Everyone stands one step away from happiness; every house is short of just one room.Javed Akhtar
“If you carry a restlessness in your heart as you walk, then you are truly alive.”
“If you carry a restlessness in your heart as you walk, then you are truly alive.”
— JAVED AKHTAR
Poet, lyricist and screenwriter · born 1945
Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, film lyricist and screenwriter who, with Salim Khan, wrote classics such as Sholay and Deewaar. His Urdu poetry collections Tarkash and Lava combine romance with sharp social conscience. He has won multiple National Film Awards and the Padma Bhushan.
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