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Javed Akhtar event postponed after Muslims protest

The West Bengal Urdu Academy has postponed a mushaira (poetic symposium) featuring noted lyricist Javed Akhtar following protests by some Muslim groups. IMAGE: Javed Akhtar. Photograph: ANI Photo......

Complainant drops out, Javed Akhtar acquitted in RSS defamation case

A Mumbai court has acquitted veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar in a defamation case against him over his alleged objectionable remarks on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the complainant has......

'Hang my head in shame': Javed Akhtar on 'reception' given to Taliban min in India

Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar expressed his dismay over the "reverent" reception extended to Afghan Foreign Minister and senior Taliban leader Amir Khan Muttaqi during his visit to Darul Uloom......

History In Minutes: Javed Akhtar's Freedom Fighter Family

Syed Firdaus Ashraf offers a ready reckoner on Javed Akhtar's great great grandfather Fazl e Haq Khairabadi who fought the British empire during the 1857 Mutiny and was imprisoned in the Cellular......

Don't expect India-Pak ties to improve soon: Javed Akhtar

Noted lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar said on Friday that he is doubtful that the relations between India and Pakistan will improve in the near future. IMAGE: Screenwriter and lyricist Javed......

FinMin officials set for date with Nandita Das, Gautam Gambhir

After a date with Bollywood actress Chitrangada Singh and lyricist Javed Akhtar last year, finance ministry officials are set for a rendezvous with film actress Nandita Das and cricketer Gautam......

Advertising titan, civic activist, actor, writer Gerson da Cunha is dead

Advertising industry veteran Gerson da Cunha, a multi-faceted personality passionate about civic activism in later years, died in Mumbai on Friday after a brief illness, a former colleague said.......

Javed Akhtar: Why another Sholay?

Poet and lyricistJaved Akhtar is a man of quick words, as rediff readers found out when he chatted with them on Wednesday.The writer discussed everything from Islam to Fame Gurukul, and is looking......

Meet Javed Akhtar, the actor

"Before you can say 'Jack Nicholson', it's over." That's how poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar describes his cameo in Madhur Bhandarkar's forthcoming film Corporate. Akhtar plays himself in a small......

When Javed Akhtar and Lata Mangeshkar got together

Yet another honour for Javed Akhtar. Photograph: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar has been honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar award. Akhtar......

Now, Javed Akhtar to host TV show

Script writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar is set to tell the stories of 13 achievers of Bollywood's golden era, in a new show called Classic Legends on Zee Classic. The show will premiere at 7.30 on......

PIX: Javed Akhtar, Sonu Nigam, Shaan pay tribute to RD Burman

The music fraternity came together to honour the late legend.Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar was among many stars of the Hindi film industry's music fraternity who attended the 75th birth anniversary......

Exclusive: Shyam Benegal on the Commonwealth Games

Decision-making in the government is a painful affair, film director Shyam Benegal, one of the masterminds behind last week's Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, tells Rediff.com's Patcy N.Behind......