Birthday: Wednesday, January 17, 1945
BIOGRAPHY
Javed Akhtar was born on January 17, 1945 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh to Jan Nissar Akhtar, a Bollywood film songwriter and Urdu poet, and Safia Akhtar, a teacher and writer. His lineage can be traced back to seven generations of writers. The highly respected Urdu poet Majaz was his maternal uncle and the works of his grandfather, Muzter Khairabadi, are looked upon as a milestone in Urdu poetry. Akhtar had one sibling, a younger brother named Salman Akhtar. After his birth, his parents moved to Lucknow, Punjab, and later to Aligarh. Young Javed Akhtar lost his mother at a tender 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 in a well-known school of Lucknow, the Colvin Taluqdars' College. In his initial years, a "fierce looking" tutor used to come to his home in evenings and tutor him and his brother. This tutor was payed Rs. 15 every day. After completing his matriculation, Akhtar entered and began attending Safiya College in Bhopal where he earned a B.A.. He was a keen debater in college and won the Rotary Club Prize frequently. He arrived in Bombay on October 4, 1964. In his early years living in Bombay, he managed to write the dialogue for a minor film for Rs. 100. Occasionally, he used to work as an assistant.
Javed 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 lasted until 1980, after which Javed moved into writing lyrics for films.
Javed Akhtar's songs are rhythmic, reflective on life and very melodic and catchy.
Javed Akhtar has won 7 Filmfare Best Lyricist Awards for his Hindi lyrics. In the year 2004-2005, all the nominated songs were written by him.
He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999.
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