| Native name | जावेद अख़्तर جاوید اختر |
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| Born | 17 January 1945 Gwalior, Central India Agency, British India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Poet, lyricist, scriptwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Honey Irani (divorced); 2 children Shabana Azmi (m. 1984) |
| Children | Zoya Akhtar Farhan Akhtar |
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Javed Akhtar (Hindi: जावेद अख़्तर, Urdu: جاوید اختر; born 17 January 1945) is an Indian poet, lyricist and screenwriter. Akhtar is a mainstream writer and some of his most successful work was carried out with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed between 1971 and 1982. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri (1999), Padma Bhushan (2007),[1] the Sahitya Akademi Award as well as five National Film Awards.
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