Farah Khan on her father

When my father went into debt, I was five, many of our friends and regular visitors to our house stopped meeting us. Our house, which was once buzzing with activity, suddenly turned silent, just like our gramophone player. There was no money for me to travel to Bandra to buy music records.

Soon the car was sold, and the gramophone next. We could no longer pay for my school bus, so I would travel by the BEST public transport. When we had to sell our car, he refused to wait at bus stops for transport, and soon he stopped stepping out of the house.

In retrospect, I realize how difficult it must have been for Papa, why he was too proud to ask anyone for help, even from those he had favoured.
- Farah Khan. Directors' Diaries - The Road to Their First Film.​

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