Salim Khan ascended to legendary fame as a member of the renowned screenplay pair Salim-Javed, along with Javed Akhtar. Together, they revolutionised Bollywood narrative and produced some of the most memorable films in Indian cinema history.
Their biggest hits include:
Sholay
Deewaar
Zanjeer
Trishul
Don
These films helped develop Amitabh Bachchan’s “angry young man” character and revolutionised commercial Hindi cinema in the 1970s.