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.
The court was hearing Javed Akhtar's revision petition against the summons issued against him by a magistrate on Kangana Ranaut's complaint.
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”.
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.
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.
Javed Akhtar denies Kangana Ranaut's claims that she was threatened to apologise to Hrithik Roshan. Here's what he has to say.
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.
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."
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.
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