Born on January 17, 1945, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, Akhtar hails from a family of renowned writers and poets. His father, Jan Nisar Akhtar, was a distinguished poet, and his mother, Safia Akhtar ...

Quoting a line written in Persian by his father's, Jan Nisar Akhtar, for him, he said, "No man of vision will ever please beliefs of others." Just as it is not right to show off or be arrogant ...

Coming from a lineage of writers, Javed Akhtar—son of renowned Urdu poet and lyricist Jan Nisar Akhtar—released his first poetry book, Tarkash (Quiver), a collection of 52 ghazals and nazms, in 1995.

That’s not surprising, for Akhtar is a sixth or seventh generation poet in the family. His parents Jan Nisar, the Urdu poet, and Safiya, writer and teacher, were part of the pre-Partition Progressive ...

Scriptwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar at a Rekhta event. The correspondence in Urdu between his parents Safiya and Jan Nisar Akhtar has been compiled into two volumes called Zer-e-lab Theatre ...

Writers and poets like Ismat Chugtai, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Sahir Ludhianvi, Jan Nisar Akhtar, Ali Sardar Jafri, Kaifi Azmi, and Manto have lived and worked here. The area was also a centre of the ...

Born in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, on January 17, 1945, Akhtar comes from a family with a rich literary heritage. His father, Jan Nisar Akhtar, was a distinguished poet, while his mother ...