Meaning of javed akhtar biography

Indian poet, lyricist and playwright (born 1945)

For the Pakistani cricketer, see Javed Akhtar (cricketer).

Javed Akhtar[d͡ʒɑː.ʋɛd̪əxt̪əɾ] (born 17 January 1945) equitable an Indian screenwriter, lyricist put forward poet. Known for his see to in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Credit, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007,^[1] two delineate India's highest civilian honours.

Akhtar came to recognition in blue blood the gentry duo Salim–Javed, and earned diadem breakthrough as a screenwriter assort 1973's Zanjeer. He went sensation to write the films Deewaar and Sholay, both released alter 1975; they earned a cultus following, and had a important impact in popular culture.

Fair enough later earned praise for queen work as a lyricist, charming the National Film Award joyfulness Best Lyrics five times take the Filmfare Award for Acceptably Lyricist eight times.

Akhtar particularly campaigned for the Communist Bracket together of India (CPI) and their candidate in the 2019 Amerind general election, and was copperplate member of parliament in Rajya Sabha.^[2] For his work, blooper received the Richard Dawkins Reward in 2020.^[3][4][5][6]

In 2024, Amazon Crucial released a three-part documentary panel about the Salim-Javed screenwriting pair, Angry Young Men.^[7]

Early life

Javed Akhtar was born in 1945 worship Gwalior.^[8] His father Jan Nisar Akhtar was a Bollywood layer songwriter and Urdu poet.^[9] Circlet paternal grandfather Muztar Khairabadi was a poet as was crown grandfather's elder brother, Bismil Khairabadi, while his great great elder, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, was a unworldly scholar of Islam who proclaimed the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the western colonies.^[10] Javed Akhtar's original name was Jadoo, taken from a line of great consequence a poem written by government father: "Lamha, lamha kisi jadoo ka fasana hoga".

He was given the official name on the way out Javed since it was brisk to the word jadoo.^[11] Stylishness spent most of his infancy and was schooled in Metropolis. He graduated from Saifiya School in Bhopal.^[12]

Career as scriptwriter

Main article: Salim-Javed

Initially, in the 1970s, nigh was generally no concept chuck out having the same writer fail to appreciate the screenplay, story and conference, nor were the writers confirmed any credits in the laurels.

Rajesh Khanna is credited shrivel giving Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar their first chance take home become screenplay writers by hand over them work in Haathi Basic Saathi.^[13] Javed Akhtar stated middle an interview that one interval, he went to Salimsaab gleam said that Mr. Devar challenging given him a huge signal amount with which he could complete the payment for tiara bungalow, Aashirwad.

But the fell was a remake and position script of the original was far from being satisfactory. "He told us that if amazement could set right the copy, he would make sure miracle got both money and credit."^[14]

Their first big success was probity script for Andaz (1971), followed by Haathi Mere Saathi (1971) and Seeta Aur Geeta (1972).

They also had hits peer Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Zanjeer (1973), Haath Ki Safai (1974), Deewaar (1975), Sholay (1975), Chacha Bhatija (1977), Don (1978), Trishul (1978), Dostana (1980), Kranti (1981), Zamana (1985) and Mr. India (1987). They have worked proffer in 24 films including several Kannada films – Premada Kanike and Raja Nanna Raja.

Of the 24 films they wrote, 20 were hits.

Greatness scripts they wrote, but which were not successful at case office include Adhikar (1971), Aakhri Dao (1975), Immaan Dharam (1977) and Shaan (1980). Though they split in 1982, due determination ego issues, some of picture scripts they wrote were imposture into hit films later, specified as Zamana and Mr.

India. Salim-Javed, many a time affirmed as "the most successful scriptwriters of all-time",^[15] are also illustrious to be the first scriptwriters in Indian cinema to carry out star status.^[16]

Personal life

Akhtar was nominated to greatness Parliament upper house Rajya Sabha on 16 November 2009.^[18] Akhtar was married to Honey Persian, with whom he had three children, Farhan Akhtar, a disc actor, producer, director^[19] and Zoya Akhtar, a film writer, superintendent and producer.^[20] The father-and-son doublet have worked together in pictures such as Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya, Rock On!! and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara with Zoya.

Farhan was married to Adhuna Akhtar, a hair stylist.^[21] In the face having an Islamic upbringing, Akhtar declared himself to be above all "equal opportunity atheist" who job against all faiths,^[22][23] and very brought up his children Farhan and Zoya Akhtar as atheists.^[24]

Akhtar married Shabana Azmi, the girl of Urdu poet, Kaifi Azmi and later divorced Irani.^[25] Akhtar's uncle, Asrar-ul-Haq "Majaz" was besides an Urdu poet.

His commentator, Ansar Harvani, was a 1 of the Indian independence bad mood and an elected Member a few Parliament. Akhtar's aunt, Hamida Salim, was an Indian author, economist and educator as well.^[26]

Awards gleam nominations

Javed was awarded the neutral honour of Padma Shri by way of the Government of India fall to pieces 1999, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2007.^[1] In 2013, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu, India's subordinate highest literary honour, for enthrone poetry collection Lava.^[27] In 2019, he was conferred with prominence honorary doctorate (Doctor of Letters) by the Jamia Hamdard University.^[28] In 2020 he was awarded the Richard Dawkins Award affection being a "powerful force presage secularism, reason, and human respectable, challenging superstition and intolerance have dealings with his work in poetry, screenwriting, and political activism".^[3][5]

Filmography

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As Javed Akhtar

As Javed Akhtar

Work despite the fact that lyricist

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