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While working together, Salim Khan was largely responsible for developing the stories and characters, which were considered unconventional at the time, while Javed Akhtar was largely responsible for writing the dialogues.<ref name="scroll">{{cite web|last=Chintamani|first=Gautam|title=The brilliance of Salim-Javed lies not just in what they said, but how they said it|url=https://scroll.in/article/764622/the-brilliance-of-salim-javed-lies-not-just-in-what-they-said-but-how-they-said-it|website=Scroll|date=25 October 2015}}</ref> Many of the dialogues they wrote for their films have become famous. Although the dialogues are often referred to as [[Hindi]], they are actually mostly in [[Urdu]], a [[Register (sociolinguistics)|register]] of the [[Hindustani language]]. Coming from backgrounds in [[Urdu literature]], they mostly included vocabulary from Urdu, and wrote their dialogues in [[Urdu script]], with the Urdu dialogues then transcribed by an assistant into [[Devanagari]] script so that Hindi readers could also read the Urdu dialogues.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Aḵẖtar|first1=Jāvīd|author-link1=Javed Akhtar|last2=Kabir|first2=Nasreen Munni|title=Talking Films: Conversations on Hindi Cinema with Javed Akhtar|date=2002|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-566462-1|page=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JILAQAAMAAJ|quote=JA: I write dialogue in Urdu, but the action and descriptions are in English. Then an assistant transcribes the Urdu dialogue into Devnagari because most people read Hindi. But I write in Urdu. Not only me, I think most of the writers working in this so-called Hindi cinema write in Urdu: [[Gulzar]], or [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]] or [[Inder Raj Anand]] or [[Rahi Masoom Raza]] or [[Wajahat Mirza|Vahajat Mirza]], who wrote dialogue for films like ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'' and ''[[Gunga Jumna]]'' and ''[[Mother India]]''. So most dialogue-writers and most song-writers are from the Urdu discipline, even today.}}</ref><ref name="Chopra">{{cite book|last=Chopra|first=Anupama|title=Sholay, the Making of a Classic|date=2000|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|isbn=978-0-14-029970-0|page=33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p8oM0k2UNzMC&pg=PA33}}</ref>

==Before teaming up==

Salim Khan used to assist writer/director Abrar Alvi at first and Javed Akhtar used to assist [[Kaifi Azmi]]. Abrar Alvi and Kaifi Azmi were neighbours, from there on Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar became friends. Since their individual work was flopping both of them ventured into script writing and they decided to team up in 1971. Realizing the lack of writers in the movie making industry, Salim gradually learnt about story telling and writing techniques used in films, along with close friend [[Javed Akhtar]] and began writing short transcripts. The duo hit it off well and formed a script-writing team that came to be known as Salim–Javed. Salim used to form stories and plots whereas Javed used to help Salim with the dialogues for those films. They used to brainstorm and come to conclusions regarding the final draft of the film. Akhtar first joined Khan to develop the story for ''[[Adhikar (1971 film)|Adhikar]]'' and ''[[Andaz (1971 film)|Andaz]]'' (both 1971).

Salim–Javed (as they are famously called) have scripted many commercially and critically accepted movies for movie making giants like [[Nasir Hussain]] (''[[Yaadon Ki Baaraat]]''), [[Prakash Mehra]] (''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]'' and ''[[Haath Ki Safai]]''), [[Ravi Tandon]] (''[[Majboor (1974 film)|Majboor]]''), [[Yash Chopra]] (''[[Deewaar]], [[Trishul (film)|Trishul]]'' and ''[[Kaala Patthar]]''), [[Yash Johar]] (''[[Dostana (1980 film)|Dostana]]''), [[Ramesh Sippy]] (''[[Seeta Aur Geeta]]'' and ''[[Sholay]]''), [[Ramesh Talwar]] (''[[Zamana (1985 film)|Zamana]]''), [[Shekhar Kapoor]] (''[[Mr. India (1987 film)|Mr. India]]'') and with Chand Barot (''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]''). The duo split up in the early 1982 and ended their 12-year professional relationship because they developed ego issues.<ref name="mid-day.com">{{cite web|title=Salim Khan says things like he sees them|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2010/oct/061010-Salman-Arbaaz-interview-Salim-Khan-Katrina-Kaif.htm|work=[[MiD DAY]]|access-date=6 October 2010|date=6 October 2010}}</ref> Of the 24 films they wrote the scripts for, the film which were not successful at box office include ''[[Aakhri Dao]]'' (1975), ''[[Immaan Dharam]]'' (1977), ''[[Kaala Patthar]]'' (1979) and ''[[Shaan (1980 film)|Shaan]]'' (1981).

