Pakistani actor Ahsan Khan shared the stage with legendary Indian screenwriter and poet Javed Akhtar at the Tahbib Multilingual Festival in Dubai, which celebrates global art and literature.
Sharing a memorable behind-the-scenes moment from the event on his Instagram handle on Wednesday, Khan showed a reel featuring the moment Akhtar whipped up a sweet couplet for him on the spot. "Ahsan Khan keliye aik sher, unka karam hai unki mohabbat, kya mere naghmay, kya meri hasti. Dua goh, Javed Akhtar," penned the poet.
The spontaneous moment was captured on camera, with Akhtar sitting on a sofa using a hardback book on which to rest his paper as he radiated his skilled hand at poetry, while Khan sipped his tea from his perch on the sidelines.
"Wow only in Dubai can Indian and Pakistani stars meet," wrote a fan alongside a heart emoji. Heart emojis covered the vast spectrum of the comments section of Khan's post, as fans and followers registered their appreciation for Akhtar's gesture.
Both Khan and Akhtar were in the UAE for the Tahbib Multilingual Festival, which ran from December 1-3 celebrating languages, cultures, and diversity. In addition to Akhtar's impromptu poetry, Khan's reel featured snippets of his time in Dubai, right from him boarding the aircraft to striding across the venue and partaking in panel discussions on the cultural impact of music, art, and cinema.
Akhtar is one of India's most influential figures in the world of lyricism, music, and screenwriting. With a career spanning over five decades, he has earned acclaim for his evocative scripts cowritten with Salim Khan as part of Salim-Javed duo, including Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), Sholay (1975), and Don (1978). Most recently, Akhtar was credited as a lyricist on the Netflix show The Archies (2023).
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