Before, I would read as many self-help books as possible and go like, ‘I must fix this!’ But alchemy costs things. You can’t transform without letting something die.”

Farhan Akhtar is set to portray Bharat Ratna awardee and legendary sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar in Sam Mendes’ ambitious project, The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event. The biographical saga on the iconic British band has begun production in the UK