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Javed Akhtar opened up about handling failures

What Javed Akhtar’s view on failure teaches us about not letting struggles define us: ‘Hum kya karte hain, jo hamare dard hain, unko medal bana ke laga lete hain’

October 31, 2025 6:38 pm

He added, “Whatever everyone goes through on this path, I’ve gone through it too. So there’s nothing extraordinary worth mentioning about it today.”

In not standing for Javed Akhtar’s right to free speech, what West Bengal government reveals about itself

September 03, 2025 2:19 pm

Intellectual freedom is never a given. It is always precarious, always contested, and therefore always worth defending against those who would prefer silence to questioning

Shabana Azmi divulges 'marriage trick' she uses to resolve conflict with husband Javed Akhtar: 'We can get really angry with each other'

August 18, 2025 12:38 pm

"Please don't be under the illusion that everything is hunky dory between Javed and me..." Shabana Azmi said

Javed Akhtar opened up about his tragic childhood. (Photos: Express Archives & X/@HeritageTimesIN)

Javed Akhtar opens up about complicated relationship with his father, coping with mother's death: ‘Life is a tightly written script, you can't edit it’

March 17, 2024 10:45 pm

Javed Akhtar, renowned lyricist and screenwriter, says that despite his traumatic childhood, he wouldn’t want to change anything that has happened to him in his life.

Javed Akhtar says he wouldn't write Dharmendra-Hema Malini temple scene if Sholay was made today: 'It will become an issue'

January 09, 2024 7:33 am

Javed Akhtar recently spoke at an event about the fear that exist in filmmakers today that hampers creativity and makes the process of filmmaking difficult.

Javed Akhtar's comments about 26/11 attackers roaming free condemned by Pakistani celebs: 'Inko visa kisne diya?'

February 23, 2023 10:43 am

Several Pakistani celebrities have condemned Javed Akhtar's recent remarks, made before a gathering in Pakistan, about the country's role in the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai.

Javed Akhtar, Vishal Bhardwaj among speakers at Jashn-e-Rekhta

December 03, 2018 7:13 pm

The 2018 edition of the annual event will mark the celebration of Urdu's eclectic art forms and its heritage through ghazals, Sufi music, qawwali, dastangoi, panel discussions, poetry symposiums and film screenings.

Javed Akhtar revives Indian poetry on TV

October 07, 2014 6:48 pm

Javed Akhtar is taking on a new role to reintroduce the audience to the rich, classical poetic culture with a modern approach.

Sachin Tendulkar to support Farhan Akhtar's 'MARD' campaign

June 10, 2013 7:21 pm

Sachin will soon record a Marathi translation of a poem written by Javed Akthar.

JAVED AKHTAR POETRY VIDEOS

Happy Birthday Javed Akhtar: Here are 7 soul-stirring shayaris by him

June 22, 2020 6:05 pm

“Pen is mightier than sword.” If there is one man in Bollywood who has justified this phrase, but in his very own manner, it has to be Javed Akhtar. Here are seven soul-stirrig shayaris by the man himself.