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Wishes pour in as Padma Bhushan awardee Javed Akhtar turns 76

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Wishes pour in as Padma Bhushan awardee Javed Akhtar turns 76

Wishes pour in as Padma Bhushan awardee Javed Akhtar turns 76

Literary figure veteran poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar turned 76 on January 17.

He received a plethora of warm wishes from the film industry on the occasion.

To celebrate the 76th birthday of the noted poet, Bollywood took to social media and poured in birthday wishes for him.

Anil Kapoor dug out a delightful candid picture with the star and noted an adorable birthday wish.

Bollywood star Alia Bhatt also shared a solo picture of senior Akhtar on Instagram to mark the occasion.

Sonam Kapoor hopped on to her Instagram stories and shared a solo picture of Akhtar along with the lyrics from her 2010 romantic song 'Suno Aisha' from the movie 'Aisha', which was written by Akhtar.

Bollywood's 'Dhak Dhak' girl Madhuri Dixit also extended her warm wishes to Akhtar on her Twitter and penned down a note of appreciation for his great work in cinema.


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