Javed Akhtar
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Javed Akhtar is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, poet, and political activist. Renowned for his extensive work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards and sixteen Filmfare Awards. He wa
Javed Akhtar at Jaipur Literature Festival 2026
Javed Akhtar in Dec 2014
Akhtar receiving Padma Bhushan by the then President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in 2007.
Shabana Azmi
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Shabana Azmi is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Her career in the Hindi film industry has spanned over 160 films, mostly within independent and neorealist parallel cinema, though he
Javed Akhtar
…as atheists. However, he continues to identify as a "cultural Muslim" because of his heritage associated with the Islamic civilization. Akhtar married Shabana Azmi, the daughter of Urdu poet, Kaifi Azmi and later divorced Irani. Akhtar's uncle, Asrar-ul-Haq "Majaz" was also an Urdu poet. His uncle, Ansar Harvani…
Azmi at the SFU in October 2009
Shabana Azmi with Javed Akhtar, in 2012.
Azmi at the 2006 World Economic Forum
Azmi in 2012