The lawyer, Santosh Dubey, had in October 2021 filed a complaint against Javed Akhtar before the metropolitan magistrate court in suburban Mulund under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 499 (defamation) and 500 (punishment for defamation).
Explaining the importance of Urdu language, Javed Akhtar said "Urdu hasn't come from any other place...it is our own language. It isn't spoken outside Hindustan."
The last rites of Satish Kaushik were performed at a crematorium in Mumbai. Anupam Kher, Javed Akhtar Sham Kaushal, Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor were among the Bollywood celebs visiting Kaushik's Mumbai residence to pay their last respects.
Javed Akhtar, who was in Pakistan for a festival in memory of celebrated Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz last week, said Pakistanis should not feel offended when India talks about the 2008 terror attack.
Ali Zafar has criticised Javed Akhtar for his comments on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks at Faiz Mela. Here's what the Pakistani singer-actor said.
Pakistani celebrities like Saboor Aly, Shaan Shahid and Anoushey Ashraf expressed their anger and questioned the 'self-respect' of Pakistani people who clapped after Javed Akhtar's speech.
Javed Akhtar ignored a question regarding Kangana Ranaut after she praised him for his 26/11 comment on Pakistan.
Javed Akhtar On Pakistan: In Lahore Javed attacked Pakistan regarding 26/11 attack, said this Lyricist Javed Akhtar has shown the mirror to Pakistan in Lahore. Javed Akhtar asked the Pakistanis whether the Mumbai attack accused had come from Egypt or Norway. He is still roaming freely in Pakistan.
Bollywood lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar was recently in Lahore, Pakistan to attend the Faiz Festival 2023. A video is going viral from the festival in which the veteran lyricist can be seen reminding Pakistan of the 26/11 terror attacks.
A video of Javed Akhtar is going viral from the Lahore festival in which he can be seen reminding Pakistan of the 26/11 terror attacks. Heaping praise on the lyricist, Kangana Ranaut says "Ghar mein ghuss ke maara."
Veteran lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar turned 78 today. He has not only given dialogues and songs in films but also written many shayaris and short poems. Have a look at the most memorable ones here.
Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar, who has penned a string of classics in collaboration with screenwriter Salim Khan, turned a year older today. Popularly known as Salim-Javed, the duo scripted many commercially & critically accepted films like 'Don', Mr India', 'Zanjeer', 'Deewaar', 'Sholay' & more.
According to Javed Akhtar, he and Gulzar (88) have never viewed each other as competitors and have rather been each other's cheerleaders.
Javed Akhtar appreciated the initiative taken by UP CM Yogi Adityanath to make Film City in Uttar Pradesh. Akhtar welcomed this initiative and said, "I believe that it is a good thing that the film industry should be opened in UP."
Featuring leading lady Deepika Padukone in a saffron bikini, Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan song 'Besharam Rang' has found itself in the centre of a proverbial storm for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
Lyricist Javed Akhtar on Thursday appealed to former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama to "return to the White House". The tweet has made the internet quite rustled. See how the Twitterati is reacting.
Kangana Ranaut, who appeared before the Mumbai court in connection to a defamation case against her by Javed Akhtar claimed that the Bollywood lyricist threatened her to apologise to her co-actor Hrithik Roshan.
Javed Akhtar had claimed that Kangana Ranaut dragged his name during the TV interview while referring to a 'coterie' in Bollywood, following the alleged suicide by actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June 2020.
Javed Akhtar had filed the complaint in court in November 2020, claiming that Kangana Ranaut made defamatory statements against him in a television interview, which allegedly damaged his reputation.
B-town bids final goodbye to KK: Bollywood personalities such as Javed Akhtar, Vishal Bhardwaj, Alka Yagnik among many others were seen in bidding an emotional goodbye to late singer KK.
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