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Ashutosh Gowariker congratulates Javed Akhtar for winning Richard Dawkins
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Film director Ashutosh Gowariker on Monday congratulated poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar for winning the prestigious Richard Dawkins award 2020.
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Javed Akhtar becomes first Indian to bag prestigious Richard Dawkins Award
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 7 (ANI): Bollywood writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar has become the first Indian to win Richard Dawkins Award 2020 for critical thinking, advancing human progress and humanist values.
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Javed Akhtar mourns musician Wajid Khan's demise
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Expressing his sorrow, lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar said on Monday that the demise of musician Wajid Khan was "untimely and unfair".
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Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi condole victims of Amphan, PIA crash
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Expressing grief over two recent tragedies- Cyclone Amphan and Pakistani jet crash, lyricist Javed Akhtar and wife Shabana Azmi extended condolences to the families of victims.
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Javed Akhtar recalls his last meeting with 'dear friend' Rishi Kapoor
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Reminiscing his last meeting with his dear friend and late Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, senior lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar on Thursday shared a throwback picture with the departed actor and his wife Neetu Kapoor.
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Javed Akhtar condemns attack on medical team in Moradabad
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar on Saturday expressed concern over an attack on a medical team in Moradabad, saying "I can't imagine how ignorant one has to be to attack those who, at the risk of their own lives, are out there to save other l
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Indian Performing Rights Society to fund economically weaker sections of m
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Lyricist and chairman of Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) Javed Akhtar on Thursday announced that the society will be funding for the welfare of people belonging to economically weaker sections in the music industry amid a nationwide lockdown.
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'Mr India' wasn't your idea: Javed Akhtar on Shekhar Kapur's claim over fi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Questioning 'Mr India' director Shekhar Kapur's claim over the rights of the classic film, senior poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar on Friday said the idea of the movie wasn't Kapur's.
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Javed Akhtar expresses concern over Delhi violence
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Reacting to the violence in Delhi, veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar on Tuesday expressed concerns, saying that an environment is being created to make people feel that this is because of anti-CAA protests.
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Javed Akhtar threatened Kangana to say sorry to Hrithik, Mahesh Bhatt thre
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Rangoli Chandel on Wednesday alleged that poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar threatened her sister Kangana Ranaut to say sorry to Hrithik Roshan.
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Javed Akhtar meets Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar on Friday met Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal at the latter's residence in New Delhi, three days after AAP achieved a thumping victory in a recently held assembly election in the national capital.
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Shabana recovering well, says Javed Akhtar on Azmi's health update
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Days after senior actor Shabana Azmi was injured in a road accident, her husband and legendary poet Javed Akhtar on Wednesday shared an update about her health stating that the veteran actor was recovering well.
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