Javed Akhtar News

With 1942: A Love Story returning to theatres today, lyricist Javed Akhtar has revisited what he believes is the growing discomfort among younger audiences with songs in Indian films. Akhtar, who wrote the lyrics for a few hits of the 1994 film, says Western c

On July 15, 2011, three men who had never quite grown up got on a flight to Spain to find themselves. For a generation exhausted by the weight of societal expectations, arranged marriage pressures, and a 9-to-5 grind, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara looked like proof