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Penning for a cause
IF YOU thought that Shabana Azmi has devoted a good part of her time to social causes, her hubby Javed Akhtar is also in the same frame of mind, as of now. The writer-lyricist has been asked to wield his powerful pen to instil a sense of cleanliness in Mumbaiwallahs, exhorting them to keeping the city clean. The request, from Uddhav Thackeray, Bal Thackeray's son, has nothing political about it, says Akhtar. In fact, these powerful words are to be set to lilting music by Anu Malik and then aired on satellite channels, interspersed with appropriate visuals, to make an impact on the cosmo-crowd of the ever-alive metro. Javed saab should be thrilled to be associated with the assignment that's going to work for a genuine cause, just as he was while lending his lyrics and dialogues to Honey Irani's (ex-wife) directorial debut "Armaan." The lyricist got so drowned into the nitty-gritty of the film that he went overboard, giving his inputs to the screenplay too, and managed to get his name included in the credit titles of the film as a joint-screenplay writer! Akhtar saab is in for so many surprises these days.
(Compiled by Ranjani Govind)
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