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‘Angry Young Men’: Inside Prime Video’s Documentary Series on Bollywood Screenwriting Legends Salim-Javed (EXCLUSIVE)
Prime Video is set to premiere 'Angry Young Men,' a doc series that captures the journey of legendary screenwriting duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar.
Prime Video is set to premiere “ Angry Young Men,” a three-part documentary series that captures the personal and professional journey of legendary screenwriting duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, known collectively as Salim-Javed. It delves into how Salim-Javed revolutionized Indian cinema in the 1970s by reinventing the Bollywood formula, introducing ‘angry young man’ heroes in a romance-dominated industry, and popularizing the action-drama genre. The original ‘angry young man’ was Amitabh Bachchan who, after a string of middling films, began his journey to superstardom with Prakash Mehra’s “Zanjeer” (1973), written by Salim-Javed.
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