The script or story is an important aspect of every movie because whatever we may say or believe but the truth is that content is always the king.
Fans of Indian cinema will always remember the work of writer pair – Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar who gave us some memorable stories such as Sholay, Zanjeer, Deewar, Don, etc.
They both worked together for 12 years before splitting and their fans still want to know the reason behind them getting separated because they could have given us more masterpieces if they had worked together for some more years.
Recently, Javed Akhtar opened up on this matter and he made it clear that he and Salim Khan never fought over money or credit, it’s just that they grew apart.
During an interview he said, “When we began, both of us were nobodies, we only had each other. So, we would spend a lot of time together, sit by the sea, talk about stories. He would come to my room, I had one paying guest room, or I would go to his house, which was a small one. But when you become bigger, more successful, many more people enter your life. Then all those desires which were dormant, all those interests which were dormant… The moment you have done something which was the main issue of your life or the main interest, you reach a satisfactory position and then all the other interests start emerging.”
Javed Akhtar further said, “You start meeting different kinds of people and then gradually you become different people and that is what happened. We did not fight, there was no issue about credit, there was never any issue about money, there was nothing. We just grew apart. We realized that relationship is no longer there, that we now don’t sit together in the evening, we have our own set of friends. Gradually that happened and the rapport weakened, and it was reflecting on our work also.”
Well, sometimes splits happen on their own!
