Speaking about emotional scene with Naseeruddin Shah in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Farhan Akhtar said the scene transported him back to childhood. "[It took me back] to....questions that I had with my father when I was younger, not knowing what had happened...and why my parents weren't together," Farhan added. "It...somehow came out in that scene...but not in...conscious way," he stated.