D O B January 17,1945
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Gwalior
Known For Singer, Story, Song Writer
Married Yes

Biography Javed Akhtar born January is an Urdu poet lyricist and scriptwriter from India Some of his most successful work was done in the late s and s with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed Akhtar continues to be prominent in Bollywood and is a sought-after lyricist He was born as Jadoo Akhtar in Gwalior State now Gwalior Madhya Pradesh to Jan Nisar Akhtar a Bollywood film songwriter and Urdu poet and singer Safia Akhtar a teacher and writer His original name was Jadoo taken from a line in a poem written by his father Lamba lamba kisi jadoo ka fasana hoga He was given an official name of Javed since it was the closest to the word jadoo His lineage can be traced back to seven generations of writers The Urdu poet Majaz was his maternal uncle and the works of his grandfather Muzter Khairabadi are looked upon as a milestone in Urdu poetry By him he is also connected to Maulana Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi the philosopher poet religious scholar who was one of the main figures of the Indian Rebellion of and who edited the first works of Ghalib Akhtar has one sibling his younger More brother is U S -based Indian psychoanalyst Salman Akhtar After his birth his parents moved to Lucknow Uttar Pradesh and later to Aligarh br Young Javed Akhtar lost his mother at a young age and his father frequently moved back and forth between Lucknow and Bombay so he and his brother spent most of their time with relatives At the age of eight he was admitted to the sixth class at the Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow From Lucknow he moved to Aligarh to live with his maternal aunt He took admission in a school of Aligarh the Minto Circle a part of Aligarh Muslim University He completed his matriculation from Aligarh Muslim University After completing his matriculation Akhtar attended Saifiya College in Bhopal where he earned a B A He was a keen debater in college and won the Rotary Club Prize frequently Akhtar arrived in Mumbai on October In his early years living in Mumbai he managed to write the dialogue for a minor film for Rs Occasionally he used to work as an assistant He got a job as a scriptwriter on Yakeen which flopped Akhtar then joined with his friend Salim Khan to develop the story for Adhikar They were hired by G P Sippy's Sippy Films as resident screenwriters and produced the screenplays for successful films like Andaz Seeta Aur Geeta Sholay and Don Akhtar used to write his scripts in Urdu which were then written out in Hindi by his assistant Another assistant would type out a one line summary in English His association with Salim Khan lasted until After this Akhtar wrote some scripts on his own but mostly moved into writing lyrics for films in which he achieved success Akhtar has also attempted more serious Urdu poetry aside from writing lyrics for movies A major set of his works were compiled in Tarkash which was also rendered into audio in his voice Singers such as Jagjit Singh and the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan have sung some of his non-movie poetry Javed Akhtar was also a judge alongside Anu Malik Kailash Kher and Sonali Bendre on India's singer hunt Indian Idol He is also on the advisory board of the Asian Academy of Film Television Akhtar was married to Honey Irani a script-writer for Hindi films with whom he had two children Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar both film directors The father and son duo have recently worked together in movies such as Dil Chahta Hai Lakshya and Rock On After Javed's divorce with Irani he married actress Shabana Azmi the daughter of another Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi In a speech given on February entitled Spirituality Halo or Hoax Akhtar revealed that he is an atheist He stated that he does not have religious beliefs or believe in spirituality br br Javed Akhtar was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in and received the Padma Bhushan in Akhtar has also won the Filmfare Award fourteen times seven times for Best Script and seven times for Best Lyrics for Ek Ladki Ko Dekha in -A Love Story Ghar Se Nikalte Hi for Papa Kahte Hain Sandese Aate Hain for Border Panchhi Nadiyan Pawan Ke Jhonke for Refugee Radha Kaise Na Jale for Lagaan Kal Ho Na Ho for Kal Ho Na Ho Tere Liye for Veer-Zaara and Jashn-e-Bahara for Jodhaa Akbar Akhtar has won the National Award five times In he won for Best Lyricist for the film Saaz and in he won the National Award for Border He again won the National Award in for Godmother In he again won the National Award for the song Panchhi Nadiyan Pawan Ke Jonke from the film Refugee and in for Radha Kaise Na Jale from Lagaan He has won the and Screen Videocon Awards He also won first Zee Award for Best Lyricist for Sandese Aate Hain from the film Border He was awarded a Videocon Screen award as well as a Zee Lux Cine award for Panchhi Nadiyan Pawan Ke Jhonke for Refugee In Akhtar received the National Integration Award from the All India Anti-Terrorist Association and the Avadh Ratan from the U P Government He also won the Hakim Khan Sur Sammaan Award from the Maharana Mewar Foundation Udaipur