Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar (Hindi: जावेद अख़्तर, Urdu: جاوید اختر‎) born 17 January 1945) is a poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. Akhtar is a mainstream writer and some of his most successful work was carried out with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed between 1971 to 1982. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri (1999), Padma Bhushan (2007), the Sahitya Akademi Award as well as thirteen Filmfare Awards.

Early life

Javed Akhtar born to Jan Nisar Akhtar, a Bollywood film songwriter and Urdu poet, and singer Safia Akhtar, also a teacher and writer. His grandfather Muztar Khairabadi was a poet as was his grandfather's elder brother, Bismil Khairabadi, while his great great grandfather, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, was a scholar of Islamic studies and theology and played an important role in the First Independence Movement of India in 1857. Javed Akhtar's original name was Jadoo, taken from a line in a poem written by his father: "Lamha, lamha kisi jadoo ka fasana hoga". He was given the official name of Javed since it was the closest to the word jadoo.

Akhtar, Javed Filmography

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2013, role: writer
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2012, role: writer
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2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2011, role: writer
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2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2011, role: writer
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2011, role: writer
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2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2010, role: writer
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2010, role: writer
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2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2010, role: writer
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2010, role: writer
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2009, role: writer
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2009, role: writer
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2009, role: writer
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2009, role: writer
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2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2008, role: writer
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2007, role: writer
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2007, role: actor , character name: Judge
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2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2006, role: writer
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2004, role: writer
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2004, role: writer
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2004, role: actor , character name: Judge
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2004, role: writer
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2003, role: writer
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2003, role: writer
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1998, role: writer
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1998, role: writer
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1998, role: writer
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1995, role: writer
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1995, role: writer
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1995, role: writer
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1993, role: writer
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1993, role: writer
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1993, role: writer
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1992, role: writer
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1992, role: writer
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1992, role: writer
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1991, role: writer
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1990, role: writer
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1990, role: writer
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1989, role: writer
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1989, role: writer
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1989, role: writer
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1989, role: writer
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1987, role: writer

Akhtar, Javed Filmography

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2000, role: producer
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1998, role: miscellaneous crew

Famous quotes by Javed Akhtar:

"Our students are suffering not because they are Muslims but because of the image created by the media that we are not professionals."

"We put women on a pedestal. So we do not consider them to be human beings."

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Javed Akhtar slapping on pakistani Reporter's Face

published: 04 Dec 2011

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A Journey of Thoughts with Javed Akhtar

A conversation with the prolific and multi-talented poet Javed Akhtar. A Doordarshan exclu...

published: 25 Feb 2013

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Rajeev Masand interview with Salim Khan & Javed Akhtar (Seg 2 of 4)

In their first interview since splitting up as writing partners in the early 80s, scriptwr...

published: 13 Jan 2014

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published: 30 Nov 2013

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You Cannot Term The Entire Nation Intolerant: Javed Akhtar

India will always remain a tolerant nation, veteran writer Javed Akhtar has said. "There a...

published: 28 Nov 2015

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A poet, lyricist and mainstream writer Javed Akhtar in this intimate interview with Indu M...

published: 27 May 2015

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Seedhi Baat Javed Akhtar with Prabhu Chawla

30.04.2006

published: 08 Jun 2016

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One on One - Javed Akhtar

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published: 15 May 2010

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Don't fall into the trap of speaking or writing pure language: Javed Akhtar

In poet, lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar's view not only was there no such thing as...

published: 07 Dec 2012

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Javed Akhtar & Dr. Zamarrud Mughal talking about Ismat Chughtai for Rekhta.org

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published: 01 Apr 2016

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A Foreword, Javed Akhtar

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A Foreword

Unnis Wi Sadi Kaa Lakhanau
Hindustaan Ki Gangaa Jamuni Lehjeeb Ka Gehawaaraa Thaa
Lakhanau Usa Lehjeeb Kaa Dil Thaa
Aur Us Dil Ki Dhadakan Thi Umaraao Jaan Adaa
Magar Sitam Ye
Ke Us Dhadakan Ke Sine Mein Bhi Ek Dhadakataa Huaa Dil Thaa
Jisaki Awaaj Usake Jiteji Kisine Nahi Suni
Umaraao Jaan Ki Har Gazal Unhi Dhadakano Ki Sadaa Hai
Usi Dil Ki Pukaar Hai

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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingNo wonder President Donald Trump threatened to fire Robert Mueller, accusing him of crossing a “red line” if he started digging into his finances. The jury is indeed no longer out with Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s impaneling of a Grand Jury into whether the president and his top advisers colluded with Moscow to advance the 2016 presidential campaign....

