Javed Akhtar

Last year in April, singer Sonu Nigam’s tweets against the use of loudspeakers for the azaan in mosques sparked a huge controversy in the country. People slammed the singer for his comment. When the singer raised an objection on the Muslim Azaan on the microblogging site Twitter, many religious groups had …

Singer Sonu Nigam is making headlines over his controversial remarks on the use of loudspeakers at religious places. Bollywood stands divided in this entire controversy. However, the latest one to speak up on this is writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar. Bollywood lyricist and scriptwriter supports Sonu and said that prayers at any place of …

Filmmaker Karan Johar recently became a proud father of twins Yash and Roohi through surrogacy. The babies were born premature, and now Karan’s house has been flooded with numerous visitors from Bollywood to see the adorable muchkins. After their daddy’s best friend Gauri Khan, his mentees Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan, …

Actress-filmmaker Nandita Das says veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar is part of her directorial ‘Manto’, a biopic on late writer Saadat Hasan Manto. “My next movie is titled ‘Manto’. Preparations are going on, Shabana Azmi is acting in it and it is a secret but Javed Akhtar is also part of …

Wishing lyricist-poet Javed Akhtar on his 72nd birthday on Tuesday, Hindi film industry celebrities like Anil Kapoor, Farah Khan and Shekhar Ravijiani, expressed their fondness for the “charming” Padma Bhushan awardee. Having penned songs for films like “Silsila”, “1942: A Love Story”, “Veer-Zaara”, “Main Hoon Na” and “Jodhaa Akbar”, the …

Veteran scriptwriter Javed Akhtar visited actor Dilip Kumarin hospital, where he is admitted following illness. Kumar, who turned 94 yesterday, was admitted to Lilavati hospital in suburban Bandra on Tuesday after swelling in his right leg.  Taking to Twitter, Akhtar’s wife Shabana Azmi shared the picture of him along with …