Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema’s Greatest Screenwriters
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Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Kranti
Release Date: 20 February 1981
Director: Manoj Kumar
Other writing credits: Manoj Kumar (Dialogue)
Cast: Dilip Kumar (Sanga / Kranti), Manoj Kumar (Bharat / Kranti), Shashi Kapoor (Shakti), Shatrughan Sinha (Karim Khan), Hema Malini (Meenakshi), Parveen Babi (Surili), Sarika (Sheetal), Prem Chopra (Shambhu Singh), Madan Puri (Sher Singh)
Music: Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Lyrics: Manoj Kumar, Santosh Anand
Shakti
Release Date: 1 October 1982
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Cast: Dilip Kumar (DCP Ashwini Kumar), Amitabh Bachchan (Vijay Kumar), Rakhee (Sheetal), Smita Patil (Roma), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (K.D. Narang), Amrish Puri (J.K.)
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Zamana
Release Date: 22 February 1985
Director: Ramesh Talwar
Cast: Rajesh Khanna (Inspector Vinod Kumar), Rishi Kapoor (Ravi Kumar), Poonam Dhillon (Sheetal), Ranjeeta (Geeta), Girish Karnad (Satish Kumar, Vinod and Ravi’s father), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (J.D.), Om Puri (Shyamlal)
Music: Usha Khanna
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Mr India
Release Date: 25 May 1987
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Anil Kapoor (Arun Verma/Mr India), Sridevi (Seema Soni), Amrish Puri (Mogambo), Satish Kaushik (Calendar), Annu Kapoor (Editor Gaitonde, Seema’s boss), Sharat Saxena (Daaga), Ajit Vachani (Teja), Bob Christo (Mr Walcott), Yunus Parvez (Maniklal), Harish Patel (Roopchand), Ashok Kumar (Professor Sinha)
Music: Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
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…And Pran: A Biography (Bunny Reuben, Harper Collins, 2011)
And Then One Day: A Memoir (Naseeruddin Shah, Penguin India, 2014)
Bollywood: A History (Mihir Bose, Tempus Publishing, 2006)
Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia (S. Hussain Zaidi, Roli Books, 2012)
Half a Rupee Stories (Gulzar, Penguin India, 2013) for the short story ‘Sahir and Jaadu’
In the Company of a Poet: Gulzar in Conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir (Rainlight/Rupa, 2012)
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Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye (Andrew Robinson, IB Taurius, revised edition in 2004)
Sholay: Gabbar (Saurav Mohapatra / Sascha Sippy / Sharad Devarajan / Ashwin Pande, Westland / Graphic India, 2014)
Sholay: The Graphic Novel (Sascha Sippy / Sharad Devarajan, Westland / Graphic India, 2014)
Sholay: The Making of a Classic (Anupama Chopra, Penguin India, 2000)
Talking Films: Conversations on Hindi Cinema with Javed Akhtar (Nasreen Munni Kabir, Oxford University Press, 2000)
The Making of Don (Krishna Gopalan, Rupa Publications, 2013)
To Be Or Not To Be Amitabh Bachchan (Khalid Mohamed, Saraswati Creations, 2002)
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Magazines/Newspapers/Offline Resources
Article on Salim-Javed by Sriram Raghavan, written for GraFTII (alumni association of FTII Pune)
Seminar speech by Vinay Shukla on Reflections on the Popular Indian Cinema, delivered at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Review of Zanjeer in Times of India, 13 May 1973
Interview with Salim-Javed in Filmfare, 13 December 1974
Movieman’s Diary column (written by Shabd Kumar), Film Industry, February 1975
Interview with Chinnappa Devar in Filmfare, 21 February 1975
Review of Sholay in Filmfare dated 5 September 1975
Coverage in Trade Guide (Page1), 3–9 October 1975
Review of Sholay in Hindustan Times, 5 October 1975
Interview of Manoj Kumar (by Promilla Kalhan) in Hindustan Times, 12 March 1977
Review of Amar Akbar Anthony in Hindustan Times, 6 May 1977
‘Manmohan Desai’s Trilogy: A Celebration of the Inane’ (by Haimanti Banerjee), Times of India, 21 May 1978
Review of Shaan from Trade Guide, 13 December 1980
Answer to a reader’s question by Salim Khan in Stardust, October 1981
Interview of Javed Akhtar in Stardust, November 1981
Interview of Salim Khan in Stardust, February 1982
From the gossip column ‘Without Makeup’ in Hindustan Times, 8 March 1987
Interview with Nasir Husain in Screen magazine, 22 March 2002
Profile of Farhan Akhtar in Caravan Style & Living magazine (by Mayank Shekhar), March 2013
Online Resources – Video
Farhan Akhtar on The Boss Dialogues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xQ-UMtrIiE
Farhan Akhtar on Salim Khan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NfvPvPKVRM
Helen on Movie Mahal (made for Britain’s Channel 4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXwiixqa2Hs
Javed Akhtar on Galaxzee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYsFVB_r124
Javed Akhtar on Guftagu (Rajya Sabha TV) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXMfu5yMy2A
Javed Akhtar on Teacher’s Achievement Awards present Achievers’ Club with Vir Sanghvi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZlw0VozJc
