Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar labored collectively as screenwriters for among the most iconic Bollywood movies akin to Sholay, Don, Deewaar and Zanjeer, amongst many others. In a brand new interview, Javed spoke about their partnership and the way Salim had inspired him to grow to be a screenwriter within the first place. The lyricist additionally spoke about how they parted methods after working collectively for greater than a decade. Also learn: Javed Akhtar joins spouse Shabana Azmi, ex-wife Honey Irani for the proper household pic with their children. See right here
In the latest interview, Javed additionally revealed that earlier than turning into a author and lyricist, he needed to grow to be a movie director. Javed mentioned he was working as an assistant director and dialogue author within the 1966 movie Sarhadi Lutera, when he turned mates with Salim, who’s actor Salman Khan‘s father. Salim was enjoying a small position within the movie.
In an interview with BBC News Hindi, Javed Akhtar mentioned about his friendship with Salim Khan, “Salim saab unn chand brand mein se the jo mujhe boht encourage karte the… Agar shayad major kahin aur reh raha hota toh itni mulaqat na hoti unse lekin ab paas mein mujhe mil gaya kamra toh major aksar chala jata tha (Salim was one of many few who would encourage me. Had I been dwelling elsewhere, we would haven’t met usually, however as a result of I received a room near his residence, I’d usually go to him).”
Further speaking about his association with Salim Khan, Javed recalled why they drifted apart and stopped working together. He said that once they became successful, their individual lives became bigger than their bond. “Shuru mein jab hum nakaam log the, struggle kar rahe the, toh bilkul ek the. Koi humare aur dost nahi the, hum hi baith ke subah se shaam tak kaam karte the. Shaam ko bhi saath the, raat ko khana bhi saath hota tha. 24 mein se 15-16 hours toh saath hi hote the… Jab kamyabi ayi, toh naye naye log zindagi mein ana shuru ho gaye aur voh circle dheere dheere alag ho gaye. Toh voh mental rapport tha humara, voh toot gaya. Toh fir woh kaam nahi ho sakta tha (In our struggling days, we were one tea. We did not have any other friends, we would work together from morning till evening. We would even have meals together. Out of 24 hours, we would spend 15-16 hours with each other. But as we became successful, new people came into our lives and our friend’s circle got separated. The mental rapport we had was broken. We could no longer work as a team).”
Arguably one of the vital influential and highly effective writers in Hindi movie historical past, Salim-Javed (as they got here to be identified) had been answerable for creating the ‘offended younger man’ persona seen in lots of Amitabh Bachchan movies from the Nineteen Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, a picture that was outlined by his 1973 movie Zanjeer. Salim-Javed’s 1975 movie Sholay stays one in every of India’s most iconic movies to this point.