Namrata Rao to direct documentary film on Salim Khan-Javed Akhtar

In one of the biggest announcements of all time, three of the leading production houses – 'Salman Khan Films', 'Excel Entertainment' and 'Tiger Baby Films' - are all set to come together to bring Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar's documentary titled 'Angry Young Men'. Both the stalwarts are two of the most celebrated writers of the country.

Directed by Namrata Rao, the documentary will be produced as a joint venture under three banners respectively spearheaded by Salman Khan (Salman Khan Films), Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani (Excel Entertainment) and Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti (Tiger Baby Films). The project will capture the magic of the era that Salim-Javed had together created.

Salim and Javed are noted for being the first Indian screenwriters to achieve star status. The duo became the most successful Indian screenwriters of all time who revolutionised Indian cinema in the 1970s, thus transforming and reinventing the Bollywood formula and pioneering the Bollywood blockbuster format