Monty Sharma, Shankar Mahadevan, Javed Akhtar Record for Mirch in Purple Haza, Bandra, Mumbai on 30th June 2009.

Kangana Ranaut, Hrithik Roshan,Suzanne Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta, Mugdha Godse, Dino Morea, Shabana Azmi, Tanvi Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Parsoon Joshi, Rakesh Roshan, Vinay Pathak, Sonu Sood, Abbas Mastan arrive at Mumbai Airport from IIFA, Macau on 14th June 2009.

Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Sushmita Sen, Sonam Kapoor, Sophie Chaudhry, Randhir Kapoor, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Anil Kapoor, Govinda, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Javed Akhtar, Anushka Sharma, Genilia D Souza, Shabana Azmi, Mugdha Godse, Madhur Bhandarkar, Lara Dutta, Rajesh Khanna, Kabir Bedi arrive at Zaia Show, Green Carpet, Macau for IIFA on 11th June 2009.

Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan, Sophie Chaudhry, David Dhawan, Ashutosh Gowariker, Javed Akhtar, Shabana and Tanvi Azmi, Lara Dutta arrive in Macau for IIFA on 10th June 2009.

Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Kailash Kher, Rakesh Bedi at the launch of Jaswinder Singh_s album Ishq Nahin Asaan in Bhavans on 27th May 2009.

Lata Mangeshkar, Javed Akhtar, Waheeda Rehman, Jaya Bachchan, Anu Malik, Alka Yagnik, Roop Kumar Rathod, Hariharan, Suresh Wadkar at the launch of Book lata Mangeshkar in her own voice by Nasreen Munni Kabir in Mayfair Banquets, Worli, Mumbai on 15th May 2009.

Jolly Mukherjee, Shweta Gulati, Amrita Raichand, Ankur Nayyar And Amit Verma, Shaan, Ava Mukherjee, Haiharan, Javed Akhtar, Romilla Mukherjee at the music launch of Detective Naani film in Cinemax on 12th May 2009.

Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai, Arjun Rampal, Amisha Patel, Vidya Balan, Dino Morea, Fardeen Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Satish Kaushik, Hrithik Roshan, Manyata, Ramesh Sippy, Kiran Juneja, Anupam Kher, Simi Garewal, Esha Deol, Farida Jalal, Javed Akhtar, Manmohan Shetty, Sanjay Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Zeenat Aman, Yash Chopra, Tabu, Pooja Bedi, Deepti Naval, Shekhar Kapur, Karan Johar, Jackie Shroff, Nisha Jamwal, Waheeda Rehman, Bindu, Satish Kaushik, Bhushan Kumar, Kishan Kumar, Neelam Kothari, Dharmendra, Aashish Chaudhry, Zayed Khan grace the late Feroz Khan’s prayer meet on 4th May 2009.

Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhadhuri, Sonam Kapoor, Hema Malini, Esha Deol, Sunny Deol, Poonam Sinha, Amrita Rao, Sonakshi Sinha, Anju Mahendroo, Rakesh Roshan, Pooja Bedi, Kunal Kapoor, Govinda, Anupam Kher, Kiron Kher, Shakti Kapoor, Raza Murad, Padmini Kolhapure, Ranjeet, Sanjay Khan, Javed Akhtar, Suresh Oberoi goes to vote on 30th April 2009.

Javed Akhtar felicitated by Taj Tareef Award in Cinemax on 28th April 2009.

The workshop that took place at Red Lounge, Cinemax Versova concluded with a personal tête-à-tête between Javed Saab and the audience, where he shared his experiences and insights on Indian Cinema, screenplay and his journey so far. After which Javed Saab was felicitated with the ‘Taj Enlighten Tareef Award’ by Anjum Rajabali (of Pukar and Legend of Bhagat Singh fame) and Vikram Grover, Category Head – Beverages, Hindustan Unilever Limited.

As a brand, Brooke Bond Taj Mahal has always been associated with people who demonstrate excellence in their craft, whatever it may be – a value that the brand embodies in all that it does. With Taj Enlighten Awards, Taj Mahal endeavors to bring alive the brand belief of ‘Tareef to hogi hi’ by acknowledging the efforts made by Javed Akhtar towards the changing face of Indian Cinema.

