Farhan
Akhtar
refuses
to
divulge
whether
he
has
double
role
in
Karthik
Calling
Karthik.
"All
I
can
tell
you
is
that
I
play
a
lonely
introverted
character
down
on
his
luck,
unsure
and
inarticulate.
Everyone
takes
advantage
of
the
guy
I
play." Farhan
is
quick
to
point
out
he
doesn't
play
a
geek.
"Karthik
isn't
a
geek.
Something
happened
in
his
childhood
to
make
him
the
way
he
is.
This
guy
is
just
an
introvert."
All
the
films
that
Farhan
has
been
seen
in
so
far
have
been
produced
by
the
actor
himself.
"I've
no
issues
working
for
any
producer
as
long
as
the
project
and
its
backers
are
rock-solid.
An
actor's
worst
nightmare
is
if
his
project
stalls
midway.
The
thing
is,
whoever
has
come
with
an
acting
offer
wanted
me
to
produce
his
films.
With
Karthik
Calling
Karthik
for
the
first
time
my
company
is
co-producing
a
film
with
a
company
called
Magic
Bean.
The
director
Vijay
Lalvani
came
to
me
with
the
offer
to
act
and
co-produce
Karthik..."
Farhan
admits
he
was
offered
Rohan
Sippy's
film
with
Abhishek
Bachchan.
"I
couldn't
do
it
because
the
dates
clashed
with
Zoya
Akhtar's
film.
I
love
her
script
about
three
friends.
The
fact
that
I've
done
films
about
male
bonding
before
(Dil
Chahta
Hai,
Rock
On)
didn't
deter
me.
No
one
stops
to
ask
how
many
films
about
the
man-woman
relationship
are
made
every
year.
Then
why
not
more
films
about
male
friendship?"
Farhan's
next
production
tentatively
titled
Crooked
does
not
feature
him
in
the
cast.
"I'm
very
happy
just
being
the
producer.
I've
written
the
dialogues.
It's
already
interestingly
cast
and
didn't
need
me.
While
promoting
KCK,
I'm
also
doing
pre-production
of
the
sequel
to
Don."
Story first published: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 12:35 [IST]