In an interview on the SAM YouTube channel, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar mirrored on how Rajesh Khanna loved a quick reign as Bollywood’s high star, earlier than the ‘unbelievably good actor’ Amitabh took over the highlight.
Javed reminisced a few time when Rajesh Khanna was so standard that even kids appeared to acknowledge his identify earlier than saying ‘mumma’ or ‘papa’. Nonetheless, his immense success was short-lived. Akhtar shared that it grew to become difficult to collaborate with Khanna as a result of overwhelming presence of sycophants round him, main them to half methods professionally. Later, they rekindled their friendship and labored collectively on a movie. Akhtar defined that the type of scripts he and Salim Khan had been writing had been higher suited to somebody like Amitabh Bachchan, who, though not but a celebrity, was an extremely proficient actor. They believed he was excellent for his or her character, Vijay.
Akhtar, reflecting on his time writing for Rajesh Khanna in movies like Haathi Mere Saathi and Andaz, defined the distinction in working with actors like Amitabh Bachchan or Dilip Kumar. He famous that with such proficient actors, writers may confidently give them difficult scenes, understanding they might ship flawlessly. In distinction, with actors of restricted expertise, the writing needed to be simplified. Akhtar emphasised that Bachchan, particularly, may deal with any scene or dialogue with ease, making even essentially the most complicated traces really feel pure.
Bachchan starred in a number of iconic Salim-Javed movies like Sholay, Don, and Deewaar. In a latest interview with NDTV, Salim Khan mirrored on the second when Javed Akhtar expressed his want to separate their partnership. Salim revealed that if there had been one individual able to stopping the break up, it will have been Amitabh, given his shut affiliation with each writers and their shared success.