Farhan Akhtar had said he felt betrayed when Javed Akhtar married Shabana Azmi: 'Took time to go back to normal with my dad'

Javed Akhtar was married to Honey Irani and they have two children - Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar. But the legendary screenwriter separated from Honey and later married Shabana Azmi. It was not easy initially but today, both Honey and Shabana gel very well with each other. Infact, Akhtar and Honey also share a great friendship. Farhan and Zoya are equally close to Azmi now, as they are to their mother. But it was not easy when they were kids. On the documentary, 'Angry Young Men' which was based on the legendary writer duo Salim-Javed (Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar), Farhan had expressed his thoughts on the same.
In this web-series, he had said how he felt as a child when his father married Shabana. He revealed, "There was a phase when I was angry with him. I felt betrayed by him. There were all those normal emotions that I did go through as a child growing up. It took time to go back to normal with my dad. Shabana played a big part in creating that normalcy.”
Even Zoya had similar feelings as she added, "After the split happened, we lived with our mother. So, we ended up spending more time with our mother. But, it took time to go back to normal with my dad, and I think Shabana has played a big part in creating that normalcy.”
During this series, Javed had expressed that he feels guilty towards Honey and took more blame on himself for their failed marriage. The veteran screenwriter had said, "Honey is one person in the world towards whom I feel guilty. And she is the only person. 60 to 70% of the responsibility lies on my shoulder, for the failure of that marriage. Agar mujhe itni bhi samajh hoti jitni aaj hai, perhaps things would have not gone wrong. It is very difficult to accept, but that’s how it is.”
In this series, Azmi also spoke about her bonding with Honey and she said, "I wanted to explain my point of view, but then I figured if I did that, I would end up hurting far too many people. So wisdom lay in keeping quiet and not explaining myself and getting the brickbats, which obviously I would get. And I give a huge credit to Honey because she could have easily filled the children with tales against me. She just didn’t do that. She gave them the security that you don’t have to consider her an evil stepmother. She and I have a very warm and really nice relationship.”