Even as Karthik Calling Karthik moves closer to the release date, Farhan Akhtar is busy with other things. Globetrotting, for one. Well, he’s not really on a world tour to calm his nerves before the release, instead, he is already working on his next big venture — Don 2.

Along with his business partner, Ritesh Sidhwani, he is apparently doing a recce around Germany, Turkey, Manila and Poland to scout for locations.

Farhan Akhtar refuses to divulge whether he has double role in Karthik Calling Karthik. "All I can tell you is that I play a lonely introverted character down on his luck, unsure and inarticulate. Everyone takes advantage of the guy I play."

Farhan is quick to point out he doesn't play a geek. "Karthik isn't a geek. Something happened in his childhood to make him the way he is. This guy is just an introvert."

All the films that Farhan has been seen in so far have been produced by the actor himself. "I've no issues working for any producer as long as the project and its backers are rock-solid. An actor's worst nightmare is if his project stalls midway. The thing is, whoever has come with an acting offer wanted me to produce his films. With Karthik Calling Karthik for the first time my company is co-producing a film with a company called Magic Bean. The director Vijay Lalvani came to me with the offer to act and co-produce Karthik..."

This happened on the sets of Karthik Calling Karthik. The director Vijay Lalwani, we hear is the diligent sort, who really looks after the well-being of his stars. Now they were to shoot a scene in which Farhan Akhtar was supposed to be strangulated.

The 56th National Film Awards for year 2008 were announced today.

Upendra Limaye is awarded the Best Actor award for the Marathi film Jogwa and Arjun Rampal the Best Supporting Actor award for Rock On.


Best Feature Film in Hindi language has gone to Rock On, while Best Feature Film in Marathi language is bagged by Harishchandrachi Factory.

Fever 104 FM, Delhi’s popular radio station recently hosted director turned actor Farhan Akhtar in their studios. Farhan Akhtar visited Fever 104 FM studios to promote his forthcoming movie, Karthik calling Karthik. The actor got candid on-air with Fever 104 FM’s evening jock RJ Tuhin and shared anecdotes about his movie experiences & discussed his character ‘Karthik’ in detail.

Karthik’s charisma dazzled Fever 104 FM listeners, as the multi-talented Farhan Akhtar promptly answered the rapid fire questions on his favorite gadgets posed by RJ Tuhin.

From time to time our B-town folks need their ‘escape’. For some of our beauties it could also be a purely ‘retail’ vacation, where all they want to do is sweep everything off the racks at stores. Farhan Akhtar has his quirky escape too.

Bollywood stars on the TV show Lux Dance India Dance are only increasing by the day. After roping in Salman Khan and Amitabh Bachchan, there are a number of others who will be seen on the show including Vidya Balan, Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Vivek Oberoi, etc.

The trend of producers and actors coming on TV shows has been on for a while and a lot of them are being seen on Lux Dance India Dance as part of their publicity campaign for their forthcoming blockbusters.

Farhan Akhtar’s character morphs from a loser to a cool dude in Karthik Calling Karthik. Of course, one clichéd way is to bring in a bike to lend him the required coolth. Farhan is a man of many talents, but riding a bike wasn’t one of them. So he set about learning to ride one and even got himself a licence, thus taking no chances with legalities.

The scene was shot only when Farhan was confident on the bike after a month of practice. A source said;In the film, Farhan plays a loser who undergoes a change.