The 10 best of Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar is one of the most celebrated lyricists of Bollywood. Born on 17th of January 1945, in Khairabad, Uttar Pradesh, he hails from a family of freedom fighters and poets. He was an acclaimed script writer who made a hit team with Salim Khan and came to be known as Salim-Javed. Javed Sahab started writing lyrics with Silsila in 1980, and as they say the rest is history. Javed Akhtar was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999 and received the Padma Bhushan in 2007. Javed Sahab has won the Filmfare Award fourteen times, seven times for Best Script, and eight times for Best Lyrics

Here are some of the great songs that the maestro has penned. This is just a small section of his best works.
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