Javed Akhtar
(Search results - 24)BiographyDec 18, 2023, 2:24 PM IST
Javed Akhtar’s Biography | Birth | Education | Family | Marriage | Films | Books | Awards
Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, screenwriter, and lyricist. He has received the National Film Award a total of five times for films including Saaz (1996), Border (1997), Godmother (1998), Refugee (2000), and Lagaan (2001).
BiographyNov 17, 2023, 4:08 PM IST
Zoya Akhtar’s Biography | Birth | Education | Family | Directorial Debut | Popular Films | Awards
Zoya Akhtar is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter. She is the daughter of the famous Bollywood lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar. In the year 2009, Zoya Akhtar made her directorial debut with the Bollywood film ‘Luck by Chance.’
BollywoodMay 11, 2020, 2:13 PM IST
Azaan causes discomfort to others: Javed Akhtar calls for end on loudspeakers
Javed Akhtar had also appealed to the Muslim community to offer prayers from home in the holy month of Ramzan, which began on April 24.
IndiaMay 11, 2020, 1:51 PM IST
Javed Akhtar puts an end to debates on azaan on loudspeakers, adds it discomforts others
Noted Islamic lyricist Javed Akhtar has called for the azaan call given on loudspeakers to end
BollywoodApr 21, 2020, 4:50 PM IST
Swara Bhasker, Javed Akhtar, Urmila Matondkar, celebs condemn 'barbaric' Palghar mob lynching incident
On the night of April 16, three Mumbai residents who were on their way to Surat in Gujarat were lynched by local residents in Maharashtra's Palghar district on the suspicion that they were thieves
IndiaFeb 28, 2020, 1:43 PM IST
Attitude worse than riots: Javed Akhtar fearmongers, says AAP leader Hussain targeted because he’s Muslim
Lyricist Javed Akhtar put out a tweet hinting that the Delhi police are focusing their lenses on AAP leader Tahir Hussain, because of his name.
BollywoodJan 23, 2020, 9:00 AM IST
Shabana Azmi road accident: Javed Akhtar says wife recovering well
Javed Akhtar took to Twitter to share that his wife Shabana Azmi may be shifted to the normal ward from the ICU
IndiaJan 5, 2020, 9:55 AM IST
Nankana Sahib gurdwara attack: Left liberals condemn it, yet don't accept need for CAA
Several Left-leaning liberals like Javed Akhtar and Swara Bhaskar (and even Congress members) have condemned the attack on Nankana Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan, but conveniently forget that such attacks only assert the need for the CAA to be implemented
IndiaDec 17, 2019, 12:59 PM IST
Police officer schools Javed Akhtar on law as lyricist issues a law of his own
Javed Akhtar, in one of his tweets, said that the police did not have the rights to enter any universities under any law, to which, a police officer asked him to elucidate the details.
EntertainmentJul 28, 2019, 3:07 PM IST
Javed Akhtar lashes out at Shekhar Kapur for tweet, asks him to meet good psychiatrist
After film director Shekhar Kapur tweeted to state that he has a fear of intellectuals and called the embrace of ‘intellectuals’ a snake bite, lyricist Javed Akhtar lashed out at him on Twitter
EntertainmentMay 25, 2019, 1:19 PM IST
From Amitabh Bachchan to Javed Akhtar: Bollywood celebs express anguish over Surat fire tragedy
The death toll in Friday's devastating blaze in Surat rose to 23 by Saturday, even as seven students battled for their lives in hospital.
IndiaMay 4, 2019, 6:47 PM IST
From Rahul Gandhi vs Amit Shah to Karni Sena vs Javed Akhtar, watch MyNation in 100 seconds
Bengal so violent, central forces' deployment increased from 50 to 100 %; 578 companies despatched. Tamil actor Siddharth takes dig at Akshay Kumar over 'non-political' interview with PM. For more, watch MyNation in 100 seconds.
BollywoodMay 4, 2019, 11:58 AM IST
Karni Sena threatens Javed Akhtar with violent action for 'ghoonghat' remark (Video)
Maharashtra Karni Sena chief, Jeevan Singh Solanki threatened to beat up legendary lyricist Javed Akhtar if he does not apologise in three days.
IndiaMay 3, 2019, 4:45 PM IST
Javed Akhtar wants ghoonghat ban, Taslima Nasreen quotes from Quran to decry burqa
Javed Akhtar's proposal comes in the wake of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana asking the Modi sarkar to emulate Sri Lanka in banning the burqa
BollywoodMar 26, 2019, 3:08 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi biopic has upset Salman Khan
After Javed Akhtar, now actor Salman Khan is unhappy with the Vivek Oberoi starrer PM Narendra Modi. Here’s why.