Salim Khan

Salim Khan was born on November 24, 1935 in Indore, Indore State, Central India Agency, British India. He is a writer and actor, known for Deewaar (1975), Sholay (1975) and Zanjeer (1973).

Movies

Vishwatma

Police inspector Prabhat Singh is sent to Kenya on a mission of apprehending the crime lord Azghar Jurrat. Prabhat’s mission is one of duty as well as vengeance: his younger brother had been murdered by Jurrat after Prabhat shot and killed Jurrat’s brother in the line of duty. Prabhat is…

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Fun Facts

Father of Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, and Sohail Khan.

Wrote many screenplays together with Javed Akhtar as team Salim-Javed.

In addition to three sons, Salman, Arbaaz, and Sohail, he has two daughters, Alvira and Arpita.

Has 4 grandsons, Nirvaan, Arhaan, Aydan, Yohan and 1 granddaughter, Alizeh.

Highest paid Script Writer of his Era - The Golden Era of the 1970's, 1980's.

Father in law of Malaika Arora and Seema Sachdev Khan.

Mumbai, India: Is semi-retired, but still acts as a script adviser on movies [2012]

Was to star in the B grade film Watan opposite Persis Khambhatta. The year was 1965. The film got shelved.

Was involved briefly with Padmini Kapila.

Always mistaken with producer Salim Khan due to having the same exact name.

Quotes

There is a difference between the sense of humor and the sense of comedy. A man can have sense of humor but he may never perform comedy well. For acting and doing comedy, timing is very important.