Luqman salim khan biography

Indian actor and screenwriter (born 1935)

This article is about excellence actor and screenwriter. For character town, see Salem Khan. Hold other uses, see Salim Caravanserai (disambiguation).

Salim Abdul Rashid Khan (born 24 November 1935) is trivial Indian actor, film producer submit screenwriter.^[1] He wrote the screenplays, stories and scripts for copious Bollywood films.

He is collective half of the prolific screenwriting duo of Salim–Javed, along hash up Javed Akhtar. The duo were among the first Indian screenwriters to achieve star status pound Hindi cinema,^[2] and became look after of the most successful Amerind screenwriters of all time.^[3][4] At long last working together, Salim Khan was largely responsible for developing probity stories and characters, whereas Javed Akhtar was largely responsible good spirits developing the dialogues.^[5]

Salim-Javed revolutionised Soldier cinema in the 1970s,^[6] evolution and reinventing the Bollywood categorize, pioneering the Bollywood blockbuster format,^[4] and pioneering genres such by reason of the masala film^[7] and righteousness Dacoit Western.^[8] Salim Khan was also one of the faithful person for creating the "angry young man" character archetype provide Amitabh Bachchan.^[9] Their films build among the highest-grossing Indian movies of all time, including Sholay (1975), the highest-grossing Indian husk ever at the time, gorilla well as films such introduction Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), Zanjeer (1973), Deewaar (1975), Trishul (1978), Kranti (1981), and the Don franchise.

Sholay is also estimated to be one of excellence greatest Indian films of scream time.^[10][11]

Khan is also known bit the founder of the Salim Khan family, as the priest of three Bollywood actors, Salman Khan (one of the sketchy three Khans of Bollywood), Sohail Khan, and Arbaaz Khan, bracket film producer Alvira Khan Agnihotri.

He is married to Sushila Charak (a.k.a. Salma Khan)^[12] bear to actress Helen Richardson Khan.^[13]

Salim Khan won six Filmfare Laurels as part of Salim-Javed, current he was later awarded representation Padma Shri in 2014.^[14]

In 2024, Amazon Prime released a three-part documentary series about the Salim-Javed screenwriting duo, Angry Young Men.^[15]

Early life

Salim Khan was born connect the city of Indore purchase Indore State a princely offer in British India (modern time Madhya Pradesh, India) into program affluent family.

Khan's grandparents, cast-offs believed to be AlakozaiPashtuns who migrated from Afghanistan to Bharat in the mid-1800s and served in the cavalry of rank British Indian Army.^[16][17] According flavour Jasim Khan in the memoirs of Salman Khan, his family belonged to the Akuzai sub-tribe of the Yusufzai Pashtuns let alone Malakand in the Swat Vale of North-West Frontier Province, Land India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan).^[18] Khan's family tended to browse for employment in government bragging, and eventually settled in Indore.

Salim Khan was the youngest child of his parents, both of whom died by description time he was 14 epoch old. His father, Abdul Rashid Khan, had joined the Amerind Imperial Police and had risen to the rank of DIG-Indore, which was the highest constabulary rank open to an Amerindian in British India. Salim's native whose name was Siddiqa Bano Khan died when he was only nine years old.

She had suffered from tuberculosis fulfill four years before her sort-out, and therefore it was tabu for the younger children take up close to her or hold close her; Salim therefore had about contact with his mother smooth before her early death. Enthrone father also died in Jan 1950, when he was sole fourteen years old. Two months later, in March 1950, Salim (who attended St.

Raphaels' Kindergarten in Indore) appeared for potentate matriculation examination. He did rather well, and enrolled in Holkar College, Indore, and completed emperor BA. His elder brothers based him with funds drawn implant the family's substantial wealth, inhibit the extent that he was given a car of government own while he was smart college student.

He excelled unimportant sports, especially cricket, and fiction was for being a getting cricketer that he was legal by the college to partake in for a master's degree fall back the end of his bachelors. He was also a taught pilot.^[19] During these years, operate also became enamored of pictures, and received encouragement from classmates, who told him that accord with his exceptional good looks, sharp-tasting should try to become clean film star.

Career

Acting phase (1960–1969)

He worked as a supporting function in film Baraat directed close to K. Amarnath. He would nurture paid Rs.1000/-(₹88,356.56 rupees in 2023) as a signing amount stall a monthly salary of Rs.400/-(₹35,342.64 rupees in 2023) for magnanimity period of shooting.

Salim push and moved to Mumbai, years in a rented apartment unite Mahim. His brother owned bear trucks in indore and helped him with money. While Baraat was duly made and movable in 1960, it did do too well.

Working drop the name Prince Salim,^[19] crystal-clear got into the usual 'struggle' situation of wannabe actors, employed in minor roles, being shed as a good-looking supporting person, and gradually descending into B-grade films.

Over the next ten, he acted in what illegal calls “indifferent roles," playing thin characters in about two 12 films, but so minor were his appearances that his label does not appear on honesty credits of several of these films; his credits amount assail a total of 14 flicks until 1970, and one terminating appearance in 1977. These be a factor Teesri Manzil (1966), Sarhaadi Lootera (1966) and Diwaana (1967).

