The
veteran
writer-lyricist
Javed
Akhtar
turned
a
year
old
today
(January
16,
2021),
and
while
speaking
to
a
leading
daily,
he
revealed
that
he
feels
awkward
to
cut
cake
on
his
birthday.
He
said,
"When
people
ask
me
to
cut
a
cake,
I
feel
awkward
as
I
hadn't
as
a
kid."
The
76-year-old
lyricist
further
added,
"Birthday
ek
rasm
hai.
Mohobbat
hai,
toh
dost
aa
jaate
hain.
If
you
are
born
in
a
well-to-do
family
where
parents
enjoy
celebrating
birthdays,
you
feel
different
but
humne
toh
dekha
nahin
tha.
Poor
kids
don't
celebrate
birthdays
and
I
started
doing
so
only
after
growing
up."
However,
unlike
previous
years,
this
year,
Akhtar
won't
be
having
any
birthday
celebration,
as
his
wife
Shabana
Azmi
is
currently
shooting
in
England.
"I
won't
be
doing
anything
and
I
doubt
anyone
will
turn
up,
especially
due
to
Covid," affirmed
Akhtar.
In
the
same
interview,
when
Javed
Akhtar
was
asked
about
the
alleged
wedding
rumours
of
his
son
Farhan
Akhtar
with
his
ladylove
Shibani
Dandekar,
he
refused
to
share
any
detail
and
said
he
doesn't
believe
in
asking
private
questions
to
his
kids.
He
said
that
once
kids
become
adults,
they
have
a
right
to
their
privacy
and
asking
them
personal
questions
is
a
no-no.
"If
they
offer
personal
information,
you
should
listen
but
never
probe
or
enquire
or
question
them.
It
is
not
a
decent
thing.
If
my
kids
want
to
share
about
their
personal
lives
with
me,
I
would
be
most
happy
to
listen
but
I
never
probe
or
ask
personal
questions
to
my
kids,"
added
Akhtar.
In
the
same
interview,
Akhtar
also
shed
light
on
his
blissful
married
life,
and
said
that
in
the
last
few
months
he
and
Shabana
had
a
lot
of
quality
time
to
spend
with
each
other.
"Shabana
and
I
enjoyed
our
Khandala
home,
which
we
would
visit
for
weekends,
only
on
occasions.
We
saw
many
movies,
read
a
lot
and
introspected
too.
We
got
time
to
be
with
ourselves.
Of
course,
we
are
privileged
so
there
was
no
trouble
but
there
were
many
who
had
a
tough
time
in
2020,"
concluded
Akhtar.