Javed Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar's Pic With Shakya And Akira Is All About 'Daughter Shakti'

Entertainment | Pranita Chaubey | Tuesday September 17, 2019

Farhan Akhtar's ear to ear grin in the picture says it all

Priyanka Chopra's Views On Kashmir That Of An Indian: Javed Akhtar

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 22, 2019

Eminent lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar has said being an Indian citizen, the views of actor Priyanka Chopra supporting the Centre's recent decision on Kashmir will "obviously be an Indian point of view".

Legendary Music Composer Khayyam's Last Rites Performed With State Honours. Javed Akhtar, Gulzar And Others Attend Funeral

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 20, 2019

Khayyam died following a brief illness on Monday

'You Stood Tall Amongst Giants': Celebs Mourn Sushma Swaraj On Twitter

Entertainment | Wednesday August 7, 2019

Bollywood celebrities such as Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Parineeti Chopra, Riteish Deshmukh and Ayushmann Khurrana were some of the first ones to mourn the BJP veteran's death on Twitter

Javed Akhtar's Outburst As Shekhar Kapur Tweets "Fear Of Intellectuals"

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday July 28, 2019

Lyricist Javed Akhtar lashed out at his colleague from the film industry Shekhar Kapur on Sunday, attacking the filmmaker for saying that he was afraid of intellectuals who were like snakes and that he still felt like a refugee decades after the partition of India.

Shabana Azmi On Indian Cinema Now: People Understand Importance Of Casting Directors

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday July 24, 2019

"Even if an actor has to deliver only two lines in a film, casting directors are making sure that the actors look believable on-screen," said Shabana

Shashi Tharoor Misquotes Mirza Ghalib Poem, Javed Akhtar Had This To Say

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday July 22, 2019

Shashi Tharoor today received some friendly advice from award-winning poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar, after admitting yesterday he had been misled over the date of Mirza Ghalib's birth anniversary and authenticity of poetry

Bollywood Expresses Grief After Surat Coaching Centre Fire Tragedy

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 25, 2019

Bollywood celebrities, including megastar Amitabh Bachchan and veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar, have condoled the deaths of 20 children who were killed in a fire in a commercial complex in Gujarat's Surat.

Election Results: Kanhaiya Kumar Loses To BJP's Giriraj Singh In Begusarai In Bihar

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Friday May 24, 2019

Kanhaiya Kumar's campaign drew attention not just for his oratorical skills but because of high-profile supporters like Swara Bhaskar, Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar endorsing him in rallies

If You Want Burqa Ban, Prohibit Ghunghat Too: Javed Akhtar To Shiv Sena

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 2, 2019

Lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar today said he is not averse to enacting a law banning the burqa if it is accompanied with a similar action against the "ghunghat" system prevalent among women in Rajasthan.

Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Pragya Singh "Shameful" Candidate Choice By BJP, Says Javed Akhtar

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday May 2, 2019

The award-winning screenwriter and lyricist said the nomination of Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, showed how little they thought of the people of Bhopal

Kanhaiya Kumar's Line-Up For Star Campaigners In Begusarai This Week

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 21, 2019

Top Left leaders - Sitaram Yechury, D Raja and Sudhakar Reddy - as well as Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar will be in Bihar next week to campaign in Begusarai where former JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar is pitted against Union minister and firebrand BJP leader Giriraj Singh.

There Has To Be Basic Honesty: Javed Akhtar On PM Modi Biopic Credit Row

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 5, 2019

Javed Akhtar says it was unfair on "PM Narendra Modi"producers part to rehash his old song and put his name in the credits on the film's poster when he hadn't even worked on the remake version.

"Done With Deliberate Intentions": Shabana Azmi Accuses PM Biopic Makers

India News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Sunday March 24, 2019

Veteran actor Shabana Azmi today hit out at the makers of the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging they had intentionally the name of her husband, eminent poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar, to the film's credits.

"He Could've Called Us": PM Biopic Producer Over Javed Akhtar Controversy

India News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Sunday March 24, 2019

The producer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biopic named after him on Saturday spoke out over a controversy which started after the makers of the movie credited lyricists Javed Akhtar and Sameer with writing the movie's songs.