Javed Akhtar delivering the 5th BD Pande Memorial Lecture at Almora https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quuXrx-KDAI
Javed Akhtar (and Shabana Azmi) on Koffee with Karan, Season 2, Episode 23
Javed Akhtar (and Shabana Azmi) on Rendezvous with Simi Garewal (2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nSAa1eujbI
Salim Khan on Cinema and Me (Tehelka TV) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaW2vJ2xe2k
Salim Khan on Guftagu (Rajya Sabha TV) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_M1wV28Ano
Salim Khan with Komal Nahta (ETC Networks) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuHEe0DxqW8
Salim Khan on The Boss Dialogues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3mxTWGxSKM
Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar interviewed by Rajeev Masand (CNN IBN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTBM45Ek1t4
Salman Khan (and Salim Khan) on Koffee with Karan, Season 4, Episode 1
Zoya Akhtar on Cinema & Me (Tehelka TV) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbcABY5c6vw
Online Resources – Text
Amitabh Bachchan interview in Man’s World http://www.mansworldindia.com/cover-stars/being-amitabh-bachchan/
Angry Young Men Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_young_men
Anil Kapoor interview http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/27anil.htm
Arjun re-appraisal by Sukanya Verma http://www.sukanyaverma.com/2014/09/revisiting-the-angst-and-fury-of-sunny-deols-arjun/
Bhawana Somaaya column on writers of Hindi cinema http://bhawanasomaaya.com/blog/2010/08/02/day-52-mere-paas-kalam-hai/
Chandra Barot interview in The Hindu Cinema Plus http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/my-first-break-chandra-barot/article3631520.ece
Chasnala Mine Disaster summary http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/coal-mine-explodes-in-india
Deewaar fun facts http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/indian-cinema-100-12-fun-facts-about-deewar-633015
Deewaar re-appraisal by Jai Arjun Singh http://jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2005/04/revisiting-deewar.html
D
on (1978) facts around its making http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077451/trivia
Don (2006) appraisal on Jai Arjun Singh’s blog http://jaiarjun.blogspot.in/2006/11/not-review-but.html
Excel Entertainment’s profile in DNA (10th June, 2012) http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2682371851.html
Farhan Akhtar profile as part of a review of The Fakir of Venice in Hollywood Reporter http://www1.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/the-fakir-of-venice-film-review-1003966552.story
Gabbar Singh’s origins, as imagined by Soumik Sen http://ibnlive.in.com/news/how-gabbar-singh-became-a-feared-renegade-director-soumik-sen-blogs/443077-8-66.html
Haathi Mere Saathi re-appraisal by Rajiv Vijayakar http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/3718/
Honey Irani interview on iDiva.com http://idiva.com/news-entertainment/honey-irani-on-divorce-survival-shabana-azmi/13218
Javed Akhtar internet chat with fans (organised by Rediff) http://www.rediff.com/chat/0408chat.htm
Javed Akhtar’s reminisces on his website http://javedakhtar.com/Apne-Baare-Mein.php
Javed Akhtar speech by at Indian Screenwriters’ Conference (organized by Film Writers’ Association), February 2013. Notes taken by an attendee: http://moifightclub.com/2013/02/26/notes-from-fwa-indian-screenwriters-conference-day-1/
Javed Akhtar on Walk the Talk with Shekhar Gupta http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/creating-the-angry-young-man-was-not-a-conscious-decision/1120627/0
Javed Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar interview on Rediff.com http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/oct/17farhan.htm
Kaala Patthar review on movie blog Post Punk Cinema Club http://p-pcc.blogspot.in/2007/09/kaala-patthar-1979.html
Kader Khan interview http://www.haham.net/kader_khan_interview.htm
Kitne Ad The . . . (Ads inspired by Sholay) http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2005-10-19/news/42809522_1_sholay-gabbar-singh-ramesh-sippy
Lakshya review by Mayank Shekhar http://thew14.com/movie/mayank-shekhars-review-lakshya/
Loveleen Tandon interview on IBNLive.com http://ibnlive.in.com/news/slumdogs--codirector-speaks-up/82472-8.html
‘Mogambo Khush Hua’ on Shekhar Kapur’s blog http://shekharkapur.com/blog/2010/06/mr-india-mogambo-khush-hua-the-creating-of-mogambo/
‘Movie Star as Auteur’ by Jai Arjun Singh http://jaiarjun.blogspot.in/2012/02/movie-star-as-auteur.html
Mumtaz interview: http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/mumtaz-many-big-heroes-refused-to-work-with-me/
Prakash Mehra interview on the making of Zanjeer http://www.rediff.com/entertai/1998/may/19zan.htm
Pran’s biography http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695199/bio
Rajesh Khanna article by Malavika Sangghvi http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/original-superstar-112063000003_1.html
