Veteran
writer-lyricist
Javed
Akhtar
says
that
worshiping
God
and
praying
to
him
is
good,
but
it
should
not
disturb
others.
Akhtar,
who
was
awarded
the
"best
poet,
lyricist
and
scriptwriter" in
Bollywood
at
the
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Excellence
Awards
2017
here
on
Friday
night,
was
asked
about
singer
Sonu
Nigam's
comments
demanding
a
ban
on
loudspeakers
during
azaan.
"As
far
as
I
think,
no
matter
if
it's
a
Masjid,
Mandir,
Church
or
Gurudwara,
whatever
is
the
place,
do
your
prayers,
but
it
shouldn't
disturb
anyone
else,"
Akhtar
said.
Actor
Pankaj
Kapur
was
also
awarded
for
his
versatile
acting.
He
said:
"I
am
grateful
to
be
recognised
for
my
work.
Its
a
great
honour
to
be
associated
with
the
name
Dada
Saheb
Phalke,
the
first
man
of
cinema
as
we
call
him
father
of
cinema.
So
I
am
glad
to
be
here
and
proud
to
be
associated
with
the
award."
Besides
them,
some
of
the
other
celebrities
who
were
given
awards
at
the
gala
included
Urvashi
Rautela,
Hema
Malini,
Anup
Jalota,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan,
Divya
Khosla
Kumar,
Phalguni
Pathak,
Jubin
Nautiyal,
Kirti
Kulhari,
Juhi
Chawla,
Usha
Nadkarni,
Piyush
Mishra,
Rana
Daggubati,
Shoojit
Sircar
and
Saiyami
Kher.