Salim Khan

This article is about the actor and screenwriter. For the town, see Salem Khan. For other uses, see Salim Khan (disambiguation).

Salim Khan
Khan in August 2012
Born (1935-11-24) 24 November 1935 (age 88)
Indore, Indore State, British India
(present-day Madhya Pradesh, India)
Occupations
Years active
  • 1959–1996
  • 2013–present
Spouses
  • Salma Khan (Sushila Charak)
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    (m. 1964)​
  • ​
    (m. 1981)​
Children5 (including Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Alvira Khan Agnihotri, Sohail Khan)
RelativesSee Khan family

Salim Abdul Rashid Khan (born 24 November 1935) is an Indian actor, film producer and screenwriter.[1] He wrote the screenplays, stories and scripts for numerous Bollywood films. Khan is one half of the prolific screenwriting duo of Salim–Javed, along with Javed Akhtar. The duo were among the first Indian screenwriters to achieve star status in Hindi cinema,[2] and became one of the most successful Indian screenwriters of all time.[3][4] While working together, Salim Khan was largely responsible for developing the stories and characters, whereas Javed Akhtar was largely responsible for developing the dialogues.[5]

Salim-Javed revolutionised Indian cinema in the 1970s,[6] transforming and reinventing the Bollywood formula, pioneering the Bollywood blockbuster format,[4] and pioneering genres such as the masala film[7] and the Dacoit Western.[8] Salim Khan was also one of the responsible person for creating the "angry young man" character archetype of Amitabh Bachchan.[9] Their films are among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time, including Sholay (1975), the highest-grossing Indian film ever at the time, as well as films such as Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), Zanjeer (1973), Deewaar (1975), Trishul (1978), Kranti (1981), and the Don franchise. Sholay is also considered to be one of the greatest Indian films of all time.[10][11]

Khan is also known as the founder of the Salim Khan family, as the father of three Bollywood actors, Salman Khan (one of the big three Khans of Bollywood), Sohail Khan, and Arbaaz Khan, and film producer Alvira Khan Agnihotri. He is married to Sushila Charak (a.k.a. Salma Khan)[12] and to actress Helen Richardson Khan.[13] Salim Khan won six Filmfare Awards as part of Salim-Javed, and he was later awarded the Padma Shri in 2014.[14]

  1. ^ Roy, Sagorika (25 November 2023). "Salman Khan wishes father Salim Khan on his 88th birthday: Top Instagram moments". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. ^ Ramesh Dawar (2003), Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema Archived 5 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd.
  3. ^ Sholay, through the eyes of Salim Khan, [1] Archived 6 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine,Rediff.com
  4. ^ a b Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (1 October 2015). Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters. Penguin UK. ISBN 9789352140084. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ^ Chintamani, Gautam. "The brilliance of Salim-Javed lies not just in what they said, but how they said it". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Salim-Javed: Writing Duo that Revolutionized Indian Cinema". Pandolin. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (1 October 2015). Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters. Penguin UK. p. 58. ISBN 9789352140084. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ^ Teo, Stephen (2017). Eastern Westerns: Film and Genre Outside and Inside Hollywood. Taylor & Francis. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-317-59226-6. Archived from the original on 30 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Why Salim Khan was angry with Amitabh Bachchan". The Times of India. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. ^ Pandya, Haresh (27 December 2007). "G. P. Sippy, Indian Filmmaker Whose Sholay Was a Bollywood Hit, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  11. ^ "Top 10 Indian Films". British Film Institute. 2002. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  12. ^ "Salman Khan's mom Salma Khan and stepmom Helen share a strong bond". Dainik Bhaskar. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Helen elated over grandson's birth". The Indian Express. 2 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference padmashri was invoked but never defined (see the help page).