Ramesh Sippy interview by Baradwaj Rangan http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-man-behind-gabbar/article5207822.ece
Ramesh Sippy interview by Baradwaj Rangan https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/those-days-we-could-afford-to-launch-a-film-without-a-script/
Ramesh Sippy interview in The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/still-got-the-fire/article5120201.ece
Ritesh Sidhwani (and Farhan Akhtar) interview in India Today http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-38-anniversary-actor-farhan-akhtar-producer-ritesh-sidhwani/1/331204.html
Salim Khan interview in The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/my-first-break-salim-khan/article789674.ece
Salim Khan interview in Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/television/salim-khan-behind-mahabharata/article1-1115883.aspx
Salim Khan interview in HT Brunch http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch-stories/i-ve-never-written-a-scene-or-dialogue-that-you-can-t-watch-with-your-family-salim-khan/article1-1296019.aspx
Salim Khan’s first person account of Sholay in Open magazine http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/arts-letters/sholay-the-beginning
Salim Khan interview in Open magazine http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/living/salman-khans-father-on-his-superstar-son
Salim Khan interviewed in Telegraph http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101114/jsp/7days/story_13173933.jsp
Salim-Javed patching up, news item in the Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Salim-KhanJaved-AkhtarZanjeer-Salim-Javed/articleshow/25355690.cms
Salim-Javed reunion possibilities, news item in the Telegraph http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111228/jsp/entertainment/story_14933643.jsp#.VSrBJfmUcgQ
Satyajit Ray interviewed in India Today http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/satyajit-ray-91st-brithday/10/7060.html
Seeta Aur Geeta re-appraisal on Carla Miriam Levy’s blog http://www.filmigeek.com/2006/10/seeta_aur_geeta.html
Seeta Aur Geeta review by Dinesh Raheja http://m.rediff.com/%0Amovies/2003/may/28dinesh.htm
Shabana Azmi interview on Firstpost http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/theres-not-a-single-romantic-bone-in-javeds-body-shabana-472175.html
Shakti re-appraisal by Sukanya Verma http://www.sukanyaverma.com/2013/08/shakti-dilip-kumar-big-bs-ultimate-face-off-in-ramesh-sippys-1982-drama/
Shatrughan Sinha interview in the Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Amitabh-hit-me-and-cried-Shatrughan-Sinha/articleshow/11385622.cms
Slumdog Millionaire’s Bollywood Ancestors by Amitava Kumar http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2008/12/slumdog-millionaires-bollywood-ancestors
‘We Don’t Need No Intermission’, column by Shubhra Gupta in the Indian Express http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/we-dont-need-no-intermission/
Zanjeer (1973) turning 40, news item in Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/amitabh-bachchan-s-zanjeer-turns-40/article1-1063080.aspx
Zanjeer (2013) news item http://businessofcinema.com/bollywood_news/salim-javed-finally-win-in-the-zanjeer-remake-case/100008
Zanjeer (2013) news item in DNA http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-salim-javed-settle-with-producers-over-copyright-of-zanjeer-1884382
Zanjeer (2013) news item in the Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Salim-Javed-are-the-rightful-owners-of-Zanjeer-script-observes-DSC/articleshow/19146930.cms
Zanjeer (2013) sequence of events by Subhash K. Jha on Bhaskar.com http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-salman-khan-fails-to-rescue-neo--zanjeer-4231541-NOR.html
Zoya Akhtar interview in Mid-Day http://www.mid-day.com/articles/writer-in-me-very-strong-says-zoya-akhtar/189921
Zoya Akhtar interview on Rediff.com http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-interview-with-zoya-akhtar/20090907.htm
Interviews by Author
Carla Miriam Levy (http://www.filmigeek.com), January 2015 (Online chat)
Kamlesh Pandey, Mumbai, 22 March 2014
Kaushik Bhaumik (http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/kbhaumik/), Delhi, 3 April, 2014
Khalid Mohamed, June 2014 (Email)
K.Y. Thomas, January 2015 (Skype)
Mansoor Khan, March 2014 (Telephonic)
Rajat Aroraa, Mumbai, 6 November 2014
Ramesh Talwar, Mumbai, 5 December 2013
Salim Khan, Mumbai, 21 March 2014
Saurav Mohapatra, December 2014 (Email)
Sriram Raghavan, Mumbai, 23 August 2013
Sukanya Verma (http://sukanyaverma.com), September 2014 (Email)
Vinay Shukla, Mumbai, 23 August 2013
Copyright Acknowledgements
Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following for permission to reprint copyright material:
Magna Publishing Co Ltd for the Salim Khan interview and the later photograph of Salim–Javed
Kumar Gaurav for the poster of Naam
Jagdish Aurangabadkar for Salim–Javed’s earlier picture taken by the Late Shyam Aurangabadkar
Screen magazine for the picture of Salim–Javed popping c
hampagne and the group photo from the Deewaar premiere
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