TalkBack w/ Wajahat Khan & Javed Akhtar Ep31 Pt3

Ever wondered who penned the classic Indian spaghetti western "Sholay"? Or who invented Amitabh's angry young man in "Zanjeer"? What about "Don", with its new-age, seedy, underworld implications turned around mainstream Indian cinema from the naiveté of the sixties into the grit of the seventies. Or "Mr. India"; the world's largest democracy's announcement of entering the new space age? Meet Javed Akhtar, India's Urdu poet laureate, legendary film-writer, and vocal Pakistan critic. In this, perhaps one of the fieriest episodes of TalkBack recorded with Wajahat S. Khan, Javed Akhtar defends Indian secularism and takes on Pakistan's Muslim nationalism.

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[voicification]

4:45 is pwnage by Javedji. Wajahat has absolutely no comeback to that, he can just laugh stunned by Javedji's comeback. The same thing at 6:11

[ROCK68326]

interviewer got raped, lolz

[ProudIndianJoe1]

This is the greatest interview ever.... Mr Javed Akthar I salute u sir.... U are a legend.. A legend... wat an interview... U just shut this guy up....

[Harshamostwanted1]

talking about shabana azmi, saif ali khan not getting a flat!!!! indias richest man for many years azim premji is a muslim!!!! shabana grew to the heights of owning a property in prime area of mumbai becoz of tolerance of india!!! there are many people who are muslims and bang in india coz of free and secular india!!!! small small issues do happen in india.. and if you fantasize that whole india doesnt allow muslims to own property then ur completely foolish!!! hv they evr seen srk or ameer home

[Harshamostwanted1]

you people still didnt eliminated jaagirdari zamindaari system which means there is still bonded labor you people kill minorities, ur own muslims and 36000 muslims died in last 10years in pakistan about 1million people died in 1971east pakistan the biggest genocide in modern history and blaming, talking about 20,000 people died in india in the last 65years in riots/bomb blasts and india got more diversity in religion,linguistic in everything compared!!! what the hell you are talking all about??

[honchoponcho1]

I mostly like Javed Akhtar but I don't agree opposite of secular is fascism. The meaning of secular is 'non-religious'. So opposite of secular is religious.

Opposite of fascist is simply anti-fascist. You can be either religious or non-religious yet oppose fascism. Fascism can be in religion, language, race, sect, usually associated with evil forms of nationalism.

[SIXMIXFIXGIX]

Majority of Muslims use and abuse Islam to gain attention, feel good, hide their weakness, talk bad about others and at times become suicide bombers to blow innocents. I am sorry Allah, your religion is destined to be wiped out by NUKES. The day is fast approaching.

[shubroto81]

@realguitarshredder what i was trying to say is pakistani muslims killl\ other muslims moreee than indians do in GUJRATTTTT or anywhere but they don't worry about there own problems they worry about indias problems with GUJRAT. I don't want a hindu society in india, but u are assuming that but all i am saying is muslims in pakistan treat other sects of islam wayyyyy worse than hindus do in india. Yes gujrat was wrong , do u want to know how many things in pakistan were wrong??????????????????

[realguitarshredder]

@shubroto81 Worry about the Blasphemy laws in Pakistan? Why should I? Am I in Pakistan? You are the kind of person that Javed Akhtar is talking about. Communal violence. This is not a muslim nation, or a christian nation or even a hindu nation for that matter. This is India, a democratic and secular country. You are trying to make this a hindu country based on what happened in Pakistan.. well? I am looking at India n pointing out that what happened in the Gujrat riots were wrong.

[shubroto81]

@realguitarshredder there are more muslims killed by other muslims in pakistan. Yet u worry about india , gujrat riots..those things are nothing compared to what happens in pakistan. Bomb blasts in sufi shrines, ahmediyas are not even considered muslims in pakistan, but u worry about india and gujrat riots. Why don't u worry about the Blasphemy Law in pakistan?

[realguitarshredder]

@subroto81 What are you talking about? me killing ahmediyas and sufis?? :P.. I am not worrying about India but I am worrying about a hindu or a muslim deciding to kill the entire religion based on what happened to few. Look at the gujrat riots. The muslims that were killed, none of them was responsible for what they were killed for. Thats all I am saying. If a muslim hurts me I will find him and hurt him. I won't hurt the muslim who is my neighbor instead would I ....

[subroto81]

@realguitarshredder but you managed to kill your ahmediyas and sufis in pakistan which is a pure muslim country so instead of worrying a muslim country killing their own muslims why are you worrying about india...i don't understaand. thats typical paki ideology