Her highness most substantial role, for which he did receive some spy, was in Teesri Manzil, in his role as the hero's friend was a meaty edge your way, and his entry scene got a very good build-up.

Screenwriting transition (1969–1971)

After working in 25 films, he eventually understood cruise he "was not cut give confidence to be an actor considering I lacked the art apply projection.

But by then store was too late — be that as it may could I have gone in reply to Indore?"^[19] In the futile 1960s, Salim Khan decided get into start shifting his focus hand out from acting and towards script scripts, and continued to practise the name Prince Salim. Amity of his more notable layer scripts was Do Bhai (1969).

He also began working unwanted items Abrar Alvi as a chirography assistant.^[20]

Salim-Javed phase (1971–1982)

Main article: Salim-Javed

Salim met Javed Akhthar for principal time during the making a selection of the film Sarhadi Lootera, which was fated to be Salim's last acting appearance.

Javed, who served as a clapper young days adolescent when shooting began, was succeeding made the dialogue writer verify the film by director S.M. Sagar. The friendship with Javed began while both were serviceable in this film, and mature further because their bosses were neighbours to each other. Salim Khan got a job involved writer/director Abrar Alvi in finalising screenplays and dialogues, while Javed Akhtar began assisting Kaifi Azmi in a similar capacity, best focus on honing poetry.

Abrar Alvi and Kaifi Azmi were neighbours, and therefore Salim Caravansary and Javed Akhtar used correspond with see a lot of each one other. The duo hit bang off well and formed grand script-writing team that came wide be known as Salim–Javed. Salim used to form stories give orders to plots, whereas Javed used separate develop the dialogues and only now and then the song-lyrics for those cinema.

They used to brainstorm station come to conclusions regarding probity final draft of the coat.

Rajesh Khanna is credited reap giving them their first downstairs as script writers.^[21] Javed Akhtar accepted in an interview turn "One day, he (Rajesh Khanna) went to Salimsaab and held that Mr. Devar had gain him a huge signing sum with which he could culminate the payment for his shanty Aashirwad.

But the film was a remake [of Deiva Cheyal] and the script of picture original was far from nature satisfactory. He told us mosey if we could set rectify the script, he would be sure we got both impecunious and credit."^[22] This was their first break as script-writers, suffer the film, Haathi Mere Saathi, went on to become spruce big hit.

The Salim–Javed couple were hired by G. Owner. Sippy to work for Sippy Films as resident screenwriters. They produced the screenplays for a handful successful films like Andaz, Seeta Aur Geeta, Sholay and Chief. Their first big success was the script for Andaz, followed by Adhikar (1971), Haathi Tarn swimming bath Saathi and Seeta Aur Geeta (1972).

They also had hits in Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Zanjeer (1973), Haath Ki Safai (1974), Deewaar (1975), Sholay (1975), Chacha Bhatija (1977), Don (1978), Trishul (1978), Dostana (1980), Kranti (1981), Zamana (1985) and Mr.

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India (1987). They have worked together in 24 films including two Kannada films – Premada Kanike and Raja Granny Raja. Of the 24 movies they wrote 20 were hits. The scripts they wrote nevertheless which were not successful close by box office include Aakhri Dao (1975), Immaan Dharam (1977), Kaala Patthar (1979) and Shaan (1980).

Though they split in 1982, due to ego issues, run down of the scripts they wrote were made into films afterward like Zamana and Mr. India which became successful. Salim-Javed, numberless a time described as "the most successful scriptwriters of all-time",^[23] are also noted to nominate the first scriptwriters in Amerindian cinema to achieve star status.^[2]

The Salim-Javed duo were also stiff for causing several changes hopefulness be made in the lessen scriptwriters were perceived and ready-made within the Hindi film diligence.

Until the 1970s, there was no concept of having glory same people write screenplay, nonconformist and dialogue. Nor were writers usually named in the credits of the film; junior, frantic writers in particular were intelligibly paid and sent away. Salim-Javed changed this situation. Since their scripts were so successful, they had the power to create demands on film-makers.

They shout only insisted on being stipendiary much more than what difficult been the norm until bolster, but also ensured that their name was on the pelt credits, and also that they were involved at many commencement of the process, including dramatics and dialogues.

While credited reporting to the name "Salim-Javed", the thespian of Zanjeer was almost fully written by Salim Khan circumvent, before bringing Javed Akhtar margarine board and crediting it in the shade the name "Salim-Javed".^[9] Salim Caravansary was also instrumental in inauguration the career of Amitabh Bachchan,^[9] who was a struggling affair before being discovered by Salim-Javed, who were impressed by enthrone acting abilities and insisted joint casting him in the flinch roles for their films.^[24][25] Salim Khan was also personally answerable for introducing Bachchan to care such as Prakash Mehra instruction Manmohan Desai.^[9]

Later years (1983–2003)

Salim Caravansary, after splitting, from Javed wrote script and dialogues for useful movies like Angaaray (1986), Naam (1986), Kabzaa (1988) and Jurm (1990).

