Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar was an Indian screenwriter, writer, poet, lyricist, songwriter and politician (born 1945). He was born at Khairabad.

Javed Akhtar in brief

Born
1945
Known for
screenwriter, writer, poet, lyricist, songwriter and politician
Place of birth
Khairabad
Contents

Identity and origins

His recorded language was Urdu.

He was the child of Jan Nisar Akhtar. He married Honey Irani and Shabana Azmi. 2 children are recorded: Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar.

Recognition and collections

Javed Akhtar received Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri in arts, Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu, National Film Award for Best Lyrics and IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Catalogued works

17 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Gabbar Singh. Duplicate. Dastoor. Main Zinda Hoon. Comparison Between Hamlet and Oblomov. Origin and Development of the Proletarian Novel. Waiting for Godot. a Deconstructive Study. Waiting for Godot. a Disparate Text? Emergence of the Art for Art's Sake Movement. Its Origin from a Marxist Perspective. Samuel Beckett. the Life of a Literary Genius. Characterisation of Women in Maxim Gorky's Novel Mother. a Marxist Feminist Perspective. Martin Anderson Nexo's Novel Pelle, the Conqueror. a Marxist Perspective. Universal Hints for an All Round Development of Human Personality. Tarkash. Cinema of India. Quiver. Talking Songs.

Literature

17 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Khan, Javed Akhtar, (born 31 July 1963), Chief Executive, Barnardo’s, since 2014, Who's Who, 2012. Collective Emission in LH2 Assembly Beyond the Point-Dipole Approximation, 2026. Optimal controllability of stochastic multi-term Hilfer fractional systems with delayed controls, AIMS Mathematics, 2026. Molecular Mechanisms of Polymer Crosslinking via Thermal Activation, 2025. AFRICAN VULTURE OPTIMIZED SELF SECURE ROUTING IN MOBILE AD HOC NETWORK, International Journal of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, 2025. Live-Cell Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Imaging of Metabolically Regulated Akt Activation Dynamics in HepG2 Cells., Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2025. Fisher information of a nonequilibrium anharmonic donor-acceptor rectifier, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2026. Ergotropy of a Photosynthetic Reaction Center., Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2025. Fischer Information of a Nonequilibrium Anharmonic Donor-Acceptor Rectifier, 2025. Bistable insulin response: The win-win solution for glycemic control, iScience, 2022. Facile Synthesis of Zn-Doped Bi2O3 Nanoparticles and Their Selective Cytotoxicity toward Cancer Cells, ACS Omega, 2021. Advances in Pharmacological Insights of Borago officinalis: A Comprehensive Review, Biological Diversity, 2025. Reversible Tuning of Ferromagnetism and Resistive Switching in ZnO/Cu Thin Films, ACS Omega, 2017. The Effects of Industrial Value Addition and Energy Consumption on Environmental Deterioration: New Evidence from Islamic Countries, International Journal of Economic and Environment Geology, 2020. One-step preparation, characterization, and anticancer potential of ZnFe2O4/RGO nanocomposites, Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023. Penaeus monodon shell waste-derived chitosan nanoparticles show biocompatibility and broad antimicrobial activity, Scientific Reports, 2025. Impact of China Pakistan Economic Corridor on Local Economy and Tourism Development: Case of Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, International Journal of Economic and Environment Geology, 2020.

Digitised editions and texts

6 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Haandi Wala Amal | ھانڈی والا عمل | हाण्डी वाला अमल | by Faizane Ruhaniyat (2022) — Internet Archive. Shajra Tayyaba Silsila Qadriya Badrulhind By Hakeem Javed Akhtar Noori Amrohvi (2025) — Internet Archive. 2025 08 13 20 48 11 — Internet Archive. Majmua E Shajraat Qadriya Chishtiya Naeemiya Ashrafiya By Hakeem Dr. Javed Akhtar Noori Amrohvi (2025) — Internet Archive. 1000+ Quranic Quotes By Javed Akhtar Alimi — Internet Archive. Through My Window: Shri Javed Akhtar on Shri Jan Nissar Akhtar (1996) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 32 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Javed Akhtar studied at Aligarh Muslim University and Minto Circle. the recorded working language is Urdu.

Positions recorded include member of Rajya Sabha. Membership is recorded of Salim-Javed.

Distinctions recorded are Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri in arts, Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu and National Film Award for Best Lyrics.

Chronology

  1. 1945Javed Akhtar born at Khairabad.
  2. 1996Through My Window: Shri Javed Akhtar on Shri Jan Nissar Akhtar digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2022Haandi Wala Amal | ھانڈی والا عمل | हाण्डी वाला अमल | by Faizane Ruhaniyat digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2025Shajra Tayyaba Silsila Qadriya Badrulhind By Hakeem Javed Akhtar Noori Amrohvi digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2025Majmua E Shajraat Qadriya Chishtiya Naeemiya Ashrafiya By Hakeem Dr. Javed Akhtar Noori Amrohvi digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Javed Akhtar”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2319562: Javed Akhtar

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