Javed Akhtar, who is an esteemed screenwriter and lyricist, is celebrating his 68th birthday today. Akhtar, who was born in Gwalior to Jan Nisar Akhtar and singer Safia Akhtar, has been successful in ...
Producer Amit Mehra who is remaking his illustrious father Prakash Mehra's 1973 Amitabh Bachchan classic Zanjeer is embroiled in a remake-compensation battle with his own brother Puneet Mehra. Pun...
Acclaimed writer, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar refutes claims of the presence of black money in Bollywood. What is wrong if an actor uses his popularity to do some good to society, an irate Javed Ak...
Writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, who is set to come back with his TV show "Classic Legends Season 2", says he would never need to do any research work for any documentary on late filmmaker Yash...
Noted lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar says Bollywood has drifted away from the middle class, which constitutes the major part of the Indian society. Akhtar, 67, who co-wrote the screenplay of A...
Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar, who worked with Yash Chopra as a writer in blockbuster films like Deewar, Trishul and Kaala Pathar, says the filmmaker never compromised on his ethics. "The dialogu...
Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor feels that his character of Javed in Kunal Kohli's upcoming flick Teri Meri Kahaani is the most interesting character to portray, a report says. Speaking to a website...
Prominent powerful producers and not just the vocal Mukesh Bhatt are up in arms against Javed Akhtar for fighting for copyright amendement in favour of lyricists and singers. Significantly in the last...
Bollywood's Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar says she is totally with Javed Akhtar in his fight to secure royalty rights for singers and lyricists. "I'm a 110 percent with Javed Saab. My only ...
"I really like the kind of cinema that is made now-a-days. The young film makers are doing an excellent job. When I see films like 'Udaan', 'Kahaani', 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobar...