When I look back, I feel I could have saved it. I totally blame myself for it Javed Akhtar: interrupts Salim Nahin , what are you saying? Salim Khan: No, because I could have averted certain things. When it happened in , almost 25 years back, uss waqt itni maturity nahi thi. Alag ho gaye, but koi aisi dushmani nahin thi. Kisi ne kisiko blame nahi kiya, koi gaali nahi di, press mein kuch nahi kaha.
And because of that, when this opportunity came this interview , we came together. Both of us were sensible enough to keep things to our own selves. Javed Akhtar: I am very touched and embarrassed. Agreeing with what Farhan said, Arbaaz went on to add that he was around 14 when the duo separated. While he understood that the relationship has fallen off and meetings were placed seldom, it never truly harmed them personally, reported TOI. It is no secret that in the s and s, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar formed the very successful screenplay duo Salim-Javed.
They are considered the finest screenwriters in Hindi cinema and collaborated on 24 films, 22 of which were in Hindi and two in Kannada. I have signed four films which, considering my past record, is a lot for me!
In fact, he was quite frustrated with the entire episode and took a long sabbatical in London. That was when he decided to return to Bombay and seek work. He expected his past reputation would precede him and imagined producers would be lining up like before to work with him.
However, the industry where heroes changed every Friday had moved on. As many past stars have found out — to their dismay — the industry can be extremely generous to those in favour and just as ruthless to those out of circulation. Salim speaks very bitterly about this phase. And here I was, checking the phone every now and then to see if it was working. He established a successful working relationship with Mahesh Bhatt and soon enough, all the well-known directors of the time — Ramesh Sippy, Rahul Rawail, Manmohan Desai — were working with him as well.
In October , Salim said in an interview, "If we have split today, it is only because we, without the interference of a third party, have decided to call it a day. One day, Javed came to me and told me he wanted to operate separately. Since I respect his decisions, I did not even ask him why he wanted us to split! A gossip column in Hindustan Times in , after the release of Naam reported, "Salim exudes a new confidence now.
Till the release of Naam , the uncertainty would show on his face, though he says it did not affect him at all.
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