Javed Akhtar On His Split With Salim Khan: We Did Not Fight About Money Or Credit, We Just Grew Apart

Veteran screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan were one of the greatest writing duos in the history of Bollywood. They were the force behind some of the most iconic Hindi films of the 바카라�70s, including 바카라�Sholay바카라�, 바카라�Deewaar바카라�, 바카라�Zanjeer바카라�, 바카라�Don바카라�, 바카라�Haathi Mere Saathi바카라�, and were known to create the 바카라�Angry Young Man바카라� archetype. However, the two split up in 1982, ending their partnership of 12 years.

During an interview with Barkha Dutt for Mojo Story, Javed Akhtar revealed that their partnership 바카라�weakened바카라� over time, and was not a decision due to one particular incident or event. Mentioning how writing partnerships are often difficult to sustain, he said, 바카라�Partnership in a cement factory is easier, because you know what the cost of making cement is, the price in the market, and if you are decent people you can have formal relations with your partner, and the business will continue.바카라�

He further shared how a writing partnership is difficult because it is a matter of feeling, and cannot be put onto a scale or a weighing machine. You have to have tremendous mental rapport to take a scene and develop it mutually and reach the conclusion that this is the final thing and it is good. As long as you have that tremendous mental rapport you people can work together. The moment that rapport is broken or weakened, you can바카라�t work together,바카라� Javed Akhtar said.

He further elaborated how when they started off, the two were nobodies. As and when they became successful, more people entered their lives. However, despite that, they never fought, or even had a tussle over credit or money.

바카라�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 바카라� 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 dormant바카라� So, 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,바카라� Akhtar said.

He signed off by saying that once they realised that their relationship was no longer there, their rapport weakened, and it was reflecting on their work also.