultural phenomenon."

The popularity of Excel Entertainment's latest hit 'Rock On' released some two weeks ago has soared higher as its music album stood at number 13 on last week's iTunes US World Music chart. This is great! That's why Ritesh Sidhwani who has produced this album along with Farhan Akhtar is so thrilled as to say, "Music has no boundaries." In the same breath, he adds that for the first time an Indian album has reached so high up on the iTunes charts. Not only the producer and his colleague, but the people at large have found it amazingly excellent. No sooner than was it released, the film attracted acclaim for its robust rock soundtrack.

Farhan Akhtar is not only basking in new found glory as actor in hit movie Rock On but is also busy with his first love, direction. As director par excellence he has prepared a new script and zeroed onto none other than Harman Baweja to play the lead.

A news daily even quoted a source as saying, “Farhan has been working on a script for a long time and had Harman in mind for the part. He met the actor and narrated the script to him. Harman loved it, and instantly signed it. The movie will be produced under Excel Entertainment, a joint venture between Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani.”