After giving superhit numbers for superhits like Swades, Veer Zara and Main Hoon Na, ace Lyricist Javed Akhtar is back to his old love - writing scripts and says he has just finished one for Bollywood.

"The gap has been a long one though I wrote Lakshya in between. But I have just finished writing a new script. However, I still have to show it to any director," says Akhtar, who had penned blockbusters Sholay, Zanjeer, and Deewar.

However, he rues that there is dearth of good content in Hindi movies these days. "Text is lacking behind. Words have become secondary. But to deliver good world class cinema, it is important to understand the need of subject and text."

Many new film-makers are experimenting and have come out with 'different' films. The viewers will be able to see good cinema again in next 10 years time, says Akhtar.

Akhtar, who scored a new record by being nominated five times in the best Lyricist category this year at Filmfare awards, says, "there is also lack of good Urdu poets writing for Hindi movies and even Hindi poets are not writing much."

"I am not a pessimist, but lot of changes came in the 80's and up to mid 90s which were not very good for the Hindi cinema. But thankfully we are past Choli ke peeche and Sarkaile khatiya," he says.

"A change is slowly coming, but still not is left to be desired," says Akhtar.

A Lyricist, Screenplay Writer and Poet, Akhtar says, "we are back on the upward graph as far as quality of our films is concerned, though we have not gone back to the golden era of 50s and 60s."

With the coming of new technologies, film production has improved a lot, sound, camera, has improved and good photography techniques have come in.

I can just hope that the content too would improve, he says. After a gap of nearly ten years, Akhtar is now planning to bring out a new book on poetry. "The book should be in the market by early next year."

His first collection of Urdu poetry, Tarkash was released in 1995. Born in Gwalior, Akhtar is the son of renowned Urdu poet and film Lyricist Janisar Akhtar. Scripting and writing lyrics for movies like Zanjeer, Deewar, Sholay, Haathi Mere Saathi, Seeta aur Geeta, Trishul, etc, he worked with Salim to create some truly memorable scripts and songs. It was this duo which gave Amitabh Bachchan the 'angry young man' persona.

His collaborations with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on Sangam, and Jagjit Singh on Silsilay were very popular. He has also worked with Shankar Mahadevan on his album Breathless.

Husband of former Rajya Sabha MP Shabana Azmi, Akhtar's strong interest in politics and literature is reflected in his writings and he has used his influence to fight fundamentalism and promote the cause of education and women's rights.