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Name the script writer, who won the Deenanath Mangeshkar Lifetime Award 2019 recently.

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Salim Khan, as part of the Salim–Javed duo, redefined Hindi film screenwriting during the 1970s and 1980s.
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Javed Akhtar
  • Vishal Bhardwaj
  • Anurag Kashyap
  • Salim Khan
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This question is about a lifetime achievement award given to a Bollywood screenwriter in 2019. Javed Akhtar, Vishal Bhardwaj and Anurag Kashyap are all respected names in Hindi cinema writing, but none of them was the recipient that year, so all three can be grouped and set aside.

The honour went to Salim Khan, the writer behind iconic scripts such as Sholay, Deewaar and Zanjeer, recognising his long career shaping some of Hindi cinema's most memorable stories.

So the correct answer is Salim Khan.

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Each name in this question belongs to a different generation of Hindi film writing, and tracing when each built their reputation helps identify who this particular lifetime award was meant for.

  1. Javed Akhtar: rose to prominence in the 1970s writing alongside a partner, and continued to work independently afterward as a lyricist and writer, but the specific 2019 honor went to the other half of that original writing partnership.
  2. Vishal Bhardwaj: emerged decades later, in the 2000s, as a filmmaker who wrote and directed his own scripts, a career profile that does not match the veteran era being recognized by this award.
  3. Anurag Kashyap: is also a contemporary voice in Indian cinema, active mainly from the 2000s onward, and again represents a different generation than the one this lifetime award was honoring.
  4. Salim Khan: began his career decades earlier, co-writing blockbuster scripts through the 1970s that are still considered landmarks of Hindi cinema, and it was this long, foundational body of work that earned him the Deenanath Mangeshkar Lifetime Award in 2019.

Looking at when each writer's major work took place points clearly to the veteran from the earliest generation among the four.

Therefore, the correct answer is Salim Khan.

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