New Delhi:
The trailer of Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan’s documentary series Angry Young Men was unveiled today in Mumbai. Legendary screenwriters of the Hindi film industry Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan were joined on stage by their children – Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar and Sohail Khan. At the event, Javed Akhtar talked about his first meeting with Salim Khan, the first days of their journey and he also shared anecdotes about Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan from their childhood. Javed Akhtar called Salman an “extraordinarily good-looking kid” who used to be “shy”.
Recalling the day he first visited Salim Khan’s Bandra house, Javed Akhtar said, “When I visited Salim sahab’s house for the first time, Salman was not even a year old. He looks so handsome now, but that is not what happened recently . Woh bachpan se hi khoobsurat (He was an exceptionally good-looking child). I don’t know if he still has it, the other children were born before me.”
Javed Akhtar then added that Salman used to be a quiet kid. “Interestingly, Salman is now a ‘He Man’, a ‘brisk hero’, but he was this shy boy, bohot hi kam bolne wala, bohot hi chupp chaap rehne wala bacchha tha (reserved and soft-spoken kid). He would sit quietly in a corner .” He then pointed to Arbaaz sitting in the audience and said, “Arbaaz was badmaash bacchha (infamous).”
“He was a regular seductress. He never had frizzy hair. Even at the age of 6, he kept his hair in order. Have you ever seen a 6-year-old comb his hair? Arbaaz did that. (Laughs heartily).
Watch the trailer for Angry Young Men here:
Angry Young Men is produced by Salman Khan Films, Excel Media and Entertainment and Tiger Baby with Salman Khan along with Salma Khan, Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti and directed by Namrata Rao. The docu-series is set to begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video starting August 20.
