New Delhi:
Legendary Hindi film writers of the 1970s – Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar changed the course of writing in the Indian film industry and how. Prime Video’s new documentary series Angry Young Men explores the lesser-known aspects of the duo’s professional and personal lives. In one of the episodes, Salim Khan is asked by the interviewer how he fell in love with Helen. He replied: “Pyaar toh aapne agar kiya hoga toh pata lagega (You’ll know if you’ve fallen in love).” He also shared how he broke the news to his children about his desire to get married Helena.
“I sat all the children down and discussed it with them. I told them, ‘You won’t understand now, but you will understand when you are older. I am in love with Aunty Helen, and I know you may not love her as much as you love your mother, but I want the same respect for her,'” Salim Khan recalled.
Meanwhile, Arbaaz Khan also spoke about how his mother Salma Khan never “ever influenced us to think or say anything against” Salim Khan and Helen. “She had her problems, but she never influenced us to think, Your father is like this or what he is doing. Never,” Arbaaz Khan said. He added, “We still call her aunt because she was aunt Helen back then. Even though we treat her like a mother, we call her aunt Helen. She is a part of our lives. More than us, my mother makes sure she is a part of everything.”
Helena married screenwriter Salim Khan in 1981. She got her break in 1958 when she performed the song More Naam Chin Chin Choo in the movie Howrah Bridge and she has been featured on hit tracks like Mehbooba Mehbooba and Yeh Mera Dil between others.