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Sonu Nigam celebrates birthday with Javed Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan and other friends

Entertainment | Jul 30, 2024, 07:18 PM IST

Singer Sonu Nigam on Tuesday celebrated his special day with some of his closest friends from the music industry including Anu Malik, Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, Anup Jalota, among others.

Javed Akhtar's X account gets hacked, says he is in the process of complaining to authorities

Celebrities | Jul 29, 2024, 12:04 PM IST

Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar shared a post on his X account informing his fans, that his account has been tampered with.

Javed Akhtar on order to eateries to display owner names in Kanwar Yatra route: 'In Nazi Germany...'

Celebrities | Jul 18, 2024, 12:25 PM IST

Reacting to the ongoing controversy over eateries on the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar where the local police have ordered to display of the owners' names at the shop, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has now come forward and put out his views. Check out the full story below.

Karan Johar calls 'Kal Ho Na Ho' title track a song about 'hope, love and loss'

Entertainment | May 08, 2024, 03:06 PM IST

Taking to his Instagram handle, filmmaker Karan Johar took a stroll down memory lane after he shared a video comprising of different scenes from films belonging to his production. Check it out.

Javed Akhtar fires back at Sandeep Reddy Vanga's dig at him and son Farhaan Akhtar

Bollywood | Mar 17, 2024, 01:46 PM IST

Javed Akhtar had described the success of Animal movie as 'dangerous' and called it an anti-women film. After this, Sandeep Reddy Vanga raised questions about 'Mirzapur', produced by Javed Akhtar's son Farhan Akhtar. Now the 5 time National Award-winning writer has hit back at Vanga.

Kangana Ranaut's plea seeking stay on defamation case filed by Javed Akhtar dismissed by Court

Entertainment | Feb 02, 2024, 05:33 PM IST

The court has rejected the Kangana Ranaut's petition. The actress had demanded a stay on the defamation case filed against her by Javed Akhtar. Scroll down to know more details.

Birthday Special: When Javed Akhtar opened about his split with Salim Khan

Celebrities | Jan 17, 2024, 06:15 AM IST

Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar worked together for almost 12 years. In this short period, the Salim-Javed duo wrote dialogues and scripts for 24 films, out of which 20 proved to be superhits.

Alia Bhatt's deepfake video surfaces after Rashmika Mandanna and Kajol

Entertainment | Nov 28, 2023, 05:35 PM IST

After Rashmika Mandanna and Kajol's deepfake video made rounds on the internet, Alia Bhatt's fake video also surfaced. This came as Ranbir Kapoor and Mahesh Babu attended an event meant for promotion of fiilm 'Animal'.

Hindus are large-hearted, I am proud to be born in land of Ram-Sita: Javed Akhtar

Entertainment | Nov 10, 2023, 10:03 PM IST

During an event in Mumbai, Javed Akhtar stressed that democracy in India persists because of Hindus. He also voiced his concerns about the shrinking space for freedom of expression.

Court stays proceedings against Javed Akhtar on complaint filed by Kangana Ranaut

Entertainment | Aug 25, 2023, 11:05 AM IST

The court was hearing Javed Akhtar's revision petition against the summons issued against him by a magistrate on Kangana Ranaut's complaint.

Court asks Kangana Ranaut to file reply to Javed Akhtar plea challenging summons to him

Entertainment | Aug 09, 2023, 06:42 AM IST

Javed Akhtar moved a revision petition before the sessions court, saying the summons to him was issued by the metropolitan magistrate's court in suburban Andheri in a “hasty and inappropriate manner”, which has resulted in “grave miscarriage of justice”.

Javed Akhtar moves court against summons issued to him on Kangana Ranaut's complaint

Entertainment | Aug 02, 2023, 09:27 AM IST

Kangana Ranaut's Case: The Dindoshi Sessions Court is set to hear the plea on August 8, while the Magistrate court has summoned Javed Akhtar on August 5.

Sufficient grounds to proceed against Javed for criminal intimidation offence: Court on Kangana plea

Entertainment | Jul 27, 2023, 06:40 AM IST

Kangana Ranaut's Case: On July 24, the metropolitan magistrate’s court had issued summons to lyricist Javed Akhtar to appear before it next month.

'Apologise or you will commit suicide': Kangana Ranaut's accusation dismissed by Javed Akhtar

Celebrities | Jun 14, 2023, 11:47 AM IST

Javed Akhtar denies Kangana Ranaut's claims that she was threatened to apologise to Hrithik Roshan. Here's what he has to say.

Javed Akhtar's revision plea in RSS-Taliban remarks rejected by Mumbai court

Entertainment | Mar 21, 2023, 06:32 AM IST

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).

Javed says 'Pakistan also came into existence after partition' as he explains the importance of Urdu

Celebrities | Mar 11, 2023, 01:09 PM IST

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."

After attending Satish Kaushik's funeral, Javed Akhtar pens emotional note: 'Aag ki chaadar odhay..'

Celebrities | Mar 10, 2023, 06:50 AM IST

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.

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