Veteran writer- lyricist Javed Akhtar is celebrating 73rd birthday today. His real name is ‘Jadu’, which is taken from a line in a poem penned by his father, “Lamha lamha kisi jadoo ka fasana hoga”.
Javed Akhtar is a mainstream writer and some of his most successful work was carried out with Salim Khan, as half of the script between 1971 and 1982 were credited to Salim- Javed. They wrote 24 films, 20 were hit, including 2 Telugu films – ‘Manushulu Chesina Dongalu’ and ‘Yugandhar’ and one Kannada film – ‘Premada Kaanike’.
Javed used to assist Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi. He subsequently married Kaifi’s daughter, Shabana Azmi, after his marriage ended with Honey Irani.
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