Personal Life
Akhtar was born into a Muslim family, but later stated he was an atheist in his speech "Spirituality, Halo or Hoax".
Akhtar was married to Honey Irani, a scriptwriter for Hindi films, with whom he had two children, Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar, both film directors and actors. The father-and-son duo have worked together in films such as Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya, Rock On!! and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara with Zoya. Farhan is married to Adhuna Akhtar, a hair stylist. Javed is the uncle of Nishat and Kabir Akhtar.
After Javed's divorce from Irani, he married actress Shabana Azmi, the daughter of another Urdu poet, Kaifi Azmi.
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