Javed Akhtar Quotes

When clouds of pain loom in the sky When a shadow of sadness flickers by When a tear finds its way to the eye When fear keeps the loneliness alive I try and console my heart Why is it that you cry? I ask This is only what life imparts These deep silences within Have been handed out to all by time Everyone’s story has a little sorrow Everyone’s share has a little sunshine No need for water in your eyes Every moment can be a new life Why do you let them pass you by? Oh heart, why is it that you cry?

Main jahaan rahoon Main kahin bhi hoon Teri yaad saath hai....!

If you plunder from west to east you are great like Alexander. if you do the same from east to west you are a barbarian like Chengiz.

दर्द के फूल भी खिलते हैं बिखर जाते हैं ज़ख़्म कैसे भी हों कुछ रोज़ में भर जाते हैं र

सब का ख़ुशी से फ़ासला एक क़दम है हर घर में बस एक ही कमरा कम है

Any belief that cannot be defended by logic, proof or evidence is protected by hurt feelings and if needed expressed by violence.

Rooth Na Jana Tum Se Kahoon To Main in Aankhon Mein Jo Rahoon To!

मैं खुद भी सोचता हूँ ये क्या मेरा हाल है जिसका जवाब चाहिए वो क्या सवाल है

ज़िन्दगी है तो ख्वाब हैं , ख्वाब हैं तो मंज़िलें हैं | मंज़िलें हैं तो फासले हैं, फासले हैं तो रास्ते हैं | रास्ते हैं तो मुश्किलें हैं, मुश्किलें हैं तो हौसला है | हौसला है तो विश्वास है क्यूंकि 'फाइटर' हमेशा जीतता है

हमको तो बस तलाश नए रास्तों की है हम हैं मुसाफ़िर ऐसे जो मंज़िल से आए हैं

अपनी वजहे-बरबादी सुनिये तो मज़े की है ज़िंदगी से यूँ खेले जैसे दूसरे की है

Javed Akhtar to remark, “One should never do too much good work in one year.

छोड़कर जिसको गए थे आप कोई और था अब मैं कोई और हूँ वापस तो आकर देखिए

ऊँची इमारतों से मकां मेरा घिर गया कुछ लोग मेरे हिस्से का सूरज भी खा गए

हमको उठना तो मुँह अँधेरे था लेकिन इक ख़्वाब हमको घेरे था

न जलने पाते थे जिसके चूल्हे भी हर सवेरे सुना है कल रात से वो बस्ती भी जल रही है मैं

वे लोग कमजोर होते हैं जिन्हे जिंदगी जहाँ चाहे, वहां ले जा सकती है

Mr [Satyajit] Ray belonged to some other league. Talking about films made in this country and talking about Ray's movies in the same breath isn't fair.

जब हम दोनों अलग हो रहे थे तो मैंने उसका कड़ा उससे लेकर पहन लिया था और वह आज तक मेरे हाथ में है और जब भी उसके बारे में सोचता हूँ ऐसा लगता है कि वो मेरे सामने है और कह रहा है— बहुत नाकामियों पर आप अपनी नाज़ करते हैं अभी देखी कहाँ हैं, आपने नाकामियाँ मेरी

Like dreams, poetry talks in symbols. It gives hints. It enters the subconscious mind and connects to a world layered with memories and emotional experiences. Between countries there is a no-man’s-land, and I think the same space exists between the conscious and the subconscious mind. Poetry grows there. And if those who listen to, or who read poetry are receptive, it reaches the no-man’s-land in their minds. There are some conscious reasons why a poem is appreciated, but there are certain reasons that are not so obvious. And you say quite helplessly, ‘Is mein kuchh ajeeb baat hai’—there is some strange charm to it. That charm is because the poem has appealed to the subconscious mind and stirred dormant feelings, thoughts, and memories.

In poetry, each word can trigger an association in the subconscious and in the realm of feelings. Good writers and poets instinctively know what kind of allusions words can evoke. There must also be a balance of sounds. For instance, some light words like ‘ehsaas’ [to feel] and ‘mehsoos’ [to sense] do not have strong consonants. So the lightest breeze can blow the line away. In order to keep the words grounded, light words need strong consonants. They work like paperweights.

आओ अब हम इसके भी टुकड़े कर लें ढाका, रावलपिंडी और दिल्ली का चाँद

इस शहर में जीने के अंदाज़ निराले हैं होठों पे लतीफ़े हैं आवाज़ में छाले हैं

Once India achieved its nuclear power status as did Pakistan, Atal felt that it was time that the two countries started working towards good relations. Atal’s counterpart in Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, also believed that the two countries should foster good relations. Sharif sent an invitation to Atal to visit Pakistan. Pakistan wanted to test the commitment of the new BJP government. Atal responded wholeheartedly and crossed the Attari–Wagah border in Punjab by bus on the afternoon of 19 February 1999. He was accompanied by twenty-two distinguished Indians who included journalists like Kuldeep Nayar, cultural personalities like Mallika Sarabhai and film personalities like Dev Anand and Javed Akhtar. The bus that Atal went by was to become a daily feature from Delhi to Lahore and back. The bus service was to foster better people-to-people contacts, including allowing families that lived on either side of the border to meet each other.