Farhan Akhtar Pens Heartfelt Congratulatory Message For Dad Javed Akhtar For Being First Indian To Win Richard Dawkins Award

Actor and film-maker Farhan Akhtar, who is known for starring in films like 'Rock On!!' and 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara', took to Twitter on Monday to congratulate his father, writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar on becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award for 'critical thinking and advancing humanist values'.

'Congratulations pa.. for being the first Indian to receive the Richard Dawkins Award for critical thinking and advancing humanist values. You absolutely and unequivocally deserve it. So so proud. ❤️❤️,' wrote Farhan.

 

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Congratulations pa.. for being the first Indian to receive the Richard Dawkins Award for critical thinking and advancing humanist values. You absolutely and unequivocally deserve it. So so proud. ❤️❤️

A post shared by Farhan Akhtar (@faroutakhtar) on Jun 8, 2020 at 1:09am PDT

Farhan Akhtar's sister, film-maker Zoya Akhtar was all-praise for daddy dearest on his award win.

She wrote: "So my dad just won the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award 2020 for Critical Thinking and advancing Humanist Values. He is the only Indian to have done so. Previous recipients include Bill Maher, Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais and Christopher Hitchens. Super excited for him ❤️"

 

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So my dad just won the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award 2020 for Critical Thinking and advancing Humanist Values. He is the only Indian to have done so. Previous recipients include Bill Maher, Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais and Christopher Hitchens. Super excited for him ❤️

A post shared by Zoya Akhtar (@zoieakhtar) on Jun 7, 2020 at 8:47am PDT

We congratulate the lyricist very much for such a win!