Fardeen Khan might have hailed from a filmy background, but that didn't make his journey in the industry any easier. After a disastrous debut with Prem Aggan in 1998, the actor went on to have a rocky career before finally coming to a halt in 2010 and prompting Fardeen to take an indefinite break. Fardeen took a sabbatical of fourteen years before he made a remarkable comeback with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. Recently, Fardeen opened up about filming All The Best: Fun Begins just a week after his father, Feroz Khan had passed away.
Fardeen Khan recently sat for a tell-all interview with Mashable India, during which he discussed the emotional challenge of filming a week after his father, Feroz Khan's death. Talking about how emotionally difficult it was to shoot for All The Best: Fun Begins during that time period, Fardeen said:
"It was supposed to start at a certain time, but my father was really ill. Then my father passed obviously, and I started shooting for this movie a week after he passed. So it was particularly hard. I had to just shut down parts of myself and just try and be funny. All credit to Ajay and Rohit, they were very, very considerate. I got through this movie, but it was hard."
During the interview, Fardeen also opened up about how challenging it has been to return to acting after a 14-year hiatus. The actor honestly admitted that he was still trying to get the hang of things as the audience was vastly different. He even referred to it as a 'whole new landscape.' Fardeen elaborated:
"Some of them are familiar with a few of my works like Heyy Baby, No Entry and All The Best. There are some films that have been telecast very often on television but Gen Z's tastes are completely different."
While chatting with Mashable India, Fardeen Khan also fondly recalled the relationship he shared with his late father, Feroz Khan. According to the actor, his dad took on two roles in his life. At all other times, Feroz was just Fardeen's father, but when the latter's profession was being discussed, he was a director.
Fardeen was further asked which version of his father was stricter, and the No Entry actor confessed that there was no straight answer. Stating that Feroz had always been brutally honest and straightforward no matter who he was talking to, Fardeen said:
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"He was strict and yes, I was scared of him. He was a formidable person, a force of nature. He was one of those people who tells you exactly as it is. He wouldn't mince words, irrespective of who it might be, whether you're his son or daughter, which is a great thing since it's very rare. It's tough, yes… it's tough sometimes to hear certain truths. Sometimes he was not necessarily right either. If he was wrong, he'd be like 'okay.'"
What do you think about the difficult time Fardeen Khan went through while filming All The Best: Fun Begins a week after his father, Feroz Khan, passed away?
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