Angry Young Men

Can't blame a number of people who wanted much more from the series content wise because there is enough material to make some more episodes. As it stands it will be liked by Hindi movie buffs particularly those who have followed the work of this writer duo for many years. The trivia of their professional and personal lives makes for an interesting watch. Stories relating to the making of Zanjeer and Sholay are interesting anytime, anywhere and these have been covered well. How these writers demanded and got a prominent place in billing and greater remuneration than the actor is the stuff of legends. The drastic dip in their career at one time after a number of consecutive blockbusters and their separation makes for an emotional watch.

Director Namrata Rao has presented a collection of interviews of both writers which sends us on a memory trip and is very nostalgic. I feel those in the 60 plus age group are more likely to relate and empathize with the views of the two writers. The series includes some iconic dialogue of their movies which are remembered and quoted even today after many years. The scenes of their bonding together in the last episode is heartwarming.

An exceptional series with such details, very well documented and showcased 70/80's era of movie industry was owned by the writer duo and is very necessary to show the great amount of work done for future generations to learn the significance of the writers in the cinema world

Supper happy to see khan and akhtar families in one frame -even though the kid generations have not worked together they make a good screen presnce. They will make a history if they ever happen to work together

Kudos to the directors and producers for creative content and sprites shared , it felt like it was flowing in one directions and very well captured the success and failures stories for the duo

It will be interesting to see how the next season captures the fallout as it is still a big mystery and with everything going good it will be crucial for cinema lovers to know what actually happened in the past

Loved the bits of family stories and directors stories that gave shape to this documentary.

Looking forward to the next season and hats off to the duo and their era they ruled as it changed the game forever.

Indian films particularly Hindi ones had a great fan following in 1970s and early 1980s. Amongst other factors one of the biggest factors was the phenomenon of AMITABH BACHCHAN and of course SALIM-JAVED-the creators of his "ANGRY YOUNG MAN" image. A film credits saying WRITTEN BY SALIM-JAVED for close to 1.5 decade meant that the film will be dollops of larger-than-life entertainment, dramatic scenes and paisa vasool dialogues. To be fair to the legendary duo they also tackled lost and found, romantic, serious and comedy scenes very well, but it was their angry young man discovery became their ticket to Bollywood history.

Amazon Primes 3 episodic documentary "Angry Young Men" directed by film editor Namrata Rao is a well-made tribute to the brilliant and most popular Hindi film writers Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar. The series is jointly produced by the companies of their sons Salman Khans S. K. Films as well as Farhan Akhtar's Excel entertainment and is a homage to their amazing journey. The series covers a series of interviews of the duo, their families, and inputs by Amitabh Bachchan, Ramesh Sippy, Yash Chopra, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri, Dharmendra, Aamir Khan, Prem Chopra, Raj Kumar Hirani, Shatrughan Sinha, Yash amongst lot of others. It starts with their childhood, their struggle, their initial individual works, their success, their peak, their arrogance, their fall, their redemption, their breakup and finally their lives as of now.

The show is full on nostalgia, many known facts, some unknown incidents, and re-creates the magic of their blockbusters particularly Deewaar, Sholay, Zanjeer and Don. The failure of Imaan Dharam also is covered very well. The starting animations mixing characters and situations from their films is excellent!! The painful memories of personal loss and financial low by Salim Khan and Javed bring a lump to their fans.

However, there is flip side too, as one feels that there should be 1-2 episode more to discuss more about their other films -Trishul, Shakti, Kaala Pathar, Kranti, etc. Also, total ignorance of films like Majboor and the grand finale Mr. India was surprising. I felt the makers should have touched the success they got after their separation Salim Khan in Naam and Javed in Arjun, Betaab, Meri Jung and later as legendary lyricist. As die-hard fans of the duo who have read a lot about them in last many decades will feel "Hey its good but we already knew most about them already"!

Having said that I cannot deny that I fully loved the series for a celebration of a golden phase of Hindi cinema and for the duo who proved for long that "A film without a good script will fall flat"!!!!

Every film buff knew about Salim -Javed , there works etc.

But this documentary goes deep into lives, there thought process of making stories, there history of childhood, divorce etc etc.

Nunaces of there stories, there thinkings, how each character developed and how it affected the whole generation is very well shown.

It's well made and everyone was speaking truth as per there thinking. Everyone tried to be honest and gave there perspective.

I think it's worth the watch and how the greatest story writers of Hindi Cinema has evolved is very well shown.

Though everyone spoke i missed ms Salma's viewpoints.

The duo of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, transformed Indian cinema with their powerful storytelling, complex characters, and memorable dialogues. Their partnership produced several iconic films that redefined Indian film industry and continues to inspire even today.

'Angry Young Men' takes us back to where it all started. Putting this together is commendable work by director. The way I see 3 episodes is just an introduction to Salim-Javed story. We all want more from 'Angry Young Men'.

The scene where Javed sahib tells about his struggle and how it still continues to remind him those days, the pause he takes when he is telling breakfast story,really takes your heart away.

Similarly Salim sahib also tells heart-wrenching storyof his mother and how he was not able to meet her for years, makes you cry.

This series also tries find some connection between their life and why they have written such a great stories. A must watch and should have next season to cover more.