Javed Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar run away from her cooking, says Shabana Azmi: ‘Only my father would…’

Actor Shabana Azmi admitted she was not a very good cook dinner in a brand new interview. Shabana stated neither lyricist-husband Javed Akhtar, nor his youngsters filmmaker-actor Farhan Akhtar and filmmaker Zoya Akhtar, have been a fan of her cooking. In reality, they run away when she enters the kitchen. Shabana added her expertise is to ‘burn’ meals. Also learn: Shabana Azmi recollects Javed Akhtar’s most romantic present

Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar married in 1984. He was earlier married to Honey Irani and had two youngsters – Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar – from his first marriage. Shabana spoke about her household’s response to her cooking abilities in a brand new interview.

In a latest interplay with YouTuber Kamiya Jani of Curly Tales, Shabana spoke about her lack of culinary abilities. She joked, “Mere mein bohot hunar hai cooking ka (I am very talented when it comes to cooking). It is like if you are making the best dish in the world, and I walk into the kitchen and you tell me that you’re going out for a second and ask me to stir it, by the time you come back it will be burnt.”

When requested about her lack of ‘talent’, and if Javed Akhtar runs away from her cooking, she stated, “So this is one talent I never had. And if ever I tell people that I am going to cook, slowly everybody slinks away. Only mere pyaare abba, Kaifi Azmi sahab, would eat my kacchhi roti and say bohot lazeez hai (My father would even eat an uncooked roti made by me and say it tastes delicious). So I can’t cook unfortunately. Woh (Javed Akhtar) aur Farhan, aur Zoya aur Baba and Tanvi, woh sabse zyada bhagte hai (Javed Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar, brother Baba and his wife, actor Tanvi Azmi, are the first ones to run away from my cooking).”

In the identical interview, Shabana additionally revealed that she and Javed Akhtar had tried to interrupt up a number of occasions ‘because of the children’. She recalled the challenges and difficulties they confronted as Javed was a married man, after they fell in love.