Ahead of Javed Akhtar’s 75th B’Day, Family Plans Grand Exhibition

The veteran scriptwriter, poet will celebrate his birthday on 17 January.

Farhan Akhtar, Zoya, Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi strike a pose with the limited edition of Javed Akhtar pens. 

(Photo: Yogen Shah)

Javed Akhtar’s 75th birthday on 17 January is going to be a grand affair. Ahead of the special day, an exhibition of rare photographs, paintings, sketches, film posters, lobby cards and personal memorabilia of the scriptwriter, poet and activist titled The World of Javed Akhtar will be held at Nehru Centre art gallery on 16 January. Curated by photojournalist Pradeep Chandra and film historian SMM Ausaja, the show follows 75 Frames.

The exhibition was inaugurated by Shabana Azmi, Farhan and Zoya Akhtar. A customized collection of Javed Akhtar pens was also launched. Among the guests present were Poonam Dhillon, Rajkumar Hirani, Divya Dutta, Salim Merchant and others.

Javed Akhtar interacts with the team of The World of Javed Akhtar exhibition.

The Akhtar family inaugurates the exhibition at Nehru Centre art gallery ahead of Javed Akhtar’s 75th birthday. 

Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Zoya, Farhan and Shibani Dandekar pose for a photograph.

Shabana Azmi looks gorgeous in a yellow and blue saree. 

Zoya opts for an elegant brown kurta for the occasion. 

Farhan Akhtar with Shibani Dandekar. 

Divya Dutta at the event. 

The Akhtars launch a special edition of Javed Akhtar pens. 

Javed Akhtar and Zoya take a look at the photographs. 

The veteran lyricist and scriptwriter in a conversation. 

Rajkumar Hirani and Sudhir Mishra engage in a conversation. 

Veteran singer Ila Arun looks at a photograph of Amitabh Bachchan and Javed Akhtar. 

Alka Yagnik. 

Salim Merchant. 

Poonam Dhillon with son Anmol Thakeria. 

Anup Soni with his wife. 

Riteish Deshmukh at the event.