Imran Khan On His Insecurities, Depression, Struggles & Fatherhood|Nikhil Taneja|Be A Man Yaar! S205

Imran Khan talks about his wonderful journey as a father, his insecurities as an actor, his fitness journey, his battle with anxiety and depression, his divorce from Avantika, his relationship with Lekha and a lot more. Watch him open up about his characters and movies and share a new perspective about it. He talks in length about Janne Tu Ya Jaane Na, Kidnap, Delhi Belly, and many more. Season 2 of Be A Man, Yaar with Nikhil Taneja, powered by The Man Company.

Captions available in both English and Hindi

This heartfelt conversation is available as an extended, UNFILTERED podcast on Amazon Music.
Supported by Rohini Nilekani Foundation
Associate Sponsor Maybelline India

Tune in next Wednesday, 14th August for episode 5 of Be A Man, Yaar! With Nikhil Taneja, featuring the celebrated designer Manish Malhotra.

0:00 Imran Khan on #BeAManYaar 💖
2:00 On his current mental state
2:31 Unboxing Boyhood with Imran
3:50 On his relationship with Aamir Khan 🫰🏻
6:49 Having a crush on the sets of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar 🚲
7:52 On schooling and challenges with education system
9:05 Imran’s relationship with his mother 💜
10:09 On his late father and stepdad
12:26 On his initial days of reality TV in USA
13:23 Interaction with Jack Nicholson
16:52 Gentleness of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na 🥹
18:31 On propagation of violence in films
21:37 Depicting sexual violence in cinema
26:30 On body image issues and toxic masculinity in the film industry 🙈
30:10 Nikhil and Imran on ‘identifying’ their mental health issues
31:57 Opening up on mental health battles with family and loved ones
34:42 On the ‘stigma’ of mental health
39:04 On his learnings through therapy
40:47 Finding hope during dark times
42:19 How being a parent changed his approach to mental health
44:15 Imran on his divorce
46:39 On the constant love from fans
48:58 Relationship with partner, Lekha
50:12 Imran’s advice for men who are struggling
52:03 Women Want To Know ft. Ira Khan
54:04 Kind Shoutouts!
58:22 Men Complimenting Men ❤️
1:03:27 BraveTalk Moment
1:04:04 Episode 6 Preview ft. Manish Malhotra

CREDITS:

CREATED & HOSTED BY: Nikhil Taneja
DIRECTED BY: Gabriel Ghoderao
PRODUCED BY: Yuvaa Originals (Nikhil Taneja, Amritpal Bindra, Anand Tiwari)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Nirbhay Kumar

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Sahil Gaikwad
EDITOR: Hemant Jena
CREATIVE PRODUCER: Nikhil Taneja
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Sajal Kumar
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE PRODUCER & POST PRODUCER: Rushita Dave
LINE PRODUCER: Abhijeet Warang

CREATIVE HEAD: Anusha GS Shetty
DESIGNER: Srishti Choudhary, Aprajita Vaid
CREATIVE ASSOCIATE (TALENT & MARKETING): Gajendra Yadav
CREATIVE ASSOCIATE (MARKETING & SOCIAL): Riya Nahar
CHIEF AD: Upashna Chhetri
SECOND AD: Suyash Agrawal

CAMERA OPERATOR: Sunil Vishwakarma, Shiva Mohanty, Shekhar Shinde, Afreen Ansari
RESEARCH ASSISTANT: Sakshi Makwana
PRODUCTION MANAGERS: Swara Warang and Umesh Gurav
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (Yuvaa): Aditya Gaikwad
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Navin kanade, Onam Dhake (MAKESET design)
ART DIRECTION: Navin Kumar Kanade
ART ASSISTANT- Bhavesh Bonde,
INTERNS:Apurva and Nirmayyee
STYLING: Rehha Mehta
ASSISTANT STYLIST: Apeksha Mirani
MAKE UP: Soham Kadam and Mahi
ASSISTANT PRODUCER:
STUDIO: North Studio, Mumbai
STUDIO (Kartik and Manish Eps): Moonshine Studios, Andheri
CAMERA ASSISTANTS:
BTS: Prachi Adesara
BTS (Aryan Pasha Eps): Anmol Kachroo
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER: Samrat Nagar
SOUND RECORDIST: Akhilesh P. Singh
SOUND ASSISTANT: Abhishek Rathour
CAMERA TEAM: Brown Bird Films
DIT: Vishal Chavan & Shivam Singh
LIGHTS: Rinkukumar Gupta
SPOT TEAM: Suresh, Sham, Vighnesh, Ramcharan, Harish, Raju,Ismail

TEAM YUVAA:
CEO: Kevin Lee
BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS LEAD: Neha Mathews
YOUTUBE LEAD: Triparna Rout Chari
EDITOR IN CHIEF: Maanvi
COMMUNITY MANAGER: Dhira Rambhia
HR MANAGER: Adrian Fernandes
ACCOUNTS & FINANCE: Hiral Barot and Aditya Gaikwad
CA: Bimal Parekh & Co.
LEGAL: Anand & Naik

POST PRODUCTION TEAM
STUDIO MANAGEMENT: Sumeet Kamath, Sreeram Ramanathan, Ashish Heblekar
MOTION DESIGNER: Vivek Teotia
SOUND ENGINEER: Aditya Arya
ASSISTANT SOUND ENGINEER: Gaurav Saxena
SOUND STUDIO: The Indian Audio Company


TEAM: Muskan Malpani, Khushi Verma, Shafeen Shikalgar, Bhavya Mathur, Janki Godariya, Shreyash Patil, Ninad Wani, Azlan khan, Ishika Agarwal, Rajat Desai, Neha Khana, Harshal Rathor, Akshay Waghela
INTERNS: Noor, Poorna Aggrawal, Varun Sawant, Rishika Kulshreshtha, Anushka Choudhari, Reva Lakhmani, Anurag Sharma, Sherebanu Yusuf, Radhika Bahadur, Asmi Jani, Samaira Rekhi, Krisha Thakkar