He recently responded to Kangana’s praise. In an interview, Javed Akhtar was questioned about Kangana Ranaut’s recent support of him for his comments denouncing the 26/11 terror attacks. The incident took place in Pakistan’s Lahore during the Faiz Festival. While Kangana, who frequently spars with Javed, commended him for his remarks.It appears that the lyricist wasn’t really moved by her response because he declined to discuss it. In 2020, lyricist Javed Akhtar filed a defamation lawsuit against actress Kangana Ranaut.
Source: NDTVTaking to Twitter on Tuesday, Kangana reposted a video of Javed Akhtaru2019s comments, and wrote, u201cJab main Javed saab ki poetry sunti hoon toh lagta tha yeh kaise Maa Swarsati ji ki in pe itni kripa hai, lekin dekho kuch toh sachchai hoti hai insaan mein tabhi toh khudai hoti hai unke saath mein u2026 Jai Hind @Javedakhtarjadu saabu2026 Ghar mein ghuss ke maara .. ha ha.u201d
Javed Akhtar dismissed the question of Kangana’s remark while speaking with NDTV. When he was questioned by a reporter again, he answered, u201cI don’t consider Kangana important so how can she make an important remark? Forget about her. Chaliye aage (Let’s move forward).u201d
For the unversed, in an event, Javed had said, u201cThe attackers werenu2019t from Norway, or from Egypt. They are still present in your country, so you should not be offended if an Indian complains about this.u201d He added that while India has hosted several Pakistani artists in the past, Pakistan has never hosted singer Lata Mangeshkar.
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