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Shankar Mahadevan, Mohit Chauhan, others from music industry mourn
Updated : 8 hours, 6 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Celebrities on Tuesday expressed their grief and offered condolences to the family of the celebrated Urdu poet and lyricist Rahat Indori, who passed away at a hospital in Indore today.
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'Kishore Da jaisa na koi tha, na hai, na hoga': Javed Akhtar on si
Updated : 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Renowned poet Javed Akhtar on Tuesday paid tribute to late iconic singer Kishore Kumar on his 91st birth anniversary.
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Javed Akhtar, Madhuri Dixit, others condole veteran Bollywood acto
Updated : 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Several Bollywood celebrities expressed sorrow over the demise of veteran Bollywood actor Jagdeep who breathed his last on Wednesday.
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Javed Akhtar dedicates song from 'LOC: Kargil' to captain Vikram B
Updated : 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Senior lyricist Javed Akhtar on Tuesday dedicated the song 'Eik Saathi Aur Bhi Tha' to the late captain Vikram Batra on his death anniversary.
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'Equal opportunity atheist, against all kinds of faiths': Javed Ak
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): After stirring up a controversy with his post on ending 'Azaan' on loudspeakers, renowned poet, lyricist and writer Javed Akhar on Saturday addressed his own tweet and explained that he is an "equal opportunities atheist who is against all kinds of faiths."
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Richard Dawkins wishes Javed Akhtar on winning award named after h
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): World-renowned English evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on Tuesday said that Indian lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar has been conferred with the prestigious 2020 Richard Dawkins Award for his critical thinking, holding religious dogma upto scrutiny.
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Farhan Akhtar congratulates father Javed Akhtar for becoming the f
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI):Actor-director Farhan Akhtar is proud of his poet father Javed Akhtar becoming the first Indian to bag the Richard Dawkins Award.
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Ashutosh Gowariker congratulates Javed Akhtar for winning Richard
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Film director Ashutosh Gowariker on Monday congratulated poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar for winning the prestigious Richard Dawkins award 2020.
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Javed Akhtar becomes first Indian to bag prestigious Richard Dawki
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 7 (ANI): Bollywood writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar has become the first Indian to win Richard Dawkins Award 2020 for critical thinking, advancing human progress and humanist values.
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Javed Akhtar mourns musician Wajid Khan's demise
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Expressing his sorrow, lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar said on Monday that the demise of musician Wajid Khan was "untimely and unfair".
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Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi condole victims of Amphan, PIA crash
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Expressing grief over two recent tragedies- Cyclone Amphan and Pakistani jet crash, lyricist Javed Akhtar and wife Shabana Azmi extended condolences to the families of victims.
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Javed Akhtar recalls his last meeting with 'dear friend' Rishi Kap
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Reminiscing his last meeting with his dear friend and late Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, senior lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar on Thursday shared a throwback picture with the departed actor and his wife Neetu Kapoor.
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