Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Friday moved a plea seeking permanent exemption from appearing before a magistrate court in a defamation complaint lodged by veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar.
Super Cassettes Industries, popularly known in the country as music label T-Series, has joined the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS), an umbrella organisation of over 5000 artistes.
Actor Kangana Ranaut has approached a sessions court in Mumbai challenging a bailable warrant issued by a magistrate in a defamation complaint filed against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar.
Bollywood Actor Kangana Ranaut was issued summons by a Mumbai court on Monday after the city police informed it that an offence of defamation, as alleged by lyricist Javed Akhtar against the actor, is made out and further probe into it is required.
Kangana Ranaut has been asked to appear before the Juhu police on Friday, the police official said. Javed Akhtar filed a criminal complaint against the actress in November last year before the Andheri metropolitan magistrate for allegedly making defamatory and baseless comments against him in television interviews.
Javed Akhtar, who is a receiver of accolades including Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and five National Awards, Richard Dawkins Award, and more under his belt immortalized his name in the world of Indian poetry and literature through the work that he has done in a career spanning four decades. To celebrate the 76th birthday of the noted poet, Bollywood took to social media and poured in birthday wishes for him.
A court in Mumbai on Saturday directed the police to probe the defamation complaint filed byBollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar againstactor Kangana Ranaut, and asked them to submit a report on January 16.
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi shared a black and white photograph with her husband, poet-lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar on Tuesday, a day before their 36th wedding anniversary. She also spoke about the friendship they share, which strengthens their bond.
Javed Akhtar had last month filed a criminal complaint against Kangana Ranaut before the Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate, for allegedly making defamatory and baseless comments against him in television interviews. He had sought action against the actor under relevant sections of the IPC.
Javed Akhtar in his complaint has accused Kangana Ranaut of defaming him through video messages. Not only this, but he has also demanded the court to register a case against the actress.
Kangana Ranaut's team reacted to an interview in which Javed Akhtar, son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar can be seen talking about nepotism. Her team questioned the lyricist about calling her to his house to 'threaten' her.
A Twitter user uploaded a screenshot of an apparent Whatsapp chat on Tuesday, claiming that Javed Akhtar's name was merely "proposed" for the award which he mistook as an announcement. Quoting that tweet, Shabana Azmi said the 75-year-old writer had received an email from Dawkins himself, announcing the honour.
Javed Akhtar was given the honour for critical thinking, holding religious dogma up to scrutiny, advancing human progress and humanist values. Taking to Twitter, Farhan Akhtar said he was proud of his father.
Javed Akhtar received the Richard Dawkins Award for critical thinking, holding religious dogma up to scrutiny, advancing human progress, and humanist values.
Bollywood writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar has won the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award 2020. He is the first Indian to bag the award for critical thinking, advancing human progress and humanist values.
In a statement, Javed Akhtar said IPRS was established with the objective of helping the creative music fraternity grow and flourish and now the community is in dire need because of these unprecedented times.
Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar has finally made his debut on the photo-sharing application Instagram amid coronavirus lockdown. He was welcomed by wife Shabana Azmi and many other Bollywood celebrities.
Three men in Palghar were dragged out of their car and beaten to death with sticks by a mob on suspicion that they were thieves. Now, Bollywood celebrities such as Raveena Tandon, Sonakshi Sinha, Ravi Kishan and Javed Akhtar have expressed anger and the need for justice on social media.
It is important to stay united and have faith in each other to fight the coronavirus pandemic, veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar said in a video message on Sunday shared by his wife Shabana Azmi.
On Wednesday, a mob in Moradabad's Nawabpura area tried to stop a medical team from taking a novel coronavirus-infected man into isolation. They hurled stones at an ambulance injuring one doctor and three paramedics.
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