Popular lyricist, poet and screenwriter Javed Akhtar is making headlines these days for his outspoken statements. Javed Akhtar recently appeared in the third episode of 'Chill Sesh' hosted by Sapan Verma, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Shreeja Chaturvedi, where he talked about many things. During this, Akhtar was asked about abuses and double meaning jokes in comedy, on which his statement is in the limelight.

Javed Akhtar was asked what is his opinion on abuses in comedy. Akhtar said, 'I will tell you one thing. In Odisha, Bihar and Mexico and anywhere in the world where there is poverty, people eat a lot of chilli because the food is bland. So, to add some taste, they eat chilli.' Javed Akhtar further said, 'Swearing is the chilli of language. If you can speak well and are funny enough, then you do not need this chilli. If the conversation is dull, you will use some abusive words to give it some energy.'

Srija Chaturvedi asked Javed Akhtar what he has to say on double meaning songs. Doing such things gives relief to some people. To this Javed Akhtar replied, 'People who get relief by listening to obscene songs, what kind of people are they? They need a psychiatrist, not songs.'

Earlier when Karan Johar was in conversation with the same channel some time back, he was asked who is the funniest person in Bollywood. At that time, the filmmaker-producer had replied without thinking, "Javed Akhtar," He further added that the screenwriter had once very casually told him, "Whenever I tell Shabana a joke, she tries to crack it." Karan Johar also said that Shah Rukh Khan is the second funniest person in the film industry. Now, when stand-up comedian Sapan Verma mentioned Karan Johar's reply to Javed Akhtar's reply, Akhtar called him a very 'frank and honest person', and made the whole house laugh while taking a dig at himself.