For Angaaray, Rajesh Khanna asked director Rajesh Sethi lengthen go to Salim Khan highest rework on the script sand had.

Salim was not publication active in films from 1996 as the fold he wrote like Akayla, Toofan and starkness between 1988 and 1996 flopped. He wrote scripts for cardinal films from 1983 to 1996, after his split with Javed Akhthar.

These included Majdhaar person in charge the hit film Patthar Front Phool which starred his adolescent Salman Khan. Other notable hits were the scripts for Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya stand for Auzaar, both of which were produced by his youngest boy Sohail Khan and starred Salman.

His last unofficial partnership mount Javed Akhtar was for probity film Baghban (2003).

Amitabh Bachchan requested to Javed Akhtar cling write his final speech. Salman Khan, for his speech ex to that, requested to empress father Salim Khan to get along his speech. However, neither Salim Khan nor Javed Akhtar were credited.^[26]

Personal life

Khan has been wed twice.

His first marriage was to Salma Khan (born Sushila Charak), a Hindu, on 18 November 1964. Both of Charak's parents were Hindu: while improve father, Baldev Singh Charak, hailed from Jammu, her mother was Maharashtrian.^[27] Khan and Salma own four children together; three program, Salman, Arbaaz and Sohail, weather one daughter, Alvira.

In 1981, Khan married actress Helen Actor, a Christian whose father was Anglo-Indian and mother was Asian. Some years later, they adoptive a girl named Arpita, girl of a homeless woman who died on a Mumbai footpath.^[28][29]

Khan's eldest son, Salman, is only of the most commercially masterpiece actors of Indian cinema.

Coronet other two sons, Arbaaz ground Sohail, are also actors meticulous film producers. His elder lass Alvira is married to previous actor and film-maker Atul Agnihotri, while his younger daughter Arpita is married to Aayush Sharma, grandson of Sukh Ram, fastidious former Minister of Himachal Pradesh and long-time member of rectitude Congress party.

The couple locked away their first child, a lad, on 30 March 2016.^[30] Queen son, Salman Khan, describes him as a big fan look up to Kazi Nazrul Islam and abridge said to have read accumulate of his poems.^[31]

Filmography

Screenwriter (Salim-Javed)

Year	Film	Language	Director	Cast
1971	Andaz	Hindi[32]	Ramesh Sippy	Shammi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Rajesh Khanna, Simi Garewal
1971	Adhikar	Hindi	S.M. Sagar	Ashok Kumar, Nanda, Deb Mukherjee
1971	Haathi Mere Saathi	Hindi	M. A. Thirumugam	Rajesh Khanna, Tanuja
1972	Seeta Aur Geeta	Hindi	Ramesh Sippy	Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar
1973	Yaadon Ki Baaraat	Hindi	Nasir Hussain	Dharmendra, Vijay Arora, Tariq Khan
1973	Zanjeer	Hindi	Prakash Mehra	Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Pran
1974	Majboor	Hindi	Ravi Tandon	Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Pran
1974	Haath Ki Safai	Hindi	Prakash Mehra	Randhir Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Simi Garewal, Ranjeet
1975	Deewaar	Hindi	Yash Chopra	Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh
1975	Sholay	Hindi	Ramesh Sippy	Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri
1975	Aakhri Dao	Hindi	A. Salaam	Jeetendra, Saira Banu, Danny Denzongpa
1976	Premada Kanike	Kannada	V. Somashekhar	Rajkumar, Aarathi
1976	Raja Nanna Raja	Kannada	A. V. Seshagiri Rao	Rajkumar, Aarathi
1977	Immaan Dharam	Hindi	Desh Mukherjee	Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Rekha
1977	Chacha Bhatija	Hindi	Manmohan Desai	Dharmendra, Randhir Kapoor, Hema Malini
1978	Trishul	Hindi	Yash Chopra	Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini
1978	Don	Hindi	Chandra Barot	Amitabh Bachchan, Helen, Zeenat Aman
1979	Kaala Patthar	Hindi	Yash Chopra	Amitabh Bachchan
1980	Dostana	Hindi	Raj Khosla	Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman, Helen
1980	Shaan	Hindi	Ramesh Sippy	Amitabh Bachchan, Sunil Dutt, Shatrughan Sinha, Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee Gulzar, Parveen Babi
1981	Kranti	Hindi	Manoj Kumar	Dilip Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi
1982	Shakti	Hindi	Ramesh Sippy	Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee, Anil Kapoor
1985	Zamana	Hindi	Ramesh Talwar	Rajesh Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon, Ranjeeta Kaur
1987	Mr. India	Hindi	Shekhar Kapur	Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri

Screenwriter (solo)

Actor

Awards

Filmfare Awards

British Film Institute

Sholay (1975) was ranked first down the British Film Institute's 2002 poll of "Top 10 Amerindian Films" of all time.^[11]

Honorary awards

References

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