Famous poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar Sahab is celebrating his 80th birthday today. Javed Akhtar has earned a lot of name through his hard work in the world of Hindi cinema and literature. Javed Saheb was born in Gwalior to the famous poet Janisar Akhtar. Despite being the son of a famous personality, Javed Akhtar had to struggle a lot to make his mark in cinema. Javed Akhtar came to Mumbai in the year 1964. At that time, he had to wander from door to door when he could not find anything. He got his first successful break in 1969, after which his fortunes changed. Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar were famous as India's most popular writing duo, who together wrote many great hits like 'Trishul', 'Deewar', 'Kala Patthar', 'Don', 'Sholay', 'Mr India'. Gave.
- torch: This 1984 superhit film starred Anil Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Rati Agnihotri and tragedy king Dilip Kumar. The classic film 'Mashal' directed by Yash Chopra was written by Javed Akhtar. The film is still remembered for Dilip Sahab's famous dialogue “Aye Bhai”.
- Desperate: The 1983 romantic blockbuster, which saw Sunny Deol debut opposite Amrita Singh, 'Betaab' was one of the most sensational films of the 80s. Written by Javed Akhtar, the film starring Sunny Deol was directed by Rahul Rawail.
- my battle: The 1985 hit legal drama 'Meri Jung' was directed by Subhash Ghai and starred Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Nutan, Amrish Puri and Javed Jaffrey. Apart from the stellar performances of the star cast, the life of the film was the strong screen play written by Javed Sahab. Apart from winning two Filmfare Awards, 'Meri Jung' was also nominated in several Filmfare categories including Best Film.
- Arjun: After the success of 'Betaab', director Rahul Rawail and writer Javed Akhtar together gave another hit film named 'Arjun'. 1985 action film, in which Sunny Deol played the lead role. All credit for the powerful story of the film 'Arjun' goes to Javed Akhtar.
- I am free: This 1989 hit drama starring Amitabh Bachchan and Shabana Azmi was based on the 1941 American drama 'Meet John Doe'. This is one of the best films of Big B. Apart from the story, Javed Akhtar also wrote the dialogues for the film.
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