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WRITER

Javed Akhtar

1945 - Today

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Javed Akhtar (born 17 January 1945) is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist and poet. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007, two of India's highest civilian honours. Akhtar came to recognition in the duo Salim–Javed, and earned his breakthrough as a screenwriter with 1973's Zanjeer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Javed Akhtar has received more than 5,238,095 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Javed Akhtar is the 5,551st most popular writer (down from 5,018th in 2019), the 695th most popular biography from India (down from 623rd in 2019) and the 96th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 5.2M

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  • 42.25

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Javed Akhtar ranks 5,551 out of 5,755. Before him are William Cobbett, Wendela Hebbe, Patricia Wrightson, Ben Shapiro, Terry Bisson, and Bess Meredyth. After him are Mulk Raj Anand, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Andrew Davies, Malcolm Bradbury, Eliza Acton, and Thomas Hood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Javed Akhtar ranks 483. Before him are Fidel Uriarte, Jim Gordon, Huell Howser, Harry Steevens, Ivan Edeshko, and Ernst Messerschmid. After him are Göran Claeson, Vadim Abdrashitov, Susan Haack, Jacques Dimont, Terry Callier, and Shirley Walker.

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In India

Among people born in India, Javed Akhtar ranks 695 out of 1,493. Before him are Romila Thapar (1931), Kanu Sanyal (1928), Reita Faria (1943), Ravi Zacharias (1946), Bappi Lahiri (1952), and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914). After him are Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919), V. K. Sasikala (1954), Kaifi Azmi (1919), Nirupa Roy (1931), Udham Singh (1928), and Asaf Ali (1888).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Javed Akhtar ranks 96. Before him are Amitav Ghosh (1956), Anita Desai (1937), Ismat Chughtai (1915), Gurdial Singh (1933), Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872), and Pratibha Ray (1944). After him are Kaifi Azmi (1919), Ruskin Bond (1934), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), Fareed Zakaria (1964), Bano Qudsia (1928), and Vikram Seth (1952).

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