Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi hosted Holi party at their home

Mumbai: Celebrities including Farhan Akhtar, Shibani Dandekar, Divya Dutta and Anusha Dandekar attended the Holi party hosted by actor Shabana Azmi and veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar at their home on Monday. ,

Before the party, Shabana and Javed were seen outside their residence. Both were in festival mood and posed in front of the camera. Javed and Shabana wished Papa a happy Holi and applied color on each other’s faces.

Shabana wore a white kurta with a multicolored turban and Javed chose to wear a white kurta-pajama. Actor Divya Dutta posed outside Javed and Shabana’s residence. He can be seen wearing multicolored traditional attire.

Divya greeted papa and was seen applying colors on him. Farhan Akhtar also attended the party with his wife Shibani Dandekar and her sister Anusha Dandekar. The couple can be seen playing with colors with each other and Anusha has applied colors on the paps.

Farhan can also be seen clicking selfies with fans. Javed Akhtar, who wrote many classic films with screenwriter Salim Khan, turned a year older on Wednesday.

Popularly known as Salim-Javed, this duo has worked in many commercial and critically acclaimed films like ‘Yaadon Ki Baaraat’, ‘Zanjeer’, ‘Deewar’, ‘Trishul’, ‘Kala Patthar’, ‘Dostana’, ‘Sita Aur Geeta’. Wrote the script. ‘Sholay’, ‘Mr India’, ‘Don’ and many more.

A documentary titled ‘Angry Young Men’ based on the lives of screenwriters Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar was earlier announced. Salman Khan’s production banner, SKF (Salman Khan Films) is collaborating with Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment and Zoya Akhtar’s Tiger Baby Films for the documentary.

On the other hand, veteran actor Shabana Azmi is playing a pivotal role in filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi’s upcoming film ‘Lahore 1947’ starring Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta in the lead roles.

In a statement, Rajkumar Santoshi shared the character details of Shabana Azmi. He said, “Shabana ji has played a variety of characters in her life…she is a very talented actress and her character in Lahore 1947 is a central character in the film and the story revolves around her character.” (ANI)