Mumbai: Many powerful producers, not just Mukesh Bhatt, are up in arms against Javed Akhtar for fighting for copyright amendment in favour of lyricists and singers. Ever since he became vocal about intellectual property rights two years ago, Akhtar has been writing no lyrics or dialogues for any of the big banners in Bollywood except his son Farhan Akhtars banner. Yashraj Films, Dharma Productions and other prestigious production houses have...
06:38 PM, May 27, 2012
Mumbai: Javed Akhtar arrived late at the launch of his own book's Marathi translation. Let alone the media, the lyricist-writer made chief guest Lata Mangeshkar wait as well. Lata didi had arrived half an hour early and made an early exit. Looks like Javed saab had no time for his own book and even rushed through the interviews for his own publicity! Director Hemant Madhukar's wife is miffed with Veena...
10:44 AM, May 24, 2012
The Hindi film industry and its sorority of regional-language sister industries in the sub-continent has elevated the song-and-dance sequence to a rare art form. Inspired ...
11:03 AM, May 23, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood's Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar says she is totally with Javed Akhtar in his fight to secure royalty rights for singers and lyricists. Lata said, "I'm 110 percent with Javed Saab. My only fear is, how will he cope with all the backlash coming his way from producers and music companies who are very angry and upset?" "I fought for royalty for singers in the 1960s. I had even stopped...
05:46 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: With the Rajya Sabha passing an amendment to improve the rights of composers and writers, B-Town biggies Sonu Niigaam, Kailash Kher, Shabana Azmi and Rohit Roy have hailed veteran writer Javed Akhtar for his efforts in getting the measure through. Akhtar has been pushing for an amendment in the copyright laws to give music directors and lyricists a share of the profits earned on their work. The amendment...
05:04 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: The young filmmakers are doing an excellent job, says writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, who has been associated with the industry for more than 40 years. However, he does not approve their idea of having songless movies. "I really like the kind of cinema that is made nowadays. The young filmmakers are doing an excellent job. When I see films like 'Udaan', 'Kahaani', 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara', 'Rock On!!', I...
06:31 PM, May 15, 2012
Mumbai: We all know that Aamir Khan and Prasoon Joshi are quite a team. Khan was keen to have Joshi write the lyrics for his next big film, 'Talaash', but since Farhan Akhtar was producing the movie, the project went to Javed Akhtar. Says a source, "Aamir was keen to have Prasoon write the lyrics for 'Talaash', as they share an excellent creative rapport. But Farhan stood his ground. Joshi...
06:08 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Mumbai: Writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, who has been part of the Indian film industry for more than four decades, says so far only Bollywood has not suffered at the hands of Hollywood. "Hollywood is such a powerful film industry that it has ruined film industries of the world. Wherever Hollywood films reach, the original film industry of that nation got ruined, except India. Our film industry is flourishing be it Tamil...
02:22 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Mumbai: As the remake of 1973 film 'Zanjeer' reels under copyright issues, writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar of the duo Salim-Javed, who wrote the original movie, hopes to resolve the problem amicably. "We have sent them a notice but we really hope they will solve it. We hope the problem will be solved amicably and we can sit across the table and decide. If not, then we will have to take another...
07:06 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Writers of the original movie, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar are reportedly mulling legal action against Apurva Lakhia and Prakash Mehra. ...
03:13 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Mumbai: Amidst all controversies revolving around the remake of Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Zanjeer', producer Amit Mehra says he has taken the blessings from the film's writers Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar. The remake of Bachchan starrer superhit film, 'Zanjeer' has been in the news regarding copyright and royalty issue. Both the writers of the 1973 original film had expressed displeasure over the remake. But Amit says he has their permission...
06:57 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Mumbai: Scriptwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar, who is upset with reports of a remake of 1973 super hit film 'Zanjeer', says they should only be made if they are better than the original. "Any film can be remade provided that it is better that the original. If you are not making it good then where is the need of making it? Ram Gopal Varma remade 'Sholay'. He shouldn't have done...
07:40 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Mumbai: A lot of emphasis is being given on writers and writing and megastar Amitabh Bachchan too feels that the true actors of any film are its script and dialogues. "I do believe script, dialogue and screenplay writers are true actors of a film...follow them diligently, and you cannot go wrong," the 69-year-old tweeted. Talkign about his success, Amitabh thanked scriptwriter duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, for giving him...
04:49 PM, Apr 03, 2012
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