Javed Akhtar Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet and writer who gained his major success as a scriptwriter along with his partner Salim Khan.

He has written scripts for many successful movies such as 'Andaz', 'Zanjeer', 'Deewar', 'Premada Kaanike', and 'Mr. India' among others.

In addition to scriptwriting, Javed Akhtar also won close to a dozen Filmfare Awards and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013, for 'Lava', a collection of poems.

Basic Information About Javed Akhtar

Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Poet, Lyricist, Screenwriter, Writer
Net worth	$20,000,000
Date of birth	1945-01-17 (79 years old)
Place of birth	Khairabad, Sitapur
Nationality	India
Spouse	Shabana Azmi - (9 December 1984 - present) Honey Irani - (? - ?) (divorced) (2 children)
Gender	Male
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Javed Akhtar win?

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Javed Akhtar awards

Award Name	State	Movie / Series Name	Year
Popular Award - Best Lyricist	Winner	Swades: We, the People	2005
Critics' Award - Best Song	Winner	Jodhaa Akbar	2009
Critics' Award - Best Song	Winner	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara	2012
Critics' Award - Lyricist of the Year	Winner	Talaash	2013

Javed Akhtar roles

Movie / Series	Role
The Reluctant Fundamentalist	Writer
Dil Dhadakne Do	Writer
Koffee with Karan	Self - Guest 1 episode, 2007

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Interesting Facts about Javed Akhtar

Wrote many screenplays together with Salim Khan as team Salim-Javed.
Studied in the Pre-Independence era school Colvin Taluqedar College situated in Lucknow.
Was awarded the 'Avadh Samman' in Lucknow for his valuable contribution to Hindi cinema.
Son of Jan Nissar Akhtar. Father of Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar'.
Father of Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar.
Father-in-Law of Adhuna Bhabani Akhtar.
Grandfather of Shakya Akhtar and Akira Akhtar.
Is exactly five years older than his former wife Honey Irani.
Brother in law of Actor, Director Kamran Khan (Kamran was married to Honey Irani's sister).
Former brother in law to actors Sarosh Irani and Bunny (Honey Irani brothers).
There was speculation in the media that Javed was involved with Meenakshi Sheshadri . This was due to Javed Akhtar recommending her for Mere Jung and Dacait.
Nephew is Hollywood director,writer,producer Kabir Akhtar.