Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, lyricist, Screenwriter.
He works in Hindi Cinema. He received Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan In 2007.
Before that he won 5 National Film Awards.
Personal Life :-
Born on 17 January 1945 in Gwalior.
The name of his father was Jan Nistar Akhtar and the mother was Safia Akhtar.
His father was also a Bollywood songwriter and an Urdu poet.
His original name was “Jadoo” but he was given an official name of Javed as it was closest to Jadoo.
He spent his childhood in Lucknow and also completed his schooling there. He graduated from Saifiya College in Bhopal.
Honey Irani was the name of his first wife whom he divorced in 1985.
With Honey Irani he has two children Javed Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar.
Shabana Azmi is the name of his second wife whom he married in 1984.
He was a member of Rajya Sabha on 16 November 2009.
Writing Career of Javed Akhtar :-
Javed Akhtar was part of the legendary duo “Salim-Javed”.
Their works were highly appreciated by the audiences and the era of Salim-Javed began.
Salim Khan used to write plots and stories whereas Javed Akhtar used to write dialogues and lyrics of songs.
They revolutionized screenwriting as the screenwriters were never given the credit in movies but after their work in “Haathi Mere Saathi” this rule changed.
Rajesh Khanna gave them their first break as script writers.
“Haathi mere Saathi” was their first work as script-writers.
After that they wrote several successful films like Sholay, Andaaz, Seeta aur Geeta and Don.
Out of their 24 joint movies, 20 were the big hits in Bollywood.
Their era introduced the “Angry Young Man” of Bollywood, Shri Amitabh Bachchan.
The duo ended due to some egoistical problems in 1982.
“Baghban” was the last unofficial partnership of Salim Javed in which Amitabh Bachchan requested Javed Akhtar to write his final speech whereas Salman asked his father Salim Khan to write his final speech.
Salim-Javed were the first screenwriters who rose to the level of a star in Bollywood.
They were considered as the most successful script writers of all time.
