Javed Akhtar is one of the most renowned lyrists and composers in Bollywood. He is famous for giving controversial statements.  During a recent interview, Javed Akhtar has termed the Muslim Personal Law as totally wrong. The lyrist in the interview opens up on Muslim laws, equality various other things.

Javed Akhtar speaking about Muslim Laws said, "If Muslim husbands have the right to have 4 marriages at once, then women should also have the right to have multiple husbands." He further added, 'Having more than one wife does not maintain equality between men and women.', Javed Akhtar also said that, 'Doing more than one marriage at a time is totally against the law of the country and the rules of the constitution.'

Javed Akhtar further speaking about the laws said, ' Uniform Civil Code does not only mean that there should be one law for all communities. Rather it also means equality between women and men. There should be same criteria for both. With this, he said, 'They are already following the Uniform Civil Code. Whoever has the idea of equality between men and women, he should live in the Uniform Civil Code. He further said that he would give equal rights in the property to his son and daughter.

Javed Akhtar further expressing his views said, 'Today the problem of the country is that the country is being considered as the government and the government as the country. Governments come and go, but the country will always be there. If someone opposes the government, he is declared a traitor. While this should not happen. He further speaking about being liberal said,  'The mood of the country has been democratic since long. The mood of the people of the country has been liberal for thousands of years. He has never been a fundamentalist. The way bigotry is being promoted today, it is not the mood of India.”

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