Javed Akhtar
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Javed Akhtar fires back at Sandeep Reddy Vanga: ‘What a shame’
Mumbai: Veteran screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar recently found himself in a heated exchange with filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga over the latter’s movie, Animal, starring Ranbir Kapoor. The controversy began when Javed…
- Middle East
Jashn-e-Rekhta in Dubai: Date, tickets & more
The much-anticipated Jashn-e-Rekhta, one of the world’s largest Urdu language, literature and cultural festivals, is all set to take place in Dubai for the first time. The celebrated festival, which has been…
- Bollywood
Anurag Kashyap praises ‘Animal’ director Sandeep Reddy Vanga, calls him ‘misunderstood, judged’
Mumbai : Director Anurag Kashyap showered praises on the ‘Animal’ director Sandeep Reddy Vanga and called him the “most misunderstood and judged filmmaker at the moment.” Taking to Instagram, Anurag shared a…
- India
Success of films like ‘Animal’ is ‘dangerous’: Javed Akhtar
Mumbai: In an apparent swipe at Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s “Animal”, veteran lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar has said that commercial success of films with problematic scenes is a “dangerous” trend. The 78-year-old…
- Entertainment
On Fathers’ Day, Arbaaz shares unseen pictures of Salim Khan
Mumbai: To wish his father on Father’s Day on Sunday, actor-producer Arbaaz Khan has posted a slew of rare unseen photographs of Salim Khan. The photographs also features his superstar-brother Salman Khan,…
- India
Javed Akhtar to receive honorary doctorate from London’s SOAS varsity
Mumbai: Veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar will be felicitated with an honorary doctorate by SOAS University of London. According to a press release, Akhtar will receive a Doctor of Literature (DLit) (honoris causa)…
- Bollywood
Satish Kaushik’s last social media post is from Javed Akhtar’s Holi party
Mumbai: Bollywood actor-director Satish Kaushik, who passed away aged 67 late on Wednesday, had attended a Holi party hosted by Javed Akhtar and his wife-actor Shabana Azmi at their home in Mumbai.…
- India
Uddhav’s mouthpiece calls Javed Akhtar ‘true patriot’ for taking potshots at Pakistan
Mumbai: ‘Saamna’, the official newspaper of Uddhav Thackeray faction on Thursday appreciated Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar for showing the mirror to Pakistan during the ‘Faiz’ festival in Lahore as he slammed the…
- India
Lahore: 26/11 attackers still free in Pakistan, says Javed Akhtar
Lahore: The perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks did not come from Norway or Egypt but are still roaming freely in Pakistan and Pakistanis should not feel offended when India talks about…
- Bollywood
Amitabh Bachchans are not created, they are born: Javed Akhtar
Jaipur: Writer-poet Javed Akhtar, who has never shied away from admitting his admiration for Bollywood’s original ‘angry young man’, on Friday said stars like Amitabh Bachchan are not created, they are born.…
- Bollywood
Happy Birthday Javed Akhtar: 5 iconic movies in collaboration with Salim Khan
Mumbai: Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar, who has penned a string of classics in collaboration with screenwriter Salim Khan, turned a year older on Tuesday. Popularly known as Salim-Javed, the duo scripted many…
- Opinions
Losing mother at the tender age of 10, undeterred Javed Akhtar is rocking Bollywood
Most of us cannot decide who between Gulzar and Javed Akhtar is a better poet-lyricist. So, when the two legends shared the stage at the launch of Jadunama: Javed Akhtar’s Journey, written…
- Bollywood
Not for me or you to decide if song is right or wrong: Javed Akhtar on ‘Besharam Rang’ row
Mumbai: Amid reports that the CBFC has asked the makers of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Pathaan” to make changes to the shots used in its song Besharam Rang’, lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar has said…
- India
Shashi Tharoor, Hariprasad Chaurasia among others to take part in JLF 2023
New Delhi: Flute maestro Hariprasad Chaurasia, poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar, politician-author Shashi Tharoor, writer Akshaya Mukul, photographer Dayanita Singh, Pulitzer Prize winners Caroline Elkins and Siddhartha Mukherjee, among others will participate in the…
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