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Amitabh Bachchan and Salim Khan reunited at Manoj Kumar's funeral in Mumbai. Bachchan and Khan shared a hug while exiting the cremation ground. Amitabh Bachchan and Salim Khan go back a long way.
On Saturday, April 5, the industry veterans crossed paths at Manoj Kumar’s funeral. Overwhelmed, they greeted each other with a big hug before exiting the cremation ground. For the unversed, 87-year-old Manoj Kumar passed away in the early hours of April 4, 2025, in Mumbai, due to age-related illness.
Amitabh Bachchan, accompanied by son Abhishek Bachchan, arrived to pay his last respects to Manoj Kumar at his funeral on April 5. While exiting the funeral ground, Big B spotted Salim Khan, who was also leaving after bidding farewell to Manoj Kumar. He paused to greet him.
Bachchan walked towards Khan, held his hands and spoke to him for a few seconds. He then greeted him with a warm hug, spoke to him for a few minutes more, and before reaching for his car. Watch the video here: In the bygone era, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar’s clever and massy scriptwriting helped Amitabh Bachchan position himself as the ‘Angry Young Man’ of Bollywood.
Beautiful narratives from the same were shared by both the veterans in Prime Video’s Angry Young Men, a 4-episode Prime Video docu-series, based on the glorious lives of Salim-Javed. Last year, a throwback TV video of Salim Khan talking about Amitabh Bachchan surfaced online. There, the Sholay screenwriter had shared, “I am not a psychiatrist, so I cannot tell what went wrong with Amitabh Bachchan.
I am not very close to him at the moment, there was a time I did 14-15 films with him. Sometimes it happens that a person becomes so accustomed to winning that when he loses, he gets shocked." On another note, the news of Manoj Kumar’s death was confirmed by his son, Kunal Goswami on Friday.
He told ANI that his father actor passed away peacefully. “My father, Manoj Kumar, passed away today at 3:30 AM at Kokilaben Hospital. He had been feeling unwell for a long time, but he fought every hurdle with resilience and grace.
He peacefully breathed his last by God’s grace and Sai Baba’s blessings. Sia Ram," he said..
