Salim-Javed

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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.

[edit] External links

• Salim Khan at the Internet Movie Database
• Javed Akhtar at the Internet Movie Database