Judges Zone Anu Maliik | Alisha Chinai | Udit Narayan
Javed Akhtar
Indian cinema has gained immeasurably from Javed Akhtar, the ace lyricist, screenplay writer and poet. Javed is a writer par excellence—be it soulful lyrics and poetry to hard-hitting dialogues—and has won various awards and critical acclaim. His work with partner Salim for blockbuster films such as Zanjeer, Deewar, Sholay, Haathi Mere Saathi, Seeta Aur Geeta, Trishul etc., has given the Indian film industry some memorable scripts and songs. In fact, it was this duo that gave Amitabh Bachchan his unforgettable 'Angry Young Man' image.

Today, Javed has earned critical appreciation for superhit films like Dil Chahta Hai, Chalte Chalte, Kal Ho Na Ho, LOC, Swades, Kisna and Main Hoon Na among others. He has won the coveted Filmfare Award 10 times—thrice for Best Lyrics and seven times for Best Script.

This year, Filmfare awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award to this stalwart. Among his other awards are the Screen Videocon Awards and IFFA awards.

Besides being involved with the film industry, his collaborations with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on Sangam and Jagjit Singh on Silsilay are high on the popularity charts. He also wrote the lyrics for Shankar Mahadevan for his popular album Breathless.

 
 
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