1. Javed Akhtar's real name is Jadu, taken from a line in a poem penned by his father, "Lamha lamha kisi jadu ka fasana hoga". He is known as Javed since it is the closest to the word Jadu.

2. Javed and his first wife Honey Irani, whom he met on the sets of 'Seeta Aur Geeta', share the same birth date, January 17.