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'Gave a hit with a super-duper flop actor Amitabh Bachchan': Javed Akhtar says he, Salim Khan had no work for 9 months after delivering 4 hits

July 15, 2025 1:45 pm

Javed Akhtar revealed that despite delivering back-to-back hits, he and Salim Khan went without work for nine months because they demanded a fee they rightfully deserved, one that was well above the industry's standard at the time.

'Amitabh Bachchan was thrown out of the film, replaced by Sanjay Khan': Raza Murad recalls how Zanjeer changed Big B's fortune after 16 flops

July 04, 2025 4:47 pm

Amitabh Bachchan had almost lost hopes of becoming a star after 16 of his films flopped. However, Prakash Mehra's Zanjeer launched him to stardom with string of hits post that.

'Amitabh Bachchan's dialogues by Salim-Javed inspired people during Emergency,' Akhilendra Mishra recalls noticing 'visible change' in youngsters

April 05, 2025 1:40 pm

Actor Akhilendra Mishra spoke about the impact Amitabh Bachchan and Salim-Javed had on his generation during the Emergency.

Javed Akhtar was confident about Amitabh Bachchan doing Zanjeer after watching his flops: 'What an actor he is!'

November 07, 2024 1:53 pm

Javed Akhtar recently shared details of his first meeting with Amitabh Bachchan. They met on the sets of Anand, but according to the writer, 'It was not an eventful meeting'.

Zanjeer, Ardh Satya and Soni share some common ground with Rohit Shetty’s maximalist, formula-driven Cop Universe.

Zanjeer, Ardh Satya and Soni: The definitive cop trilogy that dismantles Rohit Shetty’s Cop Universe

October 29, 2024 8:18 pm

Violence is both the means and the end in Rohit Shetty’s Cop Universe: a cinematic playground of big stars, bigger stunts, and the biggest cars as shown in the trailer of the much-awaited Singham Again.

Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar recently recalled how they literally etched their names onto one of their projects, feeling they deserved recognition, even though it was uncommon practice at the time.

When Salim–Javed hired painter to add their names to Zanjeer posters; defied questions about their demand for recognition: 'That’s how it’s going to be'

August 20, 2024 9:52 pm

Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar recently recalled how they literally etched their names onto one of their projects, feeling they deserved recognition, even though it was uncommon practice at the time.

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Amitabh Bachchan accepted Zanjeer 'at his lowest', after all actors refused it; Jaya Bachchan said she didn't want to do the film

September 01, 2024 3:41 pm

As Angry Young Men, the documentary series based on the work and lives of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar drops on Amazon Prime Video today, here's a story of how Amitabh Bachchan landed Zanjeer after top actors of the time including Dev Anand rejected it.

Shabana Azmi says Javed Akhtar's ex wife, Honey Irani, was generous enough to give Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar to her (Photos: Instagram/shabanaazmi)

Shabana Azmi credits Javed Akhtar's 'generous' ex-wife Honey Irani for relationship with Zoya, Farhan: 'I wasn't the stepmother...'

May 27, 2024 4:18 pm

Shabana Azmi, who is married to Javed Akhtar, recalled the time when the noted lyricists' ex-wife, Honey Irani was generous enough for letting her children, Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar accept her in their lives, following their divorce.

Apoorva Lakhia reflects on Zanjeer flop, says Hindi audience was perhaps not ready for South star: 'If Ram Charan does Hindi film now...'

May 27, 2023 7:30 pm

Director Apoorva Lakhia revealed he was made to return signing amounts after delivering a flop. A producer demanded that he return an expensive watch that he'd gifted him.

Javed Akhtar reveals Prakash Mehra was scared before Zanjeer's release as Amitabh Bachchan films were failing at box office: 'Mere liye ye film bechna..'

February 12, 2023 9:26 am

Scriptwriter Javed Akhtar had to convince Prakash Mehra to cast Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role in Zanjeer as the actor was delivering one flop after another in those days.