Javed Akhtar was in Pakistan for the Faiz Festival, the place he was requested about his marriage with Shabana Azmi. The lyricist and author stated on the literary pageant that he and Shabana shared such a bond that even after virtually 4 a long time of marriage, the 2 remained buddies. He added ‘love without friendship’ isn’t any love in any respect. Also learn: Javed Akhtar displays on marriage with Shabana Azmi, says ‘residing with an impartial strong-minded girl isn’t a mattress of roses’

Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi have been married since 1984. Javed was earlier married to screenwriter Honey Irani and shares two youngsters together with her – actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar and filmmaker Zoya Akhtar. A video of Javed talking on the latest Faiz Festival was being broadly shared on-line, the place he spoke about his marriage with Shabana.

When requested about his relationship with Shabana, and in the event that they had been extra like buddies than husband-wife, Javed stated, «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).»

Faiz Festival was hosted in Lahore from February 17 to 19. The pageant noticed literary, music, and artwork occasions, together with discussions, lectures, theatre, qawwali and dance performances, and included personalities from the UK, Canada, USA, and India, as per a latest report by Daily Pakistan. Javed was one of many audio system at an occasion hosted in the course of the pageant.

Javed Akhtar has been part of the movie trade for greater than 5 a long time. He is finest recognized for writing songs for movies comparable to 1942: A Love Story, Silsila, Veer-Zaara, Jodhaa Akbar, and Main Hoon Na, amongst many others, as nicely for writing screenplays for movies comparable to Sholay and Zanjeer as a part of the previous screenwriting duo Salim-Javed.