New Delhi:
You’ve seen their iconic words transfer to screens, you’ve seen their films dominate the box office, you’ve even seen their dialogue sink deep into our cultural consciousness. But this is the untold story of the OG of Hindi cinema Angry young men – The legendary screenwriters of 1970s Hindi cinema – Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, who changed the course of writing in the Indian film industry and how. Streaming giant Prime Video dropped a trailer for the documentary series titled Angry young men with some of the biggest names in Bollywood, talking about Salim-Javed and decoding their success story, reminiscing about their iconic journey, their infamous break-up and everything in between.
The trailer opens with Salim Khan’s superstar son Salman Khan saying, “This is the first one I’m really nervous about.” The video then introduces Javed Akhtar’s filmmaker-actor son Farhan Akhtar, adding, “I mean the only reason I knew my dad wrote those movies was because he was my dad.” The icons did about 24 films together – among them are Bollywood’s biggest blockbusters like Sholay, Zanjeer, Deewaar, Yaadon Ki Baaraat and Don.
The trailer also features several celebrities sharing anecdotes. The trailer features celebrities like Shabana Azmi, Zoya Akhtar, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Shatrughan Sinha, Jaya Bachchan, Honey Irani, Karan Johar, Arbaaz Khan among others. We can’t wait for the real deal.
Watch the trailer 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.
