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.”
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
June 10, 2013 7:21 pm
Sachin will soon record a Marathi translation of a poem written by Javed Akthar.
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.




