Javed Akhtar has been open about his issues with alcohol in the past, and
in a recent interview, the writer-lyricist said that when he decided to
quit drinking, he consumed an entire bottle of rum in one night.
He had pledged that he would never touch alcohol again, and this was
his way of bidding adieu to liquor. This incident happened while he was in
Kenya, and the next morning, he was supposed to fly to London and meet his
wife, actor Shabana Azmi.“I was in Kenya when I quit. Next day, I had to go to London. Shabana came
to receive me at Heathrow. I had been drinking all night. I had finished an
entire bottle. She says she thought, ‘Oh my god, another bout of drinking
and…’ I told her I have quit and I had breakfast. All my friends were in
London for vacation and everyone was drinking the whole time. I never
touched it again,” he said at the ABP Ideas of India 2023 Summit. Javed
said that he never had any withdrawal symptoms and never felt tempted to
drink again. By his own admission, he stopped drinking in 1991.
in a recent interview, the writer-lyricist said that when he decided to
quit drinking, he consumed an entire bottle of rum in one night.
He had pledged that he would never touch alcohol again, and this was
his way of bidding adieu to liquor. This incident happened while he was in
Kenya, and the next morning, he was supposed to fly to London and meet his
wife, actor Shabana Azmi.“I was in Kenya when I quit. Next day, I had to go to London. Shabana came
to receive me at Heathrow. I had been drinking all night. I had finished an
entire bottle. She says she thought, ‘Oh my god, another bout of drinking
and…’ I told her I have quit and I had breakfast. All my friends were in
London for vacation and everyone was drinking the whole time. I never
touched it again,” he said at the ABP Ideas of India 2023 Summit. Javed
said that he never had any withdrawal symptoms and never felt tempted to
drink again. By his own admission, he stopped drinking in 1991.
