Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan weighed in on Salim-Javed’s split. The couple was closely associated with Salim-Javed. Amitabh married Jaya after the success of Zanjeer, a film written by Salim-Javed. The duo also helped Amitabh achieve the monicker of the ‘Angry Young Man’ through films like Deewaar and Trishul. In the new docu-series, Angry Young Men, Amitabh and Jaya admitted they were heartbroken when Salim-Javed split.
“I for one was very sad that it happened. Even though I had the opportunity to work with Salim sahab and Javed sahab separately, even after they had parted ways. But yes, them being together was altogether a different story,” Amitabh said in the Amazon Prime Video series.
Jaya Bachchan was visibly emotional and even appeared to fight back tears as she spoke about Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar parting ways. “Amazing times. Short, but amazing. I mean, cinema history, without this chapter (is not possible),” she said. Sholay director Ramesh Sippy added, “Everything in life has that kind of cycle which very rarely does it last forever. And you feel for it also, because it ends. It should not have ended.”
Although the duo chose to refrain from commenting on the reason behind their split, Javed Akhtar admitted he could see the time was running out on their collaboration. In the series, Javed said, “I made new friends, and he made new friends, slowly our circles started separating. Our evening meetings stopped, that was also a reason but that was not the major reason. The major reason, according to me, was that the spring of our career was drying up. Fatigue was showing in our work too. No doubt about that.”
Despite the split, Salim Khan said that duo remained civilised. Even today, they meet each other with warmth. The duo was seen at the trailer launch of the Angry Young Men last week and shared the same age-old camaraderie.
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