Lyricist Javed Akhtar on 25 October defended actress Rashmika Mandanna against online criticism of her Hindi accent, posting on X that critics should try pronouncing Tamil, which he called the oldest spoken…
Veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar on Monday, 5 October 2026, called a social media message attributed to him criticising Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke ‘as fake as fake can be’. Akhtar…
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi has spoken about societal pressures that make successful women feel the need to apologise for their achievements, recalling advice from her husband, writer Javed Akhtar. In a resurfaced…
Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has said that exposure to Western cinema and music has created an 'embarrassment' among younger audiences towards songs in Indian films. In an exclusive interview as his 1994…
Lyricist Javed Akhtar has attacked Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari for saying Muslims in Pakistan “tolerate” the country’s Hindu population. Akhtar called Zardari “insensitive to all under the sun which is less…
Javed Akhtar has criticised Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari for remarks about the country's Hindu minority, calling him “insensitive” in a social media post on Saturday. Akhtar wrote on X that Zardari,…
Ashin Xavier: interesting
IO Repro: Repro test v4 after fix 2 Oct. Safe to trash.
IO Repro: Repro test v3 after fix 2 Oct. Safe to trash.
IO Repro: Repro test after fix 2 Oct. Safe to trash.