# Farhan Akhtar says acting was never his plan till Rock On!! 2026-08-17T14:07:51+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has said he never intended to act until the 2008 film Rock On!! came along. In an interview with The Indian Express, Akhtar said he took the role because the script felt right and director Abhishek Kapoor was convinced about his casting. He called the experience a challenge that opened up a new creative avenue for him. Before Rock On!!, Akhtar was known as the writer-director of Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya, Don: The Chase Begins Again and Don 2. His performance as the lead singer of a rock band marked a career turn. He later appeared in films such as Luck By Chance, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Dil Dhadakne Do and The Sky Is Pink, while continuing to produce through Excel Entertainment. Asked if he carried anything from Dil Chahta Hai into Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Akhtar said he did not but felt like he was revisiting that world. He described well-written films with a good team as the nicest filmmaking experience one can have. ## Coverage - bollywoodhungama.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Abhishek Kapoor, Dil Chahta Hai, Excel Entertainment, Farhan Akhtar, Rock On!! Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/farhan-akhtar-says-acting-was-never-his-plan-till-rock-on/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/farhan-akhtar-says-acting-was-never-his-plan-till-rock-on/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/