Zoya ropes in javed, Shabana

Lyricist Javed Akhtar and wife Shabana Azmi are all set to make a special appearance in Luck By Chance, the film that son Farhan is producing and is daughter Zoya’s directorial debut. Not too many detils are being divulged about their children. But it is known that the couple will appear as themselves. “yes, Shabana and my father are in the film. In fact everyone you know in the industry is going to be in Luck By Chance. Everyone breezes in and breezes out in different parts of the film. But Luck By Chance is not a spoof on the film indu8stry. A lot of the film fraternity will recognise itself in the film,” Farthan said.

He addedm “Zoya has completed the principal photography. It’s turned out exactly the way we had imagined it. The film has me, Isha Sharvani and also Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia, though not as a pair, I do play one of the leads. But it’s a menagerie of characters and activities. The structure is totally new.” An industry source said, “Luck By Chance is set in the film industry. And Farhan and Zoya asked all their friends, which means practically the whole indusry, to do walk-on parts. Unlike Om Shanti Om, which got the stars in only for a song, this one has space all through for stars to walk in and out.”

Was it easy for Farhan to take instructions from his siser? “Very easy,” he quipped. “I’ve been taking instrctions from her all my life. I’ve always obeyed her. I just had to go from being her designated driver to a designated actor,” he laughed.