- Date of Birth: 17 January, 1945
- Place of Birth: Gwalior, India
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Biography:
Javed Akhtar , born January 17, 1945, is an Urdu and Hindi poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. Some of his most successful work was done in the late 1970s and 1980s with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed.
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Javed Akhtar, the eminent script writer, who along with his erstwhile partner Salim Khan, gave the iconic angry young man image to the megastar Amitabh Bachchan, but has not been very active off late in that department. ... Full Article
Mumbai, Sep 27 (IANS) As India's melody queen Lata Mangeshkar enters her 80th year Sunday, noted writer and poet Javed Akhtar says that she is the only artiste to have achieved perfection and that her body of work is 'beyond... ... Full Article
'Indian rock music is shallow'
buzz18.com –
2008-09-05
Acclaimed lyricist Javed Akhtar says Indian rock music is very superficial, with most songs having archaic lyrics, but he has experimented with words for his son Farhan Akhtar 's acting debut Rock On to make the songs interesting. ... Full Article
Mumbai, Aug 19 (IANS) Lyricist Javed Akhtar and wife Shabana Azmi are all set to make a special appearance in "Luck By Chance", the film that son Farhan is producing and is daughter Zoya's directorial debut.Not too many details are... ... Full Article
Anthems ofResistance
mutiny.in –
2008-07-10
It is not common to hear art and politics in the same breath, at least not in the Indian art/political scene today.Which makes Anthems of Resistance-A Celebration of Progressive Urdu Poetry such an interesting read. ... Full Article
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