Archive · 9 Nov 2025

Farah Khan Recalls Javed Akhtar Writing 'Dard-E-Disco' in Five Minutes

Farah Khan Recalls Javed Akhtar Writing 'Dard-E-Disco' in Five Minutes

Imagine a famous songwriter named Javed who sometimes takes a very long time to write songs, like a friend who takes ages to finish a drawing.

When Farah, a movie director, asked him to write a song called 'Dard-E-Disco' for her movie, she told him to write it like another famous poet named Gulzar.

This special instruction made Javed write the entire song super fast, in just five minutes!

Farah also mentioned that Javed usually needs a lot of time for his songs.

She also shared a funny story about how she once had to ask Javed to explain the meaning of other complicated lyrics he had written for a different movie.

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