Javed Akhtar had filed the criminal complaint against Kangana Ranaut in November last year before the Andheri metropolitan magistrate for allegedly making defamatory and baseless comments against him in a television interview.
Netizens linked Bigg Boss OTT fame Urfi Javed to veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar. Trolls online have called Urfi, as Shabana-Javed Akhtar's granddaughter. Here's what Shabana Azmi has to say about it
Javed Akhtar came under attack from the Shiv Sena and the VHP for his comments that appear to equate the RSS and other right-wing outfits with the Taliban, a militant group that has seized power in Afghanistan, while police stepped up security outside his Mumbai home
Shiv Sena said that Javed Akhtar was 'completely wrong' in comparing the RSS with the Taliban.
BJP leader Ram Kadam said the party will not allow javed Akhtar’s movies to be screened in the country. He raised concern about this recent statement on the Taliban.
The AIMPLB last week issued a statement clarifying that the board has neither expressed any view nor given any statement on the Taliban and the recent political situation of Afghanistan.
Javed Akhtar, the wordsmith behind well loved songs from films such as "1942: A Love Story", "Dil Chahta Hai", "Kal Ho Na Ho", said filmmakers today, having grown under the influence of western cinema, don't know how to use songs in a narrative. Songs even when incorporated in the narrative are pushed in the background and used purely for the "greed of money" as music rights generate revenue, the lyricist said.
Javed Akhtar's counter-affidavit was filed in response to a plea filed by Kangana Ranaut through her counsel Rizwan Siddiquee last month in which she challenged the defamation proceedings initiated earlier this year, saying the magistrate's court had failed to apply its mind to the case.
Mamata Banerjee arrived in the national capital on Monday and has been holding deliberations with opposition parties for forming a united front for the 2024 general elections.
Lyricist-poet Javed Akhtar and his actor-wife Shabana Azmi are the latest names to feature in the list of significant personalities Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee met during her ongoing five-day visit to the national capital.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is on a visit to the national capital, met lyricist-poet Javed Akhtar and actor Shabana Azmi on Thursday.
A court on Tuesday allowed as the "last chance" actor Kangana Ranaut's plea seeking exemption from personal appearance in the defamation case filed by Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar and directed her to remain present on the next date of hearing without fail.
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has approached the Bombay High Court seeking the quashing of proceedings initiated by a city magistrate on a criminal defamation complaint filed against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar.
Actor-producer Arbaaz Khan says he is thrilled that a documentary on the formidable screenwriter duo Salim Khan, his father, and Javed Akhtar is being developed, something that he had once envisioned as a private docu-drama for the family.
Paying tributes to Dilip Kumar, noted lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar said the screen icon was ahead of his time and was an "epitome of dignity, graciousness and refinement".
Javed Akhtar filed an intervention application in the Bombay High Court claiming that actor Kangana Ranaut failed to disclose certain facts in her petition before the court seeking speedy renewal of her passport.
Shanmukhpriya has been often targetted but trolls on social media for improvising old Hindi classics. This weekend, she found some support in Javed Akhtar who lauded her efforts on Indian Idol 12.
Heaping praises for Indian Idol 12 contestant Shanmukhapriya after her performance, special guestJaved Akhtar said, "if a girl as smart, as confident and competent as you comes on stage, people from India will never appreciate her." This did not go down well with the netizens who questioned him for his comments and trolled him for praising the young singer 'unnecessarily.'
The upcoming episode of Indian Idol 12 features Javed Akhtar as a special guest for the show, where contestants will pay a musical tribute to the celebrated veteran writer in a ‘Tribute to Javed Saab’ special episode.
Special guest Javed Akhtar and all the judges can be seen as highly impressed with Indian Idol 12 contestant Arunita Kanjilal's performance after which Akhtar announces that he will compose a song for the singer to test her.
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