Javed Akhtar honored with the Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award

December 16, 2023

Indian lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar is to be honored with the Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Ajanta-Ellora Film Festival.
The honour comprises Padmapani memento, citation and monetary award of Rs 2 lakhs.
The award honors his contribution to the Indian Film Industry.
Akhtar has been a co-writer in movies like ‘Zanjeer’ ‘Deewar’ ‘Don’ and more.
The Ajanta-Ellora Film Festival, which was earlier called Aurangabad International Film Festival (AIFF), is organised annually by Nath Group, Yashwantrao Chavan Centre, Mumbai, with the support of the governments of Maharashtra and India.