Salman Khan accepts he was ‘betrayed, fooled’ by close friends, had to borrow Rs 15,000 from buddy when he had no money

Salman Khan then recalled his initial days in show business, when he was not doing so well financially. He shared, “There is a friend of mine from the Maine Pyaar Kiya days. When I was doing Sanam Bewafa, he gave me Rs 15,000. Back then Rs 15,000 was a huge amount. We were in Manali and we were shopping, I liked something but I didn’t have the money, so he gave it to me. We have been friends ever since.”

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He also shared how real friends don’t expect favours in return, irrespective of their power and status. Taking the example of his photographer friend, Salman shared that despite knowing each other for so long, they have never collaborated for work.  He said, “A lot of friends come and go, and then there are friends who always want something from you, and expect things. Those people should not be around. There should be no needs, wants, demands and selfishness about friendships.”

The actor also stressed on the necessity of letting go of people. The actor shared, “We should let go of people we’ve given several second chances to. When they don’t change, you let them go. However, whenever you meet them, you should be cordial. Don’t have any malice in your heart against these people because everyone has their own life journey. Everyone has their own views. So you should let them do their own thing.”

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He added, “Never say they betrayed you. It is you who trusted them so much and they simply took an advantage of it. And then there are people who will trust you blindly and they will never take advantage. And with some people, you realise after about 20 years that they were fooling you this whole time.”