===South Indian cinema===

Much like their role in launching the career of Amitabh Bachchan, Salim–Javed also played an important role in launching the career of South Indian superstar [[Rajinikanth]].<ref name="catchnews">{{cite news|title=What do Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth have in common?|url=http://www.catchnews.com/bollywood-news/like-amitabh-bachchan-does-rajinikanth-owe-his-success-to-salim-khan-and-javed-akhtar-catch-flash-back-bollywood-news-1469260347.html|work=Catch News|date=23 July 2016}}</ref> Several Tamil remakes of their films became breakthroughs for Rajinikanth, who was cast in Amitabh Bachchan's role.<ref name="indianexpress2"/><ref name="Mint">{{cite news|last=Jha|first=Lata|title=10 Rajinikanth films that were remakes of Amitabh Bachchan starrers|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/1zecmlLkbhchQlpXOOOsxN/10-Rajinikanth-films-that-were-remakes-of-Amitabh-Bachchan-s.html|work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|date=18 July 2016}}</ref> The Tamil remake of ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' (1978) in particular, ''[[Billa (1980 film)|Billa]]'' (1980), was a turning point in Rajinikanth's career, as his first blockbuster hit. He also starred in several other hit Salim–Javed adaptations in Bachchan's role, including ''[[Thee (1981 film)|Thee]]'' (1981), ''[[Mr. Bharath]]'' (1986),<ref name="catchnews"/> and ''[[Naan Vazhavaippen]]'' (1979).<ref name="Mint"/> Of the four prominent south industries, their movies were remade the least in Kannada.

| 1972 || ''[[Seeta Aur Geeta]]'' || [[Ramesh Sippy]] || [[Hema Malini]], [[Dharmendra]], [[Sanjeev Kumar]] || Remade in Telugu as ''[[Ganga Manga]]'' (1973) with [[Vanisri]] in the dual role alongside [[Shobhan Babu]] and [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]].<br/>Remade in Tamil as [[Vani Rani (film)|''Vani Rani'']] (1974) with [[Vanisri]] in the dual role alongside [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and [[R. Muthuraman]].

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| 1975 || ''[[Sholay]]'' || [[Ramesh Sippy]] || [[Dharmendra]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Sanjeev Kumar]], [[Hema Malini]], [[Jaya Bhaduri]] || It was ranked first in the [[British Film Institute]]'s 2002 poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time.<ref name="bfi"/><br/>50th annual [[Filmfare Awards]] named it the Best Film of 50 Years.

| 1977 || ''[[Chacha Bhatija]]'' || [[Manmohan Desai]] || [[Dharmendra]], [[Randhir Kapoor]], [[Hema Malini]] ||

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| 1978 || ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' || [[Chandra Barot]] || [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Zeenat Aman]], [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] || Remade in 1979 in Telugu as ''[[Yugandhar]]'' starring [[N. T. Rama Rao]] and in 1980 in Tamil as [[Billa (1980 film)|''Billa'']] starring [[Rajinikanth]] and in 1986 in Malayalam as [[Shobhraj|Shobaraj]] starring [[Mohanlal]].<br/> Subsequently, remade in Hindi in 2006 as ''[[Don (2006 Hindi film)|Don]]'' starring [[Shah Rukh Khan]]; in Tamil in 2007 as ''[[Billa (2007 film)|Billa]]'' starring [[Ajith Kumar]] and in Telugu in 2009 as ''[[Billa (2009 film)|Billa]]'' starring [[Prabhas]]<br />

| 1985 || ''[[Zamana (1985 film)|Zamana]]'' || [[Ramesh Talwar]] || [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Rishi Kapoor]], [[Poonam Dhillon]], [[Ranjeeta Kaur]] || The film was successful at the box office with collection of 4.5 crores in 1985.

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| 2003 || ''[[Baghban (2003 film)|Baghban]]'' || [[Ravi Chopra]] || [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Hema Malini]], [[Aman Verma (actor)|Aman Verma]], [[Samir Soni]], [[Mahima Chaudhry]], [[Rimi Sen]] || Uncredited.<ref name="Chaudhuri595"/>

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