- Javed Akhtar was questioned about his union with Shabana Azmi.
- Javed previously wed the screenwriter Honey Irani.
- Javed said about his relationship with Shabana.
During the Faiz Festival in Pakistan, Javed Akhtar was questioned about his union with Shabana Azmi. At the literary festival, the songwriter and author claimed that he and Shabana had such a strong bond that they continued to be friends even after nearly 40 years of marriage. “Love without friendship is no love at all,” he continued.
Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar have been wed since 1984. Javed previously wed the screenwriter Honey Irani, with whom he has two children: actor-director Farhan Akhtar and director Zoya Akhtar. Javed discussed his marriage to Shabana in a video that was extensively circulated online of him speaking at the most recent Faiz Festival.
Javed said about his relationship with Shabana, “Wo mohabbat mohabbat hi nahi hai jisme dosti na ho. Aur wo dosti ya mohabbat sachi hi nahi hai jisme izzat na ho. Aur wo izzat jhooti hai jisme ikhtiyar na diya jaye. Main toh ek jagah likha hai ki bhai humari dosti intni achi hai ki shaadi bhi uska kuch nahi bigad saki (Love without friendship is no love at all. Friendship or love without respect is not true. And respect without rules is a lie. I have also written somewhere that Shabana and my friendship is so nice and strong that even marriage could not break it).”
From February 17 to February 19, Lahore hosted the Faiz Festival. According to a recent report by Daily Pakistan, the festival featured literary, musical, and artistic events, including talks, lectures, theatre, qawwali, and dance performances, and featured people from the UK, Canada, USA, and India. At a festival-related event, Javed was one of the speakers.
For more than 50 years, Javed Akhtar has worked in the film business. In addition to creating screenplays for movies like Sholay and Zanjeer as a member of the old screenwriting team Salim-Javed, he is most known for penning songs for movies like Silsila, 1942: A Love Story, Veer-Zaara, Jodhaa Akbar, and Main Hoon Na, among many more.
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