How did the Salim-Javed pair come together? story is interesting!!!
How did the Salim-Javed pair come together? story is interesting!!!
Famous bollywood screenwriters salim khan and javed akhtar entered the industry separately. They had their own struggles, but coincidence brought them together and then they formed a pair. This pair gave hindi cinema one historical film after another. Salim-Javed did the work of writing the story and dialogues of the films and they became famous. The Salim-Javed pair was such a writers pair of the film industry who raised the respect of writers for the first time. Films used to run on their name and people used to go to theaters to watch the film only after reading the name of Salim-Javed. Let us tell you which films did the Salim-Javed pair give to the industry and how did they form a pair?
How did the Salim-Javed pair come to mumbai around 1955. Then he did some films as an actor but they flopped. After this he thought of working as a writer but he was unable to write dialogues. javed akhtar could write dialogues but he had some problem in writing as a screenwriter.
In the documentary 'Angry Young Man' javed akhtar had told that one day he was at Marine Drive and was thinking about what to do to survive in the industry. At the same time salim khan was also sitting there and they discussed a story. Both of them sold that story for 5 thousand and the name of that film was 'Do Bhai' which was a hit. After this they started working together and became the most popular writers of the industry.
Salim-Javed's films
The duo of javed akhtar and salim khan became famous as Salim-Javed. He wrote superhit films like 'Andaz', 'Adhikaar', 'Haathi Mere Saathi', 'Seeta Aur Geeta', 'Zanjeer', 'Majboor', 'Haath Ki Safai', 'Sholay', 'Don', 'Trishul', 'Deewar', 'Aakhri Daav'. Most of Salim Javed's films were a hit at the box office and their pair used to be the hyped writer pair of that era.