Trailer of the docu series Angry Young Men was unveiled by Amazon Prime Video on Tuesday. The three-part series chronicles the journey of Bollywood’s most successful screenwriting team – Salim-Javed. While both the writers have gone on to have successful solo careers, Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan flourished best as a team.
The trailer of the docu series gave a glimpse at that peak and also how they were bigger than even the stars themselves. The glory days of Salim-Javed Salim Khan was a struggling actor in the 60s and Javed Akhtar an aspiring writer. The two met during the making of Sarhadi Lootera and became friends.
It was in 1971 that they decided to team up as writers. Their first films together were Adhikar and Andaz (both in 1971). Rajesh Khanna helped them get credited for their work in Haathi Mere Saathi later that year.
Both this and Andaz were big hits helping them establish themselves as screenwriters of note. Over the next decade, they wrote 21 more movies together, of which 20 were blockbusters. These included Yaadon Ki Baaraat, Zanjeer, Deewar, Sholay, Don, Kranti, Shakti, and Mr India.
When Salim-Javed were paid more than even the actors By the late-70s, Salim-Javed were among the biggest names in Hindi cinema, having delivered blockbusters like Yaadon Ki Baaraat, Zanjeer, Deewar, and Sholay. Angry Young Men trailer showed that during this time, they began to demand Rs 1 lakh more than the hero as their fees as their belief was that their names on the poste.