Javed Akhtar calls Salman Khan 'good-looking, shy kid' at Angry Young Men trailer launch event

Noted lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar went down memory lane during the trailer launch event of the docuseries Angry Young Men. The three-part docuseries is based on Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar who went by the name of Salim-Javed and wrote several iconic Hindi films in the 1970s. At the trailer launch event on Tuesday, the two stalwarts were joined by their children on stage- Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar and Sohail Khan.

At the event, Javed Akhtar recounted his first meeting with Salim Khan andthe initial days of their journey. Akhtar also spoke about Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan's early days. Javed Akhtar called Salman an "exceptionally good-looking child" who used to be "shy".

Recalling the day when he first visited Salim Khan's Bandra house, Javed Akhtar said, "When I visited Salim Sahab's home for the first time, Salman was not even one year old. He looks so handsome now, but it is not what happened recently. Woh bachpan se hi khoobsurat the (He was a beautiful child). He was an exceptionally good-looking child. There used to be a black-and-white picture of Salman in Salim Sahab's living room. It was a small frame. I don't know if he still has it. The other kids were born in front of me."

Angry Young Men trailer: Salim-Javed's story told by their children Salman Khan, Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar

Javed Akhtar then added that Salman used to be a quiet child. "What is interesting is that today Salman is 'He Man', the 'dashing hero,' but he was this shy boy, bohot hi kam bolne wala, bohot hi chupp chaap rehne wala bacchha tha (reserved and soft-spoken child). He would quietly sit in a corner."

The noted lyricist then pointed out at Arbaaz, seated in the audience, and said "Arbaaz was the badmaash bacchha (notorious one)."

"He was a regular seducer. He never had ruffled hair. Even as a 6-year-old, he would have his hair done up. Have you ever seen a 6-year-old comb their hair? Arbaaz used to do it. (Laughs heartily). He had a lot of self-love. Whenever Salim Sahab's friends would come, Arbaaz used to be friendly with all of them," Javed Akhtar added.

About Angry Young Men

Produced by Salman Khan Films, Excel Media & Entertainment and Tiger Baby, Angry Young Men is executive produced by Salma Khan,Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, and marks the directorial debut of Namrata Rao.

Angry Young Men is set to premiere exclusively on Prime Video in India and across more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on August 20.