/> Father Javed Akhtar and mom Shabana Azmi are making an appearance in Luck By Chance, the film that son Farhan Akhtar produces and with which daughter Zoya Akhtar makes her directorial debut.

Not too many details are being divulged about this very khaas couple's gesture of affection for their children. But it's known that Javed-Shabana will appear as themselves.

Says a source, "Luck By Chance is set in the film industry. And Farhan and Zoya asked all their friends, which means practically the whole industry to make walk-on parts.Unlike Om Shanti Om which got the stars in only for a song, this one has space all through for the stars to walk in and out. And we'll get to see practically the whole industry."

Adds Farhan, "Yes, Shabana and my father are in the film. In fact everyone you know in the industry is going be in Luck By Chance. Everyone breezes in and breezes out in different parts of the people.

Luck By Chance is not a spoof on the film industry. A lot of the film fraternity will recognize itself in the film. Zoya has completed the principal photography. It's turned out exactly the way we had imagined in.

The film has me, Isha Shravani and also Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia, though not as a pair. I do play one of the leads. But it's a menagerie of characters and activities. The structure is totally new."

Farhan doesn't get to sing in Luck By Chance. "This one lends itself well to playback singing. I got to do a lot of singing in Rock On.

I'd say Luck By Chance was a good break-in as an actor for me, though I had played the lead in Fakir before that. But that was so long ago. Luck By Chance helped me open up as an actor.

Luck By Chance was much harder to play. Rock On was a role I could easily identify with. I had to work a lot harder for my sister."

Was it easy for Farhan Akhtar the director to take instructions from his sister?

"Very easy, " he quips, "I've been taking instructions from her all my life. I've always obeyed her. I just had to go from being her designated driver to a designated actor. Fortunately Zoya was always open to suggestions and there would be quite a lot of give and take on the sets."

Luck By Chance will release in January or February 2008.

"2008 will be an importeant year for Zoya and me, "Farhan has his fingers crossed