Javed Akhtar and Ali Zafar have a jam session in Lahore, watch video

Javed Akhtar was in Pakistan to participate in the Faiz Literary Festival of Lahore.

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It is said art transcends man-made constructs like borders. A video that shows Indian poet Javed Akhtar jamming with Pakistani actor and singer Ali Zafar proves this point.

In the video, Akhtar appears to be at a private gathering and enjoying his time as Zafar croons Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main, a superhit Bollywood sing sung by Kishore Kumar. The song was written by Akhtar for the 1984 film Mashaal.

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The video was shared by Haroun Rashid. As per his Twitter bio, Rashid is a retired businessman from Pakistan. In his tweet, Rashid wrote that the video was taken at a private gathering. Javed Akhtar was in Pakistan to participate in the Faiz Literary Festival of Lahore.

It was an honour to host him. I have always believed art & music transcends boundaries and is the best way to bring people together. Love is the ONLY way to peace. Thank you @Javedakhtarjadu sahab for gracing us with your presence. Thank you Faiz sahab for keeping us connected. https://t.co/08lnMT2b6o

— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) February 20, 2023

Ali Zafar reshared this video and wrote, “It was an honour to host him. I have always believed art & music transcends boundaries and is the best way to bring people together. Love is the ONLY way to peace. Thank you @Javedakhtarjadu. sahab for gracing us with your presence. Thank you Faiz sahab for keeping us connected.”

Commenting on the post a Twitter user wrote, “This is fantastic, if only there was a normal relationship between Pakistan and India, things like this could be so normal. If only Pak & India could be good neighbours, same as it is for 99% of the countries around the world that are neighbours.”

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