Veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar was born in 1945 in Gwalior and raised in a communist household. Upon his ...

Javed Akhtar talks about his initial days in Mumbai and how producers boycotted him. He also opened up about whether the thought of suicide ever crossed his mind.

It should be noted that Javed Akhtar had strongly criticised Pakistan following the terror attack in Pahalgam.

Rumours were rife that Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan split because of Akhtar's close friendship with Amitabh Bachchan. In a ...

Originally conceived for Amitabh Bachchan, 'Mr. India' stemmed from Salim-Javed's fascination with his voice, envisioning him ...

Javed Akhtar finally breaks silence on the Salim-Javed split, revealing how rumours of his closeness with Amitabh Bachchan ...

Javed Akhtar refused to live with Shatrughan Sinha during their struggle days. (Photo: Express Archives) Veteran screenwriter ...

Javed Akhtar recently revealed the original pick for Mr. India, and it wasn’t Anil Kapoor. Can you guess who it was?

Javed Akhtar CONFESSES why original choice Amitabh Bachchan wasn’t cast for Mr India: “I didn’t want the tag on me that I ...

Javed’s last collaboration, Mr India (1987), was originally penned with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan in mind. However, ...

Veteran lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar has always been open about his struggles with alcohol addiction. In a recent ...