Angry Young Men is an upcoming docuseries. The series is directed by debutant Namrata Rao and produced by Salma Khan, Salman Khan, Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti under the banner of Salman Khan Films, Excel Media & Entertainment and Tiger Baby. The docu-series features Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar, Salman Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Hrithik Roshan, Arbaaz Khan, Jaya Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Zoya Akhtar. It explores the contributions of these two legendary writers to Indian cinema. The series premieres on August 20, 2024, exclusively on Prime Video.
Angry Young Men Series:
A documentary about two famous writers Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar. Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, collectively known as Salim-Javed, were the biggest stars of Hindi cinema in the 1970s. On Tuesday, Amazon Prime Video released the trailer for the documentary Angry Young Men, which follows the life and career of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar.
Salim-Javed wrote movies like Sholay, Deewaar, Trishul, Don, and Yaadon Ki Baaraat, among many others, and revolutionized the language of Hindi cinema.
Angry Young Men Salim-Javed:
Salim and Javed first collaborated to create the Rajesh Khanna film Haathi Mere Saathi, and they quickly established themselves as the only authors who always had a complete script before beginning a project.
Zanjeer, which debuted in 1973, introduced them to Amitabh Bachchan. Zanjeer was Bachchan’s first smash, and the trio quickly formed a team in which Bachchan became linked with the persona of the ‘angry young man’, who was frequently referred to as Vijay.
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Salim-Javed’s life stories, including these and a few more intriguing ones, will be told in Angry Young Men. According to Zoya Akhtar, Javed Akhtar’s daughter, the two collaborated on 24 films, 22 of which were box office successes. “It hasn’t happened before, and I don’t think it will happen again,” Zoya replied. Salim Khan claimed in the trailer that he should get a call from Hollywood after viewing the docuseries. Salim-Javed was praised by Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, and Shatrughan Sinha. According to Hrithik, anybody who grew up seeing one of their films “carries a little bit of Salim-Javed in their blood.”
