Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar popularly known as 'Salim-Javed', are among the first Indian screenwriting duo to receive magnanimous success in the Hindi film industry. They wrote films like Sholay, Deewar, Trishul, Don and many others. Besides sharing a common interest in writing, the duo were best friends in the 1970s and 1980s. However, their friendship suffered a massive split for some reasons best known to the writers. Where initially, their families were like one entity, post their split, their kids too, went through a lot due to the breaking of the relationship. However, with time, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar have once again repaired their relationship.
Now, in an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Salim Khan's son, Arbaaz Khan threw light on his father's split with his friend, Javed Akhtar, and revealed that the two reconciled. In the interview, Arbaaz mentioned that Salim-Javed's kids have never imagined that their parents would ever become friends like before. However, Arbaaz mentioned that they are now in a very good space and often converse over the telephone. Arbaaz said:
“We, as kids, would have never thought that Javed saab and dad would ever sit across each other and make conversation."
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Arbaaz recalled that decades after their split, Javed once visited their house and spent some time with the former's daddy, Salim. Thus, since then, the writers duo has been in a much better place, and it seems they have rebuilt their relationship. Arbaaz also mentioned that Javed insisted on coming over to meet Salim as the latter's health was not in a good state. Arbaaz added:
“Javed saab came home and met him and spent two hours with him. It all seems so wonderful. People change, people forget and forgive, and they move on. And they make much stronger bonds. They communicate very often now. They speak over the phone very often and more so because dad is a little older than Javed saab so Javed saab keeps asking about dad’s wellbeing.”
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In the same conversation, Arbaaz mentioned that he was only 14 when the split happened between Salim and Javed, greatly affecting their families' financial status. Arbaaz revealed that although the kids were friendly with each other, on the work front, Javed was getting more work than Salim. Thus, it was a struggling period for Salim initially. However, mentioning that time heals everything, Arbaaz shared:
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“We used to meet Javed saab, Javed saab used to come home and we used to go there. Of course, Zoya and Farhan are a little younger than us but they were still kids then. We were very friendly at that time. When the partnership splits, people don’t know which way to go. Initially, that direction was towards Javed saab so those 3-4 years of his were big struggle for him. Whenever the kids have met, or we’ve met Javed saab, we’ve always been very cordial and we’ve always been very nice to each other. There has never been any animosity or any anger or trying to prove something to the other. And time is a great healer.”
What do you think about Arbaaz's revelations regarding his father, Salim and Javed's split and re-bonding? Let us know!
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