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Javed Akhtar in Dec 2014. Javed Akhtar was born in 1945 in Gwalior. [7] His father Jan Nisar Akhtar was a Bollywood film songwriter and Urdu poet. [8] 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 ...
Javed Akhtar (21 November 1940 – 8 July 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer who played one Test match for his country, in 1962. [1] An off spinner , Akhtar had success at the first-class level, taking his wickets at an average of 18.17, but struggled in his only Test, failing to take a wicket.
Javed Akhtar was born on 17 January 1945. Early influences on Akhtar included Urdu novels by Pakistani author Ibn-e-Safi, such as the Jasoosi Dunya and Imran series of detective novels, as well as films like the Dilip Kumar starrers Arzoo (1950) and Aan (1952), Bimal Roy's Do Bigha Zameen (1953), Shree 420 (1955) directed by Raj Kapoor and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and Mehboob Khan's ...
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 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]
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 .
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 born on 14 October 1972, when her career as a child star had already ended and Javed's career as a script-writer had not yet properly begun.
The show is presented by popular Bollywood lyricist, Javed Akhtar. In the show, Javed Akhtar explores the lives of great artists from the golden era of Bollywood who graced the silverscreen with their powerful performances. The first season of show premièred on 11 December 2011 followed by four other seasons. [1] [2] [3]
In Hindi cinema, Khan is best known for being one half of the prolific screenwriting duo Salim–Javed, along with Javed Akhtar. The duo Salim-Javed were the first Indian screenwriters to achieve star status, [10] becoming the most successful Indian screenwriters of all time. [11] [12]