New Delhi:
Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar’s screenwriting prowess took the Hindi movie business to new heights within the Seventies. In current instances, Bollywood has confronted robust competitors from movies within the South. In an interplay with NDTV, Salim Khan shared his opinion on why the viewers is transferring in the direction of the entertainers made within the southern a part of the nation. He defined, “Uski wajah yeh hai ki humare filmon ke andar unko (the viewers) motion bohot accha milta thha. Aur humare image ke andar unko dance, gaane, heroine bohot khubsurat dikhne waali milti thhi — Sridevi and all. [The reason is that in our films they [the audience] obtained nice motion. They bought good dance sequences and track numbers; the heroines have been additionally very stunning, like Sridevi].”
Salim Khan added, “Aj yeh ho gaya hai ki woh joh hum diya karte thhe, humare Hindi filmei jo diya karti thhi woh har image aati hai South mei. Usmei bohot accha motion hota hai, usme heroine nayi nayi aati hai, aur bohot accha efficiency hota hai. Toh woh joh hai ek substitue mil gaya hai unkon aur accha mil gaya hai. Unke gaane bhi acche hote hai. Saare cheeze humse higher hai. Accha leisure milega toh jayenge. [Today, the movies we used to serve the audience, the content our Hindi films used to provide, those same elements are being offered by the South films. They have very good action, there are newer actresses and the performances are also great. So the audience has got a substitute, and that too a better one. Their songs are good. All the things are better than us (Bollywood). If viewers are getting better entertainment they will of course get diverted.]”
Salim Khan then went on to heap reward on SS Rajamouli’s 2022 magnum opus RRR, that includes Ram Charan and Jr NTR. “Bohot publicity se woh image chaali hai, logon kaha bohot acchi hai. [The film has received a lot of publicity and people also loved it]” he stated.
When the screenwriter was requested about why the tales of a “frequent man” are disappearing from Bollywood, Salim Khan replied, “Uski wajah bohut easy hain, studying jo hain bohut essential hain. Jab yak padhoge nahin, likhoge kya. Uss zamane mein chahye woh Dileep Kumar ho ya Bharat Bhushan ho sabki ghar pe library hua karti thi, jab ke gaadi mein guide hoti thi. [The reason is very simple: reading is very important. If you don’t read, what will you write? In those days, whether it was Dilip Kumar or Bharat Bhushan, everyone had a library at home, and they used to carry a book in their car.] All people was all for studying.” The veteran screenwriter added that these days no person reads.
Indignant Younger Males, a docu-series on legendary screenwriters Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, was launched final month. Directed by Namrata Rao, the Prime Video present explores their lives intimately.