John Keats writes in one of his poems "Poetry of the earth does never die". With the gradual ceasations of brilliant poets and lyricists like Shailendra, Shaki Badauni, Majruh Sultanpuri, Neeraj, Kaifi Azmi, Anand Bakhshi and the host of others, it could have been a foregone conclusion that there would come about an irreparable vacuum in the world of lyrics. But the void could not be felt, as we have Javed Akhtar and Gulzar sparkling in the firmament of poetics.
On Jan 17, 1945, the famous poet and lyricist Jan-Nishar Akhtar and his wife Safia Akhtar were blessed with a son. He was fondly called Jadoo, the nomenclature, derived from the line of a verse. The little Jadoo was christened Javed Akhtar. The seeds of poetry had been inherrent, as Javed retains the legacy from ...By Dipen» read full biography