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The Akhtar family is a prominent film family in the Hindi film Industry. It consists of renowned poets, authors, scriptwriters, directors, actors, and producers. One of the most famous among them is Urdu poet, author and philosopher Javed Akhtar , whose great-grandfather Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi is a notable name in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 .
Javed Akhtar in Dec 2014. Javed Akhtar was born in 1945 in Gwalior. [8] His father Jan Nisar Akhtar was a Bollywood film songwriter and Urdu poet. [9] His paternal 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 religious scholar of Islam who declared the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ...
Her other sister Daisy, who was also a famous child-star like herself, [2] is the widow of screenwriter K.K. Shukla, and is the mother of three children. Irani met the script-writer and poet Javed Akhtar on the sets of Seeta Aur Geeta. They were married on 21 March 1972. She is the mother of film-makers Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar. Zoya was ...
Shabana Azmi with Javed Akhtar, in 2012. Azmi was engaged to Benjamin Gilani in late 1970s, but the engagement was called off. [ 15 ] Later, she had an affair and married Javed Akhtar , a lyricist, poet and scriptwriter in Hindi films, on 9 December 1984, making her a member of the Akhtar-Azmi film family . [ 16 ]
Irani was born into an Irani Zoroastrian family and her mother-tongue is Gujarati.She is the eldest of three sisters, the other two being Honey Irani and Menaka Irani. Her younger sister Honey, who was also a child-star, was married to script-writer Javed Akhtar and their children are Bollywood film-makers Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar.
Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian filmmaker who works in Hindi films and series. Born to Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani , she completed a diploma in filmmaking from NYU and assisted directors Mira Nair , Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal , before becoming a writer and director.
Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) [2] is an Indian actor, filmmaker and singer who works in Hindi films.Born to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he established the production company Excel Entertainment, along with Ritesh Sidhwani, in 1999.
Asrar-ul-Haq (19 October 1911 to 5 December 1955), better known as Majaz Lakhnawi, was an Indian Urdu poet.He is known for his romantic and revolutionary poetry.He composed ghazals and nazms in Urdu.