Javed Akhtar

Mumbai LIVE: Kangana and Javed Akhtar settle defamation dispute after 5 years

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut and lyricist Javed Akhtar on Friday settled through mediation a defamation dispute between them after a nearly five-year-long legal battle, with the BJP MP apologising for the "inconvenience" caused to the screenwriter. Ranaut unconditionally withdrew the alleged defamatory statements made by her against Akhtar and undertook to never repeat the same in future. We are closing the LIVE blog now