About Angry Young Men
| Title: | Angry Young Men |
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| Plot: | Angry Young Men is the story of Salim-Javed, legendary screenwriters of 1970s Hindi cinema. Together, they created the archetype of the Angry Young Man - a brooding anti-hero who captured the imagination of an entire nation with his rage, defiance, and quest for social justice. Like the character they created, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, two outsiders to the Hindi film industry, defied all odds, questioning the position of writers and demanding recognition as much as the reigning stars of that time. Their break-up made headlines for many years and Indian cinema never saw a cultural collaboration as powerful again. This is a personal and candid account of their lives, their writing and their legacy. |
| Cast: | Javed Akhtar, Salim Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Farhan Akhtar |
| Director: | Namrata Rao |
| Editor: | Geeta Singh |
Angry Young Men
Suparna Sharma
Independent Film Critic
An entertaining home video that mollycoddles Salim-Javed duo
Salim Khan, 88, and Javed Akhtar, 79, are the stars of this multi-starrer
Angry Young Men, a three-part series directed by Namrata Rao, is crafted like the many Bollywood blockbusters that its protagonists — Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar — wrote together. Starring their wives, children, colleagues, friends and fans, the series is devoted to not just telling the story of a very successful and almost epochal collaboration, but also to cast them as the best writers Indian cinema has ever had.