Legendary Screenwriters Salim-Javed to Reunite to Pen a New Movie

Mumbai: Salim-Javed, the legendary screenwriters who brought in a revolution in Bollywood scripts through blockbusters like ‘Zanjeer’, ‘Sholay’ and ‘Deewar’, are planning to reunite to script a new feature film.

This was revealed by Javed Akhtar on Tuesday during the trailer launch of the upcoming Prime Video docuseries ‘Angry Young Men’. This series is about the legacy of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar’s pairing that enriched the Indian movie world.

Now, let me tell you that we are going to write. I’ve spoken to him (Salim Khan). ‘Bas ek aur picture hum likhenge saath mein’ (We will write just one more film together).

“Uss zamane mein bhi humari price zyada thi, iss zamane mein toh bohot zyada hogi, woh dekh lijiyega (In the earlier days, we used to charge a premium price for our work. It will be even higher in today’s time, so please see to it),” Akhtar told reporters here.

This hit scriptwriter pair separated in 1982 after collaborating on 22 Hindi films and two Kannada movies. The series on their life is about the angry young man hero they created in the ’70s, which also gave birth to Amitabh Bachchan’s stardom.

The three-part series will stream on Prime Video on August 20.