Arbaaz Khan is ‘nikamma’; he’d run away from Dabangg set at first sign of trouble: Anurag Kashyap’s brother unleashes new tirade

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He said, “The film turned out better than they imagined. That’s when the harassment began. They would twist my arm and demand sudden action scenes, refuse to come to shoot, be stubborn about things, create scenes. I was stuck. This is what they mean when they say ‘ab Razia gundo mein phas gayi‘… Salman’s go-to move was to say, ‘I’m not doing this’. Then, I would provide options.”

He continued, “Arbaaz had nothing to do with anything. He’s a gadha, a nikamma, he is clueless. Throughout Dabangg, whenever I would want something, he would run away. We were shooting in Panchgani, and he would drive off to Mumbai at the first sign of trouble. He wouldn’t answer my calls, and when he did, he would say, ‘Just manage’. Then, when the film turned out good, they started worrying about the credit…” Abhinav said that it was because they were afraid that all the credit would go to him that they started to plant stories in the press, saying that they came up with most of the film’s best parts.

In the interview with SCREEN, Abhinav described the Khan family as vindictive, and said, “He (Salman Khan) is the father of the star system in Bollywood. He is from a film family which has been in the industry since 50 years. He continues the process. They are vindictive people. They control the whole process. If you don’t agree with them, they come after you.” Abhinav went on to direct the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Besharam, which flopped at the box office. Salman returned to star in two sequels to Dabangg, which Abhinav wasn’t involved in.