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Javed Akhtar

1945 - Today

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Javed Akhtar (born 1945) is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist and poet. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007, two of India's highest civilian honours. He is considered as one of the greatest screenwriters in the history of Hindi Cinema. Akhtar came to recognition in the duo Salim–Javed, and earned his breakthrough as a screenwriter with 1973's Zanjeer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Javed Akhtar is the 6,146th most popular writer (down from 5,767th in 2019), the 880th most popular biography from India (down from 747th in 2019) and the 110th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Javed Akhtar ranks 6,146 out of 7,302. Before him are Padma Sachdev, Tim LaHaye, Mark Manson, Jerry Pournelle, Monika Fagerholm, and Donald A. Wollheim. After him are John Logan, Gurdial Singh, Gyrðir Elíasson, Marie NDiaye, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, and Lev Rubinstein.

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Among people born in 1945, Javed Akhtar ranks 601. Before him are Bjarni Tryggvason, Shatrughan Sinha, Susan Haack, Uri Rosenthal, Simon Schama, and Gianfranco Bedin. After him are Millie Hughes-Fulford, David Marr, Baudilio Jáuregui, Gülsün Sağlamer, Terence Davies, and Paul Le Mat.

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In India

Among people born in India, Javed Akhtar ranks 880 out of 1,861. Before him are Anandiben Patel (1941), Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905), Basanti Bisht (1953), Usha Mehta (1920), Gauri Khan (1970), and Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914). After him are Gurdial Singh (1933), Tarsem Singh (1961), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), Kanan Devi (1916), Balasaraswati (1918), and Ali Sardar Jafri (1913).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Javed Akhtar ranks 110. Before him are Roshanara Begum (1617), Ismat Chughtai (1915), Fareed Zakaria (1964), Saroo Brierley (1981), Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872), and Nalini Bala Devi (1898). After him are Gurdial Singh (1933), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), Ali Sardar Jafri (1913), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Shrilal Shukla (1925), and Ruskin Bond (1934).

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