Shiv Sena slams Javed Akhtar for RSS-Taliban remark; BJP demands apology from lyricist
India | Sep 06, 2021, 06:30 PM ISTShiv Sena said that Javed Akhtar was 'completely wrong' in comparing the RSS with the Taliban.
Shiv Sena said that Javed Akhtar was 'completely wrong' in comparing the RSS with 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.
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.
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.
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