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Sep 10, 2024 02:59 PM IST
Javed Akhtar recalled how Rajesh Khanna was the largest star in Hindi movies earlier than Amitabh Bachchan emerged because the ‘Indignant Younger Man’ of Bollywood.
Salim-Javed’s movies akin to Sholay significantly helped Amitabh Bachchan turn into one of many nation’s largest film stars due to his ‘Indignant Younger Man’ roles. In an interview on the SAM YouTube channel, lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar recalled how Rajesh Khanna was the largest star in Bollywood for a ‘brief interval’, earlier than ‘unbelievably good actor’ Amitabh took over the title. Additionally learn: Javed Akhtar talks about how Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘offended younger man’ is totally different
‘Rajesh Khanna was surrounded by sycophants’
He stated, “These had been the occasions when a toddler born in India would say ‘Rajesh Khanna’ first after which ‘mumma, papa’. However it was a brief interval. Somebody, there got here a time after we realised that it will be tough for us to work collectively as a result of he was surrounded by so many individuals, so many sycophants and sure males, it was tough to work with him. So, we parted methods. Then we turned pleasant, and we did a movie additionally a lot later. However the sort of movies that we had been writing, and the sort of movies that we had in our thoughts, had been far more appropriate for an actor like Amitabh Bachchan though he was at the moment not a famous person, to say the least, however he was an unbelievably good actor. He was the person who we felt would be capable to play our Vijay.”
‘Give Amitabh any scene, he’ll do it with competence’
Javed Akhtar, who as a part of Salim-Javed wrote scripts for the late actor’s movies akin to Haathi Mere Saathi and Andaz, added, “If you happen to’re working with actors like Amitabh Bachchan or Dilip Kumar, that you would be able to put the burden on the actor, and the actor will carry it. Typically, while you really feel that the actor has restricted expertise, you make the scene simpler for him. However these actors might carry something. Amitabh Bachchan, you give him any scene and he’ll do it with competence. You give him any line and he’ll make it pure.”
Amitabh was part of a number of Salim-Javed movies together with Sholay, Don and Deewaar amongst others. In a latest interview with NDTV, Salim recalled the time when Javed informed him that he needed to separate. He went on to disclose that if there was one one that might have stopped that break up, then it was Amitabh.
Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar returned to our screens with the Prime Video docu-series Indignant Younger Males just lately, which left followers nostalgic.
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