Javed Akhtar Honoured With The 'Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award'!
Javed Akhtar receives the 'Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award' as the event marked the 28th anniversary of Hridayesh Arts and the 80th birthday of veteran music composer Hridaynath Mangeshkar.
Veteran
writer-lyricist
Javed
Akhtar
has
been
honoured
with
the
Hridaynath
Mangeshkar
Award.
Akhtar
received
the
honour
here
last
night
at
an
event
which
marked
the
28th
anniversary
of
Hridayesh
Arts
and
the
80th
birthday
of
veteran
music
composer
Hridaynath
Mangeshkar.
Akhtar
said
that
receiving
the
award
was
one
of
his
highest
honours
as
it
comes
from
the
Mangeshkar
family.
"I
had
taken
my
first
award
for
'Zanjeer'
in
this
very
hall.
But
all
those
awards
are
on
one
side
and
I've
received
many
but
this
one
is
the
most
special.
To
get
an
award
from
Mangeshkar
family
is
unbelievable,
you
can't
think
of
India's
music
without
them,"
he
said.
Akhtar,
72,
recalled
how
Lata
Mangeshkar
played
a
pivotal
role
in
his
journey
as
a
lyricist.
"Yash
Chopra
sahab
came
to
my
house
and
said
he
was
making
'Silsila'
and
I
should
write
the
songs...
I
refused,
saying
I
write
poetry
only
for
myself
and
script
writing
is
enough.
But
he
insisted
and
made
me
write
the
lyrics.
Akhtar
said
he
got
to
know
that
it
was
Lata
Mangeshkar,
who
had
suggested
his
name
to
Chopra
as
lyricist
for
"Silsila" as
his
frequent
collaborator
Sahir
Ludhianvi
had
passed
away.
"She
(Lata)
said
'My
friend
has
heard
ghazals
of
Javed,
so
since
you
have
good
relations
with
him,
make
him
write'.
So
the
reason
why
I
started
writing
songs,
was
Lata
didi
and
my
first
song
was
sung
by
her
and
Kishore
da,"
he
said.
Hridayesh
Arts,
in
association
with
Jay
Satya
Charitable
Trust,
organised
a
music
programme
titled
'Amrut
Hriday
Swar
Lata',
presented
by
Annu
Kapoor
Films
Pvt
Ltd
to
salute
and
celebrate
75
glorious
years
of
Lata
Mangeshkar.
Lata
said
she
was
fortunate
to
sing
songs
written
by
people
like
Akhtar
and
her
favourite
song
of
his
is
"Ye
Kaha
Aagaye
Hum"
from
"Silsila".
"Whenever
I
meet
him,
we
laugh
a
lot.
I
felt
very
happy
giving
him
the
award...
I've
completed
75
years
in
the
industry,
but
it's
not
a
big
deal.
I
sang
for
the
first
time
when
I
was
nine
with
my
father.
Then
I
started
singing
in
films
and
the
journey
has
been
wonderful,"
she
said.