Director-actor Farhan Akhtar learnt how to ride a bike for his upcoming film Karthik Calling Karthik and says it was actually “uncool” to do that at 30 plus.

“It was quite uncool for me to learn biking at 30-plus. This is something that people do much earlier,” Farhan said.

“Initially I didn’t bike because my mother had taken a promise from me, since she was always worried that something will happen. I was quite accident-prone. But it was a requirement in the script to ride a bike; so I learnt it,” he added.

Karthik Calling Karthik also features Deepika Padukone and Shefali Shah. Produced by Farhan and Ritesh Sidhwani, the film is directed by Vijay Lalwani.

About the film, the 36-year-old said: “The premise of the film is the life of a character. It’s very incomplete and he is very sad and frustrated. Then he starts getting calls and his life begins to change and through the course of the film you realise what these calls are all about and what’s the price he has to pay for these calls.”

The actor was in the capital and interacted with Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM listeners to promote the film that is slated to hit theatres Feb 26.

Farhan, who earlier acted in films like Rock On!! and Luck By Chance, will share screen space with Deepika for the first time. He said she is a very hardworking actress. Read more…