A post-card marketed in one of the memorabilia stalls at the event captured this mood: ' Urdu ko hum ek roz mita denge jahan se. When she sang Ibn e Insha's Kuch na kaho, kuch kehna ka waqt nahi hai, khaamosh raho! When the names were read out, I would have thought that the biggest applause would have been reserved for Javed Akhtar. And then Javed Akhtar was Javed Akhtar. The audience issued a firmaan: Javed Akhtar was compelled to recite the kalaam all over again.

Source: The Telegraph December 18, 2017 21:22 UTC