Javed Akhtar is known for distinct cinema and his work has been appreciated many a times with awards like national awards, filmfare for movies like Lagaan, Border and Jodha Akbar. He has also been awarded with Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999 and received the Padma Bhushan in 2007.

Speaking on the occasion Javed Akhtar said, “I am truly delighted by the initiatives undertaken by the Taj Enlighten Film Society. They are not only appreciative about good cinema but also take the efforts of revive the magic of world cinema and allow its audience to experience it. The society’s concerted effort to hone skills of budding scriptwriters is commendable.”

Commenting about Taj Mahal’s association with the Enlighten Film Society and its initiative, Vikram Grover, Vice President – Beverages, Hindustan Unilever Limited said, “Javed Saab’s work stands for romance, intellect and aesthetics. His versatility as a lyricist, screenplay writer and poet has won him various awards and accolades but more importantly the hearts of millions. We at Taj Enlighten Society offer a platform to recognise excellence in the world of cinema.”

He further added, “Over the years, Brooke Bond Taj Mahal has always provided its consumers a reason to get acknowledged for their distinctive achievements in keeping with our tradition, we consider ourselves privileged to present the ‘Taj Tareef Award’.”

The Taj Enlighten Film Society showcases highly acclaimed world cinema to its audiences on Sundays at Cinemax and Adlabs theaters that promise to give its audiences the best experiences.

Javedsaab as he is fondly called, speaking on the occasion said, “I am truly delighted by the initiatives undertaken by the Taj Enlighten Film Society. They are not only appreciative about good cinema but also take the efforts of revive the magic of world cinema and allow its audience to experience it. The society’s concerted effort to hone skills of budding scriptwriters is commendable.”

A workshop had been conducted at the venue on art of scriptwriting with Javed Akhtar. It concluded with a personal tête-à-tête between Javed Saab and the audience, where he shared his experiences and insights on Indian Cinema, screenplay and his journey so far. After which Javed Saab was felicitated with the ‘Taj Enlighten Tareef Award’ by Anjum Rajabali, the writer of National Award winning films such as Pukar and Legend of Bhagat Singh and Vikram Grover, Category Head – Beverages, Hindustan Unilever Limited. Apart from winning several popular Bollywood film awards, Javed Akhtar has also been awarded with Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999 and has received the Padma Bhushan in 2007.

Tusshar Kapoor, Urmila Matondkar, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Kiron Kher, Anu Ranjan, Sashi Ranjan, Padmini Kolhapure, Gulshan Grover, Divya Khosla, Bhushan Kumar, Anju Mahendroo, Neena Gupta, Poonam Dhillon, Sudhir Mishra, Prem Chopra, Ruslaan Mumtaz, David Dhawan, Javed Akhtar at Satish Kaushik_s bday Bash in Man on 13th April 2009.

Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Satish Kaushik, Gul Panag, Raima Sen, Om Puri, Deepti NAval, Zoya Akhtar, Manav Gohil, Shweta KAwatra, Sharad and Keerti Kelkar, Mita Vashisht, Jaspinder Narula, Roop Kumar Rathod, Kunika, Ketan Mehta, Jesse Randhawa, Sandip Soparkar, Rajesh Kakkar, Javed Jaffery, Sudhir Mishra, Shekhar Kapur at at Shabana Azmi_s holi bash on 11th March 2009.

Farhan Akhtar, Javed Akhtar, Ekta Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, Jeetendra, Abhishek Kapoor, Shonali Shroff, Luke Kenny, Mehr RAmpal, Nandita MAhtani, Purab Kohli, Karan Johar, Anudhana Akhtar, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Sophie Chaudhary, Ken Ghosh, Amol Gupte, Shaad Ali, Twinkle Khanna, Aman Anand, Ambika Khaitan, Aashish Raheja at the celebration of Rock in Olive on 9th March 2009.

