New Delhi:
Legendary screenwriters of 1970s Hindi cinema Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar changed the course of writing in the Indian film industry and how. New Prime Video documentary series Angry young men explores the lesser-known aspects of the duo’s work and personal lives. In one episode, an interviewer asks Salim Khan how he fell in love with Helen. He replied, “Pyaar toh aapne agar kiya hoga toh pata lagega (You know if you’re in love).” He also shared how he told his children that he wanted to marry Helen.
“I sat all the kids down and talked about it with them. I told them, ‘You don’t get it now, but you’ll get it when you’re older. I’m in love with Aunt Helen, and I know you can” Don’t love her as much as your mother, but I want the same respect for her,” Salim Khan recalled.
Meanwhile, Arbaaz Khan also spoke about how his mother Salma Khan never “never influenced us to think or say anything against” Salim Khan and Helen. “He had problems, but he never made us think that your father is like this or what he does. Never,” said Arbaaz Khan. He added: “We still call her Auntie because she was Auntie Helen at the time. Even though we refer to her as Mum, we call her Auntie Helen. She’s a part of our lives. More than us, my mum makes sure she’s a part of everything.”
Helen married screenwriter Salim Khan in 1981. She got her break in 1958 when she performed the song Mera Naam Chin Chin Choo in the movie Howrah Bridge and he has featured in hit songs such as Mehbooba Mehbooba and Yes Mera Dil among others.
