Salim Khan feels Amitabh Bachchan should retire now; says he must free himself from the race

Salman Khan’s father Salim Khan has worked with Amitabh Bachchan in more than ten films. In an interview with a news portal, the veteran writer revealed that he feels the megastar should retire now and just enjoy life according to his wishes instead of continuing in the race.

Khan reportedly said that Bachchan has achieved all that he had to in this life. According to him, one should keep a few years of life for oneself as well. The veteran writer also added that Mr Bachchan has played brilliant innings professionally. He has done good work so he must free himself from the race and must take a graceful retirement.

Salim went on to explain that the system of retirement exists so that a person can spend a few years living life according to his/her wishes. The starting years are spent in studying and learning stuff, then you have the responsibilities of family and it goes on. He also cited his example saying that his world is limited now. All the people that he goes on walks with are from non-filmy backgrounds.

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Salim Khan said that Amitabh Bachchan was the hero who could play an angry young man, he still is. However, there are no stories for an actor like Amitabh now. According to the writer, our films have improved technically, the music and action have improved but what we lack in are good scripts.

Salim Khan and Amitabh Bachchan had collaborated for the first time in 1973 for the film ‘Zanjeer’. The film also featured Pran and Jaya Bachchan in lead roles. Apart from that, one of their iconic movies together is none other than ‘Sholay’ which has achieved cult status in the film industry over the years. They also have done films like ‘Deewar’, ‘Majboor’, ‘Don’, ‘Trishul’, ‘Kaala Paththar’ and ‘Dostana’, among many others.