Amidst glitz & glam Sourabhee Debbarma is crowned The first Girl Indian Idol… A new Idol Anthem sung by judges… John Abraham, Katrina & Neil Nitin Mukesh perform… Mumbai, March 2, 2009: Indian Idol, the first music reality show on Indian television has proved once again that it is leagues ahead of all the spate of such shows that followed its wake. The Grand Finale was only the stamp of its superiority. The Grand finale of Indian Idol Season 4 outshone all other finales of the last three seasons. For the first time on any show did so many past winners and contestants turn up in a great show of solidarity.

Abhijeet Sawant, Sandeep Acharya and Prashat Tamang the three previous title holders were there. So was Monali Thakur of Zara zara touch me touch me of Race fame. There was last year’s finalist Amit Paul who has just made his debut as a singer with Luck By Chance. Rahul Vaidya, Prajakta Shukre performed too. Last year’s most loved singers were there in full force, Emon Chatterjee, Ankita, Parleen Singh, Abhishek, Deepali, and a host of others were all there to make their presence felt.

They were joined on stage by this year’s Top 14 contestants. The result: simply mind blowing performances. To forget the histrionics of Hussain and Chang would be preposterous. But the icing on the cake was the return of Mini Mathur on the stage that she held fort for three delightful seasons. Most importantly past judges were there too. Udit Narayan and Alisha Chinai was there. Sonu Nigam and Farha Khan were sorely missed.

To add to all the fun and excitement, Annu Malek has composed an anthem for Indian Idol this year. “We wanna wanna live our dreams” wrote lyricist Javed Akhtar in a song that will surely rock the dance floors all over. Udit Narayan, Alisha and Kailash Kher have lent their voices along with the Top 14 contestants of this season. Sonali has not been ignored. She rocked the stage with her jhatkas.

Exhilarating numbers, outstanding performances, great singing and fantastic energy that is what Indian Idol Grand finale is all about. Celebrities John Abraham, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh were the celebrity guests who joined the excitement of the finale.

But the evening belonged to the Top three. If Army man Kapil Thapa descended like a commando on to the stage, the Sourabhee proved what a Rock star she is. Torsha’s transformation is now complete as a diva. If there was scope for all three to be proclaimed winners like Kailash hoped there would be, all three would be winners. But the winner is the one who bags the highest votes on this given day and that is Sourabhee – our very own Indian Rockstar.

It was not just a moment of glory for Sourabhee, but a turning point in her young life. There is no looking back now for Indian Idol, the show that has given Hindi music industry some great playback singers for the years to come, it is yet another feather in its cap… Today yet another new singing star is born.

Priyanka Chopra, Mugdha Godse, Preity Zinta, Asin Thottumkal, Genelia D Souza, Sushmita Sen, Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Kareena KApoor, Saif Ali Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Arjan Bajwa, Madhur Bhandarkar, Kunal Khemu, Kunal Kapoor, Divya Khosla, Bhushan Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Prem Chopra, shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, FArhan Akhtar, Riya Sen, Raima Sen, Koena mitra, Abbas Tyrewala, Vishal Bharadwaj, Payal Rohatgi, TAnay Chheda, Darsheel Safary, Kiran Juneja, Poonam Dhillon, Shreya Saran, Shreya Ghoshal, Abbas MAstan, Salim Sulaiman Merchant, Alka Yagnik, Padmini Kolhapure, Jagmohan Mundhra, Ramesh Taurani, Mukesh Bhatt, Zoya Akhtar, Vivek Oberoi, Ritesh Deshmukh, TAbu, Irrfan Khan, Neil Mukesh, John Abraham, Adah Sharma, Atul Kulkarni, Purab Kohli, Ashutosh and Sunita Gowariker at 54th Idea Filmfare Awards 2008 on 28th Feb 2009.

Sunil Shetty, Mana Shetty with Son, Bhaghyashree, Javed Akhtar, Sandhya Shetty, Kiran Shantaram, Siddharth Kannan at the launch of Hope book by Khrishna Shah in Taj on 19th Feb 2009.

Do not forget to catch all the fun, laughter, song and dance on Indian Idol 4 this Friday, January 30 at 9.00 pm only on Sony Entertainment Television

Javed Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar with Sister Zoya Akhtar, Hussain, Sonali Bendre, Anu Malik, Kailash Kher on the sets of Indian Idol in R K Studios on 24th Jan 2009.