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Airline Passenger Tips Off Police To Child Sex Abuse After Spotting Disturbing Texts

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A preschool teacher that was on a flight from Seattle to San Jose noticed some suspicious text messages on the cellphone screen of a fellow passenger that caused her to become alarmed, according to The Washington Post ... Thanks to her actions the man and another woman were arrested on Monday, with two children - ages 5 and 7 - being identified by authorities as the likely potential victims ... This was life-altering for them.”....

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Martin Shkreli, the eccentric former pharmaceutical CEO notorious for a price-gouging scandal and for his snide "Pharma Bro" persona on social media, was convicted Friday on federal charges he deceived investors in a pair of failed hedge funds, The Associated Press reports.A Brooklyn jury deliberated five days before finding Shkreli guilty on three of eight counts ... Attorney Alixandra Smith said in closing arguments ... WN.com, Jim Berrie....

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Large portions of southern and eastern Europe were struggling in temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) on Friday in a heat wave that's been nicknamed "Lucifer" over the widespread damage to crops, weather warning alerts, and continued forest fires, according to Reuters ... Wine growers in Italy have even started harvesting grapes weeks ahead of schedule due to the extreme heat threatening to further damage crops....

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Pakistani army chief meets Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan

Edit Khaama Press 04 Aug 2017

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with the Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr ... Pakistani military, in a statement said “Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Mr Omar Zakhilwal met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at GHQ today.”....

Kashmiri protesters clash with Indian policemen in Srinagar

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Deadly Attack on US Troops Prompts Rare Condemnation by Pakistan's Army Chief

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In a rare move, Pakistan's military chief Thursday condemned as terrorism a Taliban attack in neighboring Afghanistan in which two U.S. troops were killed and four others wounded. The denunciation by General Qamar Javed Bajwa came on a day when the U.S. special envoy for the region, Alice Wells, began a two-day official visit to Islamabad to discuss ways to end the armed Afghan conflict, among other issues ... ....

Pakistan armed forces pay rich tribute to martyrs of police

Edit The News International 04 Aug 2017

RAWALPINDI ... The spokesman also quoted Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who acknowledged the services of police force in the country ... Police Shuhada Day....

Kashmiri separatist leaders produced before Patiala House Court

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[India], Aug 04 (ANI) ... The NIA sleuths specifically questioned separatist leaders Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate and Gazi Javed Baba at that time ... (ANI) ....

Terror funding: Separatists arrested from Valley to be produced before special NIA court

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[India], Aug 4 (ANI) ... A day after their arrest they were later sent to 10-day NIA custody ... The NIA sleuths specifically questioned separatist leaders Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate and Gazi Javed Baba at that time ... (ANI) ....

Shah Rukh Khan: Just bring your heart along, watch the film, enjoy

Edit The Times of India 04 Aug 2017

Javed Ali, Tiger Shroff, Nidhhi Agerwal, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Neha Kakkar, Aditya Narayan and Himesh Reshammiya pose with the contestants on the set of singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs in Mumbai on July 6, 2017 ... Javed Ali, Ranbir Kapoor, Neha Kakkar, Katrina Kaif, Aditya Narayan and Himesh Reshammiya ... Himesh Reshammiya, Neha Kakkar and Javed Ali photos....

Three Kashmiri separatists sent to judicial custody

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[India], Aug 04 (ANI) ... The three Separatist leaders include Aftab Hilali Shah, Farooq Ahmed Dar and Mohammaed Akbar Khanday ... The NIA sleuths specifically questioned separatist leaders Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate and Gazi Javed Baba at that time ... (ANI) ....

We are united, insist Gujarat MLAs

Edit The Hindu 04 Aug 2017

While rumours were doing the rounds that the Gujarat Congress MLAs, camping at the Eagleton Resort near Bidadi on the outskirts of Bengaluru, were itching to return home, some of the legislators spent the day visiting temples and mosques for prayers. Arvind Thakot visited the Anjaneya Temple on Mysuru Road while Gayasuddin Sheikh and Javed Peerzada went out to offer Namaz at the nearby mosque ... ‘BJP forced us’ ... ....

