Farhan Akhtar opens up about one question he was asked during Bhaag Milkha Bhaag that fuelled him

Farhan Akhtar has proved that he has been just as incredible as an actor as he is as a director. He is all set to woe us with Toofaan that releases next Friday. This would be his second sports film after Bhaag Milkha Bhaag that he would be a part of. Now, during a recent interview, he opened up about that one question he was asked during Bhaag Milkha Bhaag that has stayed with him and has fuelled him.

During an interaction with radio host Siddharth Kannan, Farhan Akhtar revealed, “At the very first press conference that we did for the announcement of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, a journalist asked Rakeysh, ‘How come you cast Farhan in this film? Why didn’t you take some Punjabi actor only? How will he do it?’ Rakeysh, of course, being Rakeysh and he had his belief, answered on my behalf and said why he chose to work with me on Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.”

He added, “But I never forgot that question, it stayed with me. That question honestly fuelled me so much during the making of that film, that why should anyone have this question about someone, firstly, who is an actor and without knowing what it is that they are capable of. From my point of view, it felt like someone is being judgmental not knowing what this person is capable of doing. That gave me a lot of fuel.”

He did a terrific job in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and even Milkha Singh himself had then said that he had truly transformed into him!