Salman Khan Shy When Javed Akhtar Reveal How He Was In His Childhood At Angry Young Men Launch

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‘Salman Khan was a shy kid, hardly spoke’: Javed Akhtar on his first visit to Salim Khan’s house

Javed Akhtar opened up about his first visit to Salim Khan’s residence and meeting his elder son, Salman Khan.

Salman Khan, Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan at the press conference for ‘Angry Young Men’. (Pic: Varinder Chawla)

At the trailer launch of the docu-series Angry Young Men, Javed Akhtar shared some fun anecdotes from the time he and Salim Khan collaborated on writing screenplays for Hindi films. Javed also opened up about his first visit to Salim’s residence and meeting his elder son, Salman Khan.

Describing his first visit to Galaxy Apartments in 1965, Javed shared, “When I visited Salim sahab’s home for the first time, Salman was not even one year old. He looks so handsome now, but it is not what happened recently. Woh bachpan se hi khoobsurat the (He was a beautiful child). He was an exceptionally good-looking child. There used to be a black-and-white picture of Salman in Salim sahab’s living room. It was a small frame. I don’t know if he still has it. The other kids were born in front of me.”

Opening up about how he found Salman to be a slightly reserved and soft-spoken kid, Javed added, “What is interesting is that today Salman is ‘He Man’, the ‘dashing hero,’ but he was this shy boy, bohot hi kam bolne wala, bohot his chupp chaap rehne wala bacchha tha (reserved and soft-spoken child). He would quietly sit in a corner.”

Talking about Salim Khan’s second son Arbaaz Khan, Javed said, “Arbaaz was the badmaash bacchha (notorious one). He was a regular seducer. He never had ruffled hair. Even as a 6-year-old, he would have his hair done up. Have you ever seen a 6-year-old comb their hair? Arbaaz used to do it. (Laughs heartily). He had a lot of self-love.”

Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan shared the stage for the first time in 40 years in Mumbai on Tuesday. Angry Young Men, a docu-series based on their life and work, is set to start streaming on Amazon Prime Video from August 20. Angry Young Men is directed by Namrata Rao and backed by Salman Khan’s SK Films, Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment and Zoya Akhtar’s Tiger Baby Films.