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

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

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 recalls his initial years in Mumbai, facing hardships and earning less than a peon before finding success. He ...

Javed Akhtar reveals there were initially no takers for Mr. India, as people believed films like these were mere gimmicks ...

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

Javed’s last collaboration, Mr India (1987), was originally penned with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan in mind. However, things didn’t materialise, and Indian cinema witnessed the end of a ...

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