Javed Akhtar

At 79 years old, Javed Akhtar has this physical status:

Javed Akhtar, an Indian political activist, poet, lyricist, and screenwriter born in Gwalior.

He is the recipient of the Padma Shri (1999), Padma Bhushan (2007), as well as five National Film Awards.

He was a screenplay writer, directing films like Deewar, Zanjeer, and Sholay in the early stages of his career.

Later, he stopped screenplay writing and became a lyricist and socially active activist.

He also belonged to Rajya Sabha.

Early life

In 1945 in Gwalior, Javed Akhtar was born. Jan Nisar Akhtar, a Bollywood film songwriter and Urdu poet, was his father. His paternal grandfather, Muztar Khairabadi, was a poet as well as his grandfather's elder brother, Bismil Khairabadi, although his great great grandfather, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, fought for the First Independence Movement of India in 1857 for religious reasons. "Lamha, lamha kisi kisi jadoo hoga," Javed Akhtar's first name was taken from a line in a poem written by his father: "Lamha, lamha kisi jadoo ka fasana hoga." Since it was the closest to the word jadoo, he was given the official name Javed. He lived the majority of his childhood and was educated in Lucknow. He graduated from Saifiya College in Bhopal.

Personal life

On November 16, 2009, Akhtar was nominated to the Parliament upper house in Rajya Sabha. Farhan Akhtar, a film actor, producer, editor, and producer, and producer Zoya Akhtar, a film writer, producer, and producer, was married to Honey Irani, with whom he had two children. The father-and-son pair have appeared in films including Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya, Rock On! Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara with Zoya. Farhan was married to Adhuna Akhtar, a hair stylist. Akhtar is an atheist, and he brought his children Farhan and Zoya Akhtar as atheists.

Akhtar married Shabana Azmi, the granddaughter of Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi, and later divorced Irani. Asrar-ul-Haq "Majaz," Akhtar's uncle, was also an Urdu poet. Ansar Harvani, his uncle, was a supporter of the Indian freedom movement and an elected Member of Parliament. Hamida Salim, Akhtar's aunt, was also an Indian writer, economist, and educator.

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Career as scriptwriter

There was no such thing as a writer for the screenplay, story, and dialogue in the 1970s, nor were the writers given any credit in the scripts. Rajesh Khanna is credited with giving Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar their first chance as screenplay writers by providing them with jobs in Haathi Mere Saathi. In an interview, Javed Akhtar said that he went to Salimsaab one day and that Mr. Devar had given him a large signing sum with which he would pay for his bungalow, Aashirwad. However, the film was a remake, and the original's script was far from being satisfactory. "He told us that if we could set right the script, he'd make sure we had both money and credit."

Andaz' script was their first big success, followed by Adhikar (1971), Haathi Mere Saathi, and Seeta Aur Geeta (1972). They had hits with Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Zanjeer (1974), Deewai (1975), Don (1978), Bhashul (1978), Zamana (1985), and Mr. India (1987). They've collaborated in 24 films, including two Kannada films, Premada Kanike and Raja Nanna Raja.

20 of the 24 films they wrote were hits. Aakhri Dao (1975), Immaan Dharam (1977), Kaala Patthar (1979) and Shaan (1980) were among the scripts that were not successful at the box office, but they were not popular at the box office. Despite the fact that they stopped writing in 1982 due to ego issues, some of the scripts they wrote were turned into hit films later, such as Zamana and Mr. India. Salim-Javed, who has been described as "the most influential scriptwriters of all time," is also known to be India's first scriptwriters to receive national attention.

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