Mumbai: Writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar is really looking forward to Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' that features his son, actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar in the lead role. In the film, Farhan plays the 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh, the legendary athlete. Javed says the film will be good as it has been helmed by a good director and good writer. "I loved the promos (of 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag') very much and I...
04:29 PM, May 13, 2013
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who rose to fame after starring in Prakash Mehra's 'Zanjeer', says he is grateful to writer-duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar for believing in him. Bachchan, 70, had delivered many flops before starring in the hit 1973 film and successfully earned the tag of 'Angry Young Man'. "40 years anniversary of film 'Zanjeer' today.. An entire lifetime gone by.. What a moment.. Salim-Javed for thinking of...
10:54 AM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Veteran scriptwriter and poet Javed Akhtar feels movies today are made for a certain class of audience and filmmakers only target metro cities for their project's release. "Now films are being made for a certain class. A producer once said to me 'I don't care if my film is not released in UP, MP or Bihar. It must release in metros'. He's saying that 75 percent of Indians...
05:02 PM, May 02, 2013
Mumbai: "Petty-minded" politics took away the life of Sarabjit Singh, Bollywood filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and veteran writer Javed Akhtar said, as Hindi film celebrities reacted strongly to the death of the Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan. Here's what the celebrities posted on Twitter on his death: Salman Khan: Freedom at last. Hope they give him to his family. We all tried, guess not hard enough. May god give his...
04:08 PM, May 02, 2013
Mumbai: Actor Arbaaz Khan, whose father Salim co-scripted the film, feels that it's important to take the consent of all the people who were part of the original while remaking a movie. The remake of the Amitabh Bachchan starrer has been in news regarding copyright and royalty issues. Both - Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar -- who scripted the original, have been fighting for the intellectual rights of the new...
12:14 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Did you know that Amjad Khan almost got rejected from playing the iconic Gabbar Singh in 'Sholay' for having a weak voice? And our national anthem was actually used as a song in Bimal Roy's film 'Hamrahi' which released in 1945. Here are some interesting facts about Bollywood that you may have not heard of before: Raj Kapoor started the Bollywood trend of shooting parts of a movie abroad with...
10:55 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar launched a book by young budding poet Sanil Sachar, the grandson of Justice Sachar, in the capital on Friday. ...
06:40 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Over the years, TSR has honored film personalities such as Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Sunil Dutt, and P Suseela among others. ...
10:24 AM, Mar 11, 2013
Akhtar called on the Indian health ministry to re-invent their anti-smoking strategy with regard to films. ...
03:59 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Noted lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar has criticised both media and cinema in the country for being "insensitive" towards the problems of the common man. ...
04:51 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Javed Akhtar: He was hailed in creative circles for his efforts in getting the Copyright Act amended in May 2012. He also penned the lyrics for 'Ekk Deewana Tha'. But he doesn't feature in the Celebrity 100 because there was no specific category for lyricists. ...
06:15 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The level of intolerance has increased in Indian society, National Award winning lyricist and Urdu poet Javed Akhtar said in Kolkata on Thursday. ...
12:26 AM, Feb 01, 2013
'Vishwaroopam' has released in close to 40 theatres in the state, including 15 screens in Bangalore. ...
04:11 PM, Jan 29, 2013
