Fardeen Khan to make a come back
After the death of his father Feroz Khan, life hasn't been easy for Fardeen.
Struggling to keep alive a sagging career and passionately seeking to revive the glory of his father's once-illustrious banner F K International, Fardeen seems to be fighting a lonely battle.
We now hear Fardeen's dreams of re-making his father's most famous film 'Qurbani' would soon come to fruition. But only after a mammoth financial problem facing Fardeen is resolved.
It has been unearthed that the coolest and oldest cowboy of filmdom Feroz Khan has left behind tax arrears worth multi-crores of rupees over his property and business in Bangalore, a gigantic financial liability that Fardeen gradually discovered as he tried to take stock of his father's business empire after the senior Khan's death in 2009.
The matter, we now hear, is in court. And according to a sourc known to the Khan family, "Until the matter of the tax arrears pending over Feroz Khan's empire in Bangalore are cleared, there is nothing that Fardeen can do to carry forward his dad's business empire."
When contacted the ever-polite and soft spoken Fardeen who has lately put on some unwanted weight admitted, "Yes, we have encountered some tax arrears in Bangalore. I wouldn't call them a liability... every business venture goes through areas of financial difficulty. The important thing is we are about to solve the problem. And then in March we'd be ready to announce our real-estate venture with Godrej."
Regarding the tax arrears in Bangalore Fardeen says, "The matter is now gone into 'appeals'. We've very able lawyers and extremely capable legal advisors to take care of the matter.We hope that we will soon be out of this problem."
Fardeen in the meanwhile prepares to do the long-delayed remake of his father's most popular hit 'Qurbani'.
Says the excited star-son, "We've just cracked the script finally. Sanjay Dutt and I have shaken hands over the project. He plays Amjad Khan's role. The rest of the cast will be locked in soon."
Fardeen also gets ready to face the camera this year for the sequel to Anees Bazmi's 'No Entry' where he has a double role.
He is aware he needs to lose weight. "I am not blind to the excess baggage that I'm carrying around. All that will soon have to go. I'm working on it. Yes, I've had problems. Who doesn't? The important thing is to cope with the problems to the best of one's ability."
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