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Javed Akhtar Biography

Profession Music department, Soundtrack, Writer, Actor, Assistant director

Awards

  • 1974Filmfare Award-Best Story Writer: winner
  • 1974Filmfare Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1976Filmfare Award-Best Dialogue Writer: winner
  • 1976Filmfare Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1976Filmfare Award-Best Story: winner
  • 1976Filmfare Award-Best Story: nominated
  • 1979Technical Award-Best Story: nominated
  • 1983Filmfare Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1986Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 1986Filmfare Award-Best Story: nominated
  • 1990Filmfare Award-Best Dialogue Writer: winner
  • 1995Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 1995Screen Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 1998Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 1998Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 1998Silver Lotus Award-Best Lyrics: winner
  • 1998Screen Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 1999Silver Lotus Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 2001Popular Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 2001Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 2001Silver Lotus Award-Best Lyrics: winner
  • 2001Screen Award-Best Lyrics: nominated
  • 2002Popular Award-Best Lyrics: nominated
  • 2002Popular Award-Best Lyrics: nominated
  • 2002Popular Award-Best Lyrics: winner
  • 2002Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 2002Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2002Silver Lotus Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 2002Technical Award-Best Lyrics: nominated
  • 2002Technical Award-Best Lyrics: winner
  • 2002Technical Award-Best Lyrics: nominated
  • 2002Popular Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 2002Popular Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2004Popular Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 2004Popular Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2004Filmfare Award-Best Lyrics: nominated
  • 2004Filmfare Award-Best Lyrics: winner
  • 2004Filmfare Award-Best Lyrics: nominated
  • 2004Screen Award-Best Lyrics: winner
  • 2004Popular Award-Best Lyricst: nominated
  • 2004Popular Award-Best Lyricst: nominated
  • 2004Popular Award-Best Lyricst: nominated
  • 2005Popular Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 2005Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2005Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2005Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2005Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2005Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 2005Screen Award-Best Story: nominated
  • 2005Screen Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2005Screen Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2005Popular Award-Best Lyricst: winner
  • 2007Popular Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2007Filmfare Award-Best Lyrics: nominated
  • 2007Filmfare Award-Best Lyrics: nominated
  • 2007Popular Award-Best Track of the Year: nominated
  • 2008Popular Award-Best Song: nominated
  • 2008Popular Award-Best Song: winner
  • 2008Popular Award-Best Lyricist: winner
  • 2008Filmfare Award-Best Lyrics: nominated
  • 2009Popular Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2009Popular Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2009Critics' Award-Lyricist of the Year: winner
  • 2009Critics' Award-Best Song of the Year: winner
  • 2010Music Award-Most Entertaining Song: nominated
  • 2010Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2010Listeners' Choice Award-Best Song of the Year: winner
  • 2012Popular Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2012Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2012Critics' Award-Lyricist of the Year: winner
  • 2012Critics' Award-Album of the Year: nominated
  • 2012Critics' Award-Best Song of the Year: winner
  • 2013Filmfare Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2013Critics' Award-Lyricist of the Year: winner
  • 2013Popular Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2016Jury Prize-Lyricist of the Year: nominated
  • 2016Jury Prize-Album of the Year: nominated
  • 2018Viewers' Choice Award-Best Song of the Year: nominated
  • 2019FOI Online Award-Best Dialogues: nominated
  • 2019FOI Online Award-Best Original Song: winner
  • 2019FOI Online Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2019Jury's Choice Award-Best Lyricist: nominated
  • 2024Dada Saheb Phalke Award-Best Lyrics: winner
  • 2024Filmfare Award-Best Lyrics: nominated