Updated On: 30 June, 2020 11:01 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Abhay Deol took to his Instagram account a few days back to share how he and Farhan Akhtar were demoted at the award functions during Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and the industry lobbies against people. Akhtar has responded to the same in an interview!

Picture Courtesy: Official Instagram Accounts/Farhan Akhtar and Abhay Deol
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, a film about the journey of three friends, came out in 2011. It starred Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, and Farhan Akhtar. Deol had taken to his Instagram account to share with all of us how he and Akhtar were demoted at the award functions and how Roshan was nominated in the lead category. He also revealed how the industry lobbies against people in overt ways.
Speaking to India Today, Akhtar has now responded to Deol's post. This is what the actor had to say, "You are constantly hearing about some rat race and everybody is fighting each other to some kind of spot which does not exist. I mean the fact is you have to believe in yourself, you have to work sincerely, work hard, how many magazine covers you will do, whether you came on the front page of a magazine, or the front page of a newspaper."