Now this is poetic. Javed Akhtar took a pot shot at Savarkar by claiming Savarkar wrote a mercy petition to Britishers to escape Kala Pani. Turns out Akhtar's great grand father Moulvi Fazle Haq Khairabadi did the same. Thanks @DriverRamudu for the input archive.org/stream/MaulviF…
"During his trial Maulvi Khairabadi ( @Javedakhtarjadu 's great grandfather) constantly tried a lot to prove him innocent and told to the court that he was never against the British and being charged for the remorse of another person of the same name" 
Maulvi Khairabadi's Fatwa "The jihad on Muslims is compulsory as if infidels will be victorious they would massacre women and children of Muslims ... they would not only destroy the Timuri dynasty, but to the entire Muslims" Is this a freedom fighter? @Javedakhtarjadu
Maulvi Khairabadi pleading for mercy "It must have been another Fazle Haque, ex Tesildar of Bareilly". "I was in service of Maharaja of Alwar for five years before revolt", "(In the brief period I came home) neither joined anyone's service, nor met the rebels." @Javedakhtarjadu
Not Javed Akhtar's great grandfather alone, the research paper says all others caught with him resorted to similar tactics
All credit for exposing Javed Saab's hypocrisy goes to @DriverRamudu and @Hiranyareta
