Legendary screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar, who attended the trailer launch of the docuseries 'Angry Young Men' in Mumbai, went down memory lane and shared how Salman and Arbaaz Khan were as children
As the world marks the birth anniversary of legendary singer Kishore Kumar, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar paid tribute to him with a heartfelt message.
Lyricist Javed Akhtar hoghligted Hindu culture and said that they have always been tolerant, adding that democracy in India existed because of Hindus at an event in Mumbai on Friday.
Just a day before his death, actor and filmmaker Satish Kaushik shared a series of happy and colourful images from a Holi bash thrown by veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar and his actor wife Shabana Azmi at their Mumbai residence.
After poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar slammed Pakistan for 26/11 terror attacks at the Faiz Festival in Lahore, Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Sanjay Raut praised Akhtar on Thursday and said that President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi should felicitate him.
Noted poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar called out Pakistani terror at the Faiz Festival in Lahore last week, saying that the perpetrators and conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks were still "roaming freely" in Pakistan.
The pleas were filed in 2007 by senior journalist BG Verghese and lyricist Javed Akhtar seeking a probe into the alleged fake encounters. Verghese passed away in 2014.
Any avid social media user would be aware how many times internet sensation Urfi Javed was referred to as veteran poet-lyricist, Javed Akhtar's relative -- possibly due to the word 'Javed' in their names.