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Updated at: Nov 24, 2023 13:43 IST
Birthday Special: A look at veteran screenwriter Salim Khan’s world of cinema
Salim Khan, the legendary screenwriter who collaborated with Javed Akhtar on a string of cult hits. The duo were the mind behind giving us the most legendary 'Angry Young Man' character- Vijay to the Indian cinema. The character was portrayed by megastar Amitabh Bachchan in films like 'Deewar', 'Agneepath', 'Zanjeer', among others.Salim-Javed has scripted several commercially and critically successful films, including 'Yaadon Ki Baaraat,' 'Zanjeer,' 'Deewaar,' 'Trishul,' 'Kaala Patthar,' 'Dostana,' 'Seeta Aur Geeta,' 'Sholay,' 'Mr India,' 'Don,' and many more. As Salim Khan turned a year older today, let’s look at the masterpieces he created in his filmy journey.
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‘Sholay’
Salim-Javed created the Indian action-adventure 'Sholay' in 1975.
The film is directed by Ramesh Sippy and takes place in the village of Ramgarh, where retired police head Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar) schemes to bring down the legendary bandit Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan) with the help of two lesser criminals, Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) and Veeru (Dharmendra).
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‘Don’
A super hit action thriller 'Don' featuring Amitabh Bachchan in the lead. Amitabh Bachchan plays Bombay underworld Don and his lookalike simpleton Vijay in the movie
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‘Deewar’
How we can forget ‘Deewar’ in this list? A film with impactful dialogues like ‘Main aaj bhi phenke hue paise nahin uthata’, ‘Mere paas maa hai’, among others and a temple sequence. It's the story of two brothers who struggle to survive in Bombay's slums and finally find themselves on opposing sides of the law.
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‘Mr India’
Mr India, a sci-fi picture that remains carved in hearts more than three decades later, is one of Bollywood's most famous films of all time, thanks to the sizzling chemistry between its lead actors Sridevi and Anil Kapoor.
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‘Zanjeer’
Zanjeer is the film that earned Amitabh Bachchan the title of "angry young man" and catapulted him to stardom in the 1970s.
