Javed Akhtar Net Worth

Javed Akhtar, an Indian poet and writer, has a net worth of $20 million. He studied at Colvin Taluqdars’ College and Aligarh Muslim University before moving to Mumbai in the mid-’60s to work in the film industry. Akhtar’s first major success was the script for “Andaz”, and he went on to form the well-known writing duo Salim-Javed with his script-writing partner, Salim Khan. They wrote dozens of popular scripts, including “Zanjeer”, “Deewaar”, and “Mr. India”. In the early ’80s, he started writing lyrics for movies, and he has won close to a dozen Filmfare Awards. Akhtar was honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013 for “Lava”, a collection of poems. He was married to his wife, Honey Irani, and they had two children together before their divorce. Akhtar is now married to Shabana Azmi.

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