'Sharad Yadav to decide future strategy after August 17 meeting'

Edit Bihar Times 04 Aug 2017

The proposed conclave on Mahatma Gandhi's legacy will be attended by leaders of non-BJP parties ... Another party functionary, Javed Raza, took objection to a party leader's attack on Sharad Yadav for not supporting the JD-U alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar ... Speaking to reporters on Monday, the Rajya Sabha member said ...  . . . . ....

Pakistan Army Chief Bajwa condoles killing of U.S. troops in Afghanistan

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[Pakistan], August 4 (ANI) ... troops in Afghanistan ... "Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa offered heartfelt condolences on the death of two Special Forces soldiers who died in the incident (the terrorist attack on the United States forces in Kandahar)," the ISPR said in a statement ... "US Forces Afghanistan will provide additional information as it becomes available," he added. Gen....

NIA custody of Kashmiri separatists extended for 10 more days

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[India], Aug.4 (ANI). The Patiala Court on Friday extended the (National Investigation Agency) NIA custody of Kashmiri Separatists accused in the terror funding case till August 14, while the remaining separatists were sent to judicial custody for a month in the case ... The NIA sleuths specifically questioned separatist leaders Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate and Gazi Javed Baba at that time ... (ANI) ....

PML-N plans ‘grand power show’ on Nawaz’s return to city

Edit Dawn 04 Aug 2017

LAHORE. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will be reaching the city on Sunday for the first time after his ouster on the Supreme Court orders the previous Friday ... Lord Mayor retired Col Mubashar Javed will head the security committee, while provincial minister Zaeem Qadri and PML-N city chapter information secretary Imran Goraya will coordinate with the media ... Published in Dawn, August 4th, 2017. ....

After Objectionable Pics Go Viral, Govt Attaches Udhampur DC

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Srinagar—A day after obscene pictures of Deputy Commissioner Udhampur, Niraj Kumar went viral on social media, Jammu and Kashmir Government attached him in the office of Divisional Commissioner Jammu on Friday ... Kumar who had assumed the charge of Deputy Commissioner Udhampur in May 2016, relieving Dr ... The matter had taken a serious turn, when the lawmaker Javed Mustafa Mir created ruckus in the state assembly over the issue. (CNS) ....

Pak skipper Sana Mir doesn’t ‘intend to continue’ with current set-up

Edit The Siasat Daily 04 Aug 2017

Karachi [Pakistan]. Pakistan women’s cricket team captain Sana Mir, who has been under criticism following team’s dismal performance in the recently concluded ICC Women’s World Cup, has said that she doesn’t “intend to continue” under the current circumstances ... Responding to his criticism, Mir on her Facebook page wrote ... She was replaced by in the squad by all-rounder Iram Javed. ( ANI) Read More ....

Javed Akhtar

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Akhtar, Javed Filmography

Akhtar, Javed Filmography

Famous quotes by Javed Akhtar:

"Our students are suffering not because they are Muslims but because of the image created by the media that we are not professionals."

"We put women on a pedestal. So we do not consider them to be human beings."

Javed Akhtar

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Classic Legends with Javed Akhtar | Season 1 | Madhu Bala

Javed Akhtar's Reaction On Sonu Nigam's Azaan Controversy

Best Of Javed Akthar | Dekha Ek Khwab | Audio Jukebox

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Tata Sky Actve Javed Akhtar | Aawargi | Full Episode

Top 100 Songs of Javed Akhtar | जावेद अख्तर के 100 गाने | HD Songs | One Stop Jukebox

Javed Akhtar | अगर लहरों को है दरिया में रहना, तो उनको होगा अब चुपचाप बहना... |

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Javed Akhtar slapping on pakistani Reporter's Face

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Javed Akhtar | अगर लहरों को है दरिया में रहना, तो उनको होगा अब चुपचाप बहना... |

Classic Legends with Javed Akhtar | Season 1 | Madhu Bala

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Sh. Javed Akhtar’s farewell speech in Rajya Sabha | Mar 15, 2016

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Tata Sky Actve Javed Akhtar | Aawargi | Full Episode

Top 100 Songs of Javed Akhtar | जावेद अख्तर के 100 गाने | HD Songs | One Stop Jukebox

Javed Akhtar | अगर लहरों को है दरिया में रहना, तो उनको होगा अब चुपचाप बहना... |

Classic Legends with Javed Akhtar | Season 1 | Madhu Bala

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