MUMBAI: Recently, Shabana Azmi was questioned about her writer-husband Javed Akhtar's and Salim Khan's relationship, which lasted until 1982 when they both made the decision to part ways and Javed started writing lyrics.
The team most known as Salim-Javed, wrote the scripts for several successful films. Among them were Don, Sholay, Zanjeer, and Deewar, to mention a few. Shabana discussed their split in a recent interview, admitting that she still doesn't know why they broke up.
(Also read: Shabana Azmi mentions Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt while discussing about women's position in the industry)
The five-time National Film Award winner discussed the subject during an appearance on The Invincibles, Salim Khan's son's actor Arbaaz Khan’s talk show. In a trailer for the upcoming episode, Arbaaz recalled that “Salim-Javed was at the peak of their career.”
Shabana Azmi also opened up about dealing with Javed Akhtar’s alcoholism, emphasising that it was “difficult”. In the episode, Shabana will also discuss her relationship with Javed’s first wife Honey Irani and their children Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar.
Javed Akhtar discussed his split with Salim Khan in an earlier interview this year. He stated, “When we began, both of us were nobodies, we only had each other. So, we would spend a lot of time together, sit by the sea, talk about stories. He would come to my room, I had one paying guest room, or I would go to his house, which was a small one. But when you become bigger, more successful, many more people enter your life. Then all those desires which were dormant, all those interests which were dormant… The moment you have done something which was the main issue of your life or the main interest, you reach a satisfactory position and then all the other interests start emerging.”
He made it clear that credit or money had nothing to do with their split. “You start meeting different kind of people and then gradually you become different people and that is what happened. We did not fight, there was no issue about credit, there was never any issue about money, there was nothing. We just grew apart. One realised that relationship is no longer there, that we now don’t sit together in the evening, we have our own set of friends. Gradually that happened and the rapport weakened, and it was reflecting on our work also,” he added.
(Also read: Shabana Azmi mentions Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt while discussing about women's position in the industry)
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