Javed Akhtar’s brother Salman Akhtar reveals they haven’t spoken in ages because of a fight: ‘We have intuitive connection’

When noted that Javed really wants to reconcile, Salman quipped, “If he wants to talk to me, that’s a good choice because I am a pretty decent person.”

When pressed further about why they haven’t been on talking terms, Salman added, “There are a lot of things that happen, and these things have nuance, they’re very complex. They have fine tendrils, emotions and history. They are not matters which can be discussed in a broad public way. He is a very erudite, intelligent, sharp-witted man and in many realms, a very good poet. He is a smart, talented man, no doubt about it.”

 

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Later in the conversation, Salman Akhtar mentioned Javed again, and said the two are still intuitively connected despite not being in touch. “We may meet or not meet, but we are also very close intuitively. We know each other very well. He knows what I will do and think, I know which joke will make him laugh. We have this intuitive connection. There are deeper connections than language and physical exchange,” he added.

This is perhaps the first time Salman has opened up about the rift between him and Javed Akhtar, who has mostly been vocal about the other complicated relationship of his life— that with his father.