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BJP MLA Ram Kadam has started a movement to boycott filmmaker Javed Akhtar regarding a statement he had made about extremists. On Friday, Akhtar had told NDTV that it is time for supporters of the VHP and the RSS to introspect. “I think people who support organisations like the RSS, VHP or Bajrang Dal need [&hellip;]

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No Javed Akhtar Film Will Be Screened Until He Apologises: BJP MLA Ram Kadam

Poet, scriptwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar is to present a special act in the upcoming show on Zee Live, titled India Shayari Project, that premieres on August 15. In an interview with The Indian Express, Akhtar is of the belief that Shayari is getting its due appreciation. “I keep getting this question where people ask [&hellip;]

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Javed Akhtar On Young Poets And The Importance Of Working On Aesthetic Sense

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Lyricist Javed Akhtar has filed a defamation case against actor Kangana Ranaut for allegedly making &#8220;baseless allegations&#8221; against him in relation to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. This is not the first time that Ranaut finds herself in the midst of controversy and neither is this the first legal case that has been [&hellip;]

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Javed Akhtar Files Defamation Suit Against Kangana Ranaut

The Richard Dawkins award is meant to felicitate &#8220;a distinguished individual from the worlds of science, scholarship, education or entertainment, who publicly proclaim the values of secularism and rationalism, upholding scientific truth&#8221; and now, lyricist, poet, and screenwriter. Javed Akhtar has become the first Indian to receive the prestigious honour. Akhtar has always been vocal [&hellip;]

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Javed Akhtar Becomes First Indian To Win Prestigious Richard Dawkins Award

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Back then, Farhan Akhtar was a burst of freshness in the industry, trying to step out of his father’s legendary shadow

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Anniversary Special #20YearChallenge: When Dil Chahta Hai Made Hindi Films ‘Cool’

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Javed Akhtar invented cinematic anger. Farhan Akhtar invented celluloid cool. Two generations, two styles.

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“Each Artist Must Bring His Own Sensibility, His Own Morality To His Film” – Javed Akhtar

Jerry Pinto spends an evening with two style icons: poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar and director son Farhan Akhtar. When that riderless horse—a literal night mare—whinnied and reared through the dreams of the young policeman in Zanjeer, Javed Akhtar wore denim shirts and the scowl of a man who half-expected, half-wanted the world not to like him. [&hellip;]