WHEN I WROTE DEEWAAR'

‘We didn't create the Angry Young Man persona for Amitabh Bachchan.’ We created the Vijay persona and then Amitabh Bachchan fitted into it.’

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Yash Chopra’s iconic film Deewaar, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh and Nirupa Roy, turns 50 this month. To celebrate this important landmark, a special screening of the film will be held at Mumbai’s Regal Cinema on February 1.

Deewaar’s script-writer Javed Akhtar (along with Salim Khan), looks back at the film and tells “If Deewaar and Sholay worked better than Aaakhri Dao in 1975, it is not necessarily because they deserved to. Many factors went into making Deewaar the film it was.” -

Where do you place Deewaar in your dazzling repertoire?

Dazzling repertoire is not for me to judge. Yeh sab retro-tareef beqar ki baatein hai. We (SalimJaved) did what we did back when we were younger, different people.