Salim-Javed’s films, especially Sholay, played a key role in cementing Amitabh Bachchan’s status as one of India’s biggest movie stars with his iconic ‘Angry Young Man‘ roles. In an interview on the SAM YouTube channel, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar reflected on how Rajesh Khanna enjoyed a brief reign as Bollywood’s top star, before the … Read more
The opportunity to do a docuseries on Salim and Javed came Namrata Rao’s way when Zoya Akhtar (Javed Akhtar’s daughter) asked Namrata in December 2020 if she would like to direct it. “Actually in 2018, we, Zoya and I were both doing the anthology Lust Stories together. She had done this anthology where I was … Read more
The documentary Angry Young Men was released on Amazon Prime Video on August 20, and it educated viewers about some fascinating trivia. It is about the glorious career of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, who were known as Salim-Javed and how they changed the course of Indian cinema. A landmark year in their lives was 1975 when … Read more
