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  FIR against lyricist Javed Akhtar over RSS remark

  October 04, 2021 15:26 IST

  Mumbai police registered an FIR against lyricist Javed Akhtar over his alleged remark against the RSS. The FIR has been registered under IPC Section 500 (punishment for defamation).

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  Javed Akhtar defamation case: Kangana Ranaut's lawyer claims court threatened to issue warrant against actress

  Entertainment | September 20, 2021 19:25 IST

  After the court's decision in the actress Kangana Ranaut and lyricist Javed Akhtar controversy, the actress's lawyer has claimed that the court has threatened to issue a warrant against Ranaut.

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  Javed Akhtar defamation case: Kangana Ranaut appears before court, says has lost faith in it

  September 20, 2021 18:50 IST

  The court had last week said it will issue a warrant against Ranaut if she fails to appear on the next date of hearing on September 20. Ranaut appeared before Andheri metropolitan magistrate R R Khan on Monday for the first time since summons was issued to her in February this year, and completed the bail formalities.

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  Javed Akhtar defamation case: Court says will issue warrant against Kangana if she fails to appear

  Celebrities | September 14, 2021 14:53 IST

  The lawyer submitted a medical certificate before the court and said Kangana has been traveling for the promotion of her film and has "developed COVID-19 symptoms". However, Akhtar's lawyer said this is an orchestrated tactic to delay the case proceedings.

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  Urfi on rumours of being related to Javed Akhtar: 'This is done to troll him and put his name down'

  Masala | September 09, 2021 23:11 IST

  Urfi Javed has refuted the rumours of being Javed Akhtar's granddaughter. She said that this is done to troll Akhtar and put his name down.  

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  Farhan Akhtar says Salim-Javed split never affected his relationship with Salman Khan and his family

  Celebrities | September 09, 2021 16:10 IST

  Farhan Akhtar stated that even though Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar parted ways professionally, it never affected his relationship with Salman Khan, Arbaaz and others in his family. 

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  HC dismisses Kangana's plea seeking quashing of defamation case initiated on Javed Akhtar's plaint

  September 09, 2021 12:45 IST

  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.

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  Netizens relate Bigg Boss OTT fame Urfi Javed to Javed Akhtar; Shabana Azmi clears the air

  Masala | September 08, 2021 16:48 IST

  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

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  Javed Akhtar faces music for Taliban-RSS remarks; security upped outside his home

  September 07, 2021 10:22 IST

  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

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  Shiv Sena slams Javed Akhtar for RSS-Taliban remark; BJP demands apology from lyricist

  India | September 06, 2021 18:30 IST

  Shiv Sena said that Javed Akhtar was 'completely wrong' in comparing the RSS with the Taliban.

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  BJP stages protest against Javed Akhtar after he compares Taliban with RSS

  News | September 05, 2021 15:40 IST

  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.

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  Javed Akhtar on AIMPLB distancing itself from members' Taliban praise: It's not enough

  Celebrities | August 24, 2021 18:49 IST

  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.

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  Sad that songs are fading away from Hindi films: Javed Akhtar

  Celebrities | August 13, 2021 21:35 IST

  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.  

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  Javed Akhtar requests HC to dismiss Kangana's plea seeking quashing of defamation proceedings

  August 09, 2021 22:32 IST

  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.  

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  Mamata Banerjee wants Javed Akhtar to write song on 'Khela Hobe'

  India | July 30, 2021 13:36 IST

  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. 

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  Mamata Banerjee meets Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azami

  News | July 29, 2021 23:58 IST

  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.

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  Mamata Banerjee meets Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar in Delhi

  India | July 29, 2021 18:48 IST

  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.

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  Court gives Kangana Ranaut last chance for exemption, directs her to appear next time

  Celebrities | July 27, 2021 18:45 IST

  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.

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  Kangana Ranaut moves HC against defamation case filed by Javed Akhtar

  Celebrities | July 21, 2021 18:20 IST

  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.

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  I wanted to do it as personal archive for my father: Arbaaz Khan on Salim-Javed documentary

  Celebrities | July 20, 2021 6:16 IST

  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.