Salim

Salim-Javed

Salim-Javed were a scriptwriter duo who wrote several successful Hindi films in the 1970s. The duo comprising of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, made the writer's role popular with their names appearing in the posters of the films, and in some films they shared up to 25% of the profit. Their association lasted until 1980, following which Javed moved into writing lyrics for films.

Salim started his friendship with Javed during the making of the film Sarhadi Lootera. Salim was a small-time actor, and Sarhadi Lootera was one of the last films he acted in before he turned his attention to writing. Javed was a clapper boy for the film and was later made the dialogue writer as director S.M. Sagar was unable to find a dialogue writer.

They lived in Bandra and would write stories together. Since their individual work was flopping, they decided to team up.

Contribution

They are credited with the creation of the "Angry Young Man" image of Amitabh Bachchan. For a significant number of his major hits, they wrote the screenplay, story and dialogue.

They brought credibility to a profession, pursuers of which, were always relegated to the background. It is due to their efforts and work that screenplay/story/dialogue writers are seeing the limelight. They fought for and got done the mentioning of screenplay/Story/Dialogue writer's names on the movie posters.

Filmography

Mr India (1987)
Shakti (1982)
Shaan (1980)
Dostana (1980)
Kaala Patthar (1979)
Trishul (1978)
Don (1978)
Manushulu Chesina Dongalu (Telugu) (1977) ,
Immaan Dharam (1977)
Chacha Bhatija (1977)
Sholay (1975)
Deewaar (1975)
Majboor (1974)
Zanjeer (1973)
Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973)
Seeta Aur Geeta (1972)
Haathi Mere Saathi (1971)

Filmfare

	Filmfare Awards Won
Year	Category	Film
1983	Best Screenplay	Shakti (1982)
1976	Best Dialogue	Deewar (1975)
1976	Best Screenplay	Deewar(1975)
1976	Best Story	Deewar(1975)
1974	Best Screenplay	Zanjeer(1973)
1974	Best Story	Zanjeer(1973)