The duo of Bollywood’s iconic writer Salim Javed have written a total of 24 films. 22 of them were back-to-back blockbusters. However, there came a time when someone noticed the pair and their friendship fell apart. The separation of the two was a shock for the film industry. In such a situation, now superstar Salman Khan has told what his father Salim Khan said at home after his separation from Javed Akhtar and what was his reaction.
The most awaited docu-series ‘Angry Young Men’ is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. In which the friendship and film journey of Salim-Javed is shown. Several members of the Salim-Javed family have shared stories of that time in the series which aired on Prime Video on 20 August, Salman Khan spoke about their separation when Javed Akhtar decided to separate. When I told him, Salim Khan got very upset.
Dad was very upset
Salman said that he remembers sitting at the dining table, when dad came home, he got upset. The first thing Dad said after coming home was ‘my partnership with Javed is over’, he wanted to separate. Salman said that when I asked papa why you didn’t say anything? So he refused. He simply said, ‘If they must go, let them go.’ Salman said that Dad was crying while saying this and Arbaaz was wiping his tears.
Javed Akhtar’s first wife Honey Irani has told in this series how Javed told her this news. She says Javed came home one day and said I have to tell you a bad news. I asked him if that car crashed somewhere and he said no, I got separated from Salim. When I asked why, Javed said, ‘Don’t ask me this question again.’
Javed Akhtar gave this reason
In this series, Javed Akhtar has told the real reason behind the breakup of his and Salim Khan’s friendship. He said that he went to Salim and informed him about the decision to move on from the partnership. Javed said that both of them were feeling tired in their work, due to which they decided to separate. When you start doing business or work with someone, you have a new energy, but as time goes by this energy disappears. He was also here with us. With time, the spring of our career also began to dry up. Tiredness started appearing in our work too. This is why I decided to separate.
A documentary series on Salim Javed has been released. In which many Bollywood stars including Aamir Khan, Ranveer Singh, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Johar and Jaya Bachchan are seen talking about Salim-Javed’s work, their struggles, their problems and what they had to do when they came to Mumbai. has been explained.
