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Javed Akhtar’s Birthday Bash, See Pics!!!

Harshita Sharma

Lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar's 75th birthday celebration bash in Mumbai was a starry affair with a large group of Bollywood A-listers making it to the party. A large number of the celebs turned up as their preferred Bollywood stars for the retro-themed party.

Among the guests who attended the party were Aamir Khan with his movie producer spouse Kiran Rao, actor, and previous Congress politician Urmila Matondkar, Farhan Akhtar with girlfriend Shibani Dandekar, Shabana Azmi's niece Tabu, movie producer Boney Kapoor, his actor sibling Anil Kapoor, actor-director Satish Kaushik, actor Divya Dutta, Shabana's cinematographer Baba Azmi, and his wife actor Tanvi Azmi, Panipat director Ashutosh Gowariker, Swara Bhasker, Richa Chadha and her actor beau Ali Fazal, Zoya Akhtar, film critics Bhawana Somaya and Excel Entertainment's Ritesh Sidwani.

The party was retro-themed and appearing in the soul of the party was simply the couple — Javed and spouse Shabana came wearing spotted red and white western wear. Javed's child Farhan diverted his inward Don and spruced up in Amitabh Bachchan's Khaike Paan Banaraswala avatar while his girlfriend spruced up like Zeenat Aman in the song. Divya Dutta came wearing a rich red sharara while Bhawaya Somaaya arrived in a conventional Maharashtrian Navwari sari. Swara too appeared in a brilliant '70s style find a good pace. Boney Kapoor and Satish Kaushik too were relevantly wearing retro outfits.

Javed, who turned 75, had prior said in a meeting that,  "As a matter of fact, 75 is a very old age in my mind. So, for me, to believe that I'm 75 is tough because I don't feel that. My body tells me, 'Listen buddy, you're no longer young', but otherwise, my involvement with life, my curiosity, interests, fantasies, aspirations and ambitions are intact. I'm totally involved with life, and don't feel like a retired, tired person at all.'"

On January 16, an exhibition of photos, outlines, and other memorabilia, was introduced in Mumbai by his kids – Farhan and Zoya. It will be on till January 20.

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