Shabana all praise for Javed's 'magical persona' as master lyricist turns 72

Several celebrities also wished the wordsmith

On lyricist Javed Akhtar's 72nd birthday, his wife Shabana Azmi, who lovingly calls him Jadu, said he had magic in his persona.

Exhausted after a musical evening she had organised on her legendary father Kaifi Azmi's birth anniversary on Saturday, Shabana wanted a quiet family get-together on Javed's birthday. But the couple's friends won't let them be.



What was planned as a quiet evening turned into a sprawling evening with the promise of outstanding home made food, poetry and lots of conversation. "When it comes to Jadu (Javed), nothing is decided till the last minute... So, till last night nothing was happening, but he has magic not only in his name, but also in his persona... Friends say, Yaay! Yoohoo! We want to be there for him," the actor said.



Javed, who has penned songs for films like Silsila, 1942: A Love Story, Veer-Zaara, Main Hoon Na and Jodhaa Akbar has been in the industry for over four decades and has legions of fans. Celebrities like Anil Kapoor, Farah Khan and Shekhar Ravijiani expressed their fondness for the "charming" Padma Bhushan awardee on social media.



While Anil wished Javed saying he was a "man whose words can start a revolution", actor Suniel Shetty hailed him as the "finest wordsmith". Rakesh Roshan, Farah Khan, Shekhar Ravjiani, Divya Dutta, Shankar Mahadevan, Shraddha Kapoor, Ehsaan Noorani and Kailash Kher were among the others who wished the master lyricist.

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