Shabana Azmi was troubled by Javed Akhtar’s drinking habit, told how she quit alcohol 33 years ago

There was a time in the life of famous lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar when he/she became an alcoholic. he/she himself admitted in an interview that he/she used to drink a bottle of alcohol every night. But when he/she realized that he/she would not be able to live like this for long, he/she stopped drinking. Now recently his/her wife Shabana Azmi talked about this. She described the time when her husband Javed Akhtar was drinking alcohol as the most difficult period. In Arbaaz Khan’s show The Invincibles, Shabana Azmi talked about Javed Akhtar’s excessive drinking and told what she had to face then. Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar got married on 9 December 1984.

‘Javed Akhtar used to drink a lot, it was a very difficult time’

Shabana Azmi talked about the day when Javed Akhtar announced that he/she would no longer drink alcohol. She said, ‘he/she knew that if I continued like this, I would not be able to survive for long and would not be able to do my work creatively. We were in a flat in London. he/she smelled of alcohol and I said oh my god, what a bad trip this is going to be. Then he/she very gently told me to make some breakfast for me. he/she had breakfast and after that he/she told me that I will not drink anymore.’

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Shabana Azmi further said, ‘I did not say anything. I just said – what do you mean? Then he/she said that I will not drink anymore. he/she had never said this before and since that day he/she has not touched alcohol.’ Shabana Azmi described the willpower of her husband Javed Akhtar as unbelievable and said that it is impossible for her to have the same willpower as him/her.

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Javed Akhtar had said- this is stupidity, what I am doing

At the same time, in the year 2023, Javed Akhtar told ‘ABP’ that his/her relationship with Shabana Azmi was badly affected due to alcohol. Javed Akhtar had said, ‘She did not love me because I used to drink. She loved me despite my drinking. Shabana was very happy when I stopped drinking. I said that this is stupidity, what I am doing. There is no glamour, no dignity, no attraction in this.’ Javed Akhtar drank a large bottle of rum on 31 July 1991 and stopped drinking alcohol from 1 August 1991.