Salman Khan would get frustrated by Salim Khan’s behaviour with him, recalls Adi Irani: ‘Salim ji jo karte the Salman ke saath, how can a father…’

Veteran actor Adi Irani says Salman Khan would get frustrated by father Salim Khan's behaviour towards him and would sometimes complain.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | March 17, 2025 02:49 PM IST

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Adi Irani opens up about Salim Khan's behaviour towards Salman Khan

Salman Khan and Salim Khan‘s unique relationship isn’t a mystery to anyone. The father-son duo have rumoured to share a rocky bond during Salman’s teenage years. The actor’s Chori Chori Chupke Chupke co-star Adi Irani also recently opened up about the superstar’s ‘childishness’ on the sets of the movie and his father’s behaviour towards him during the early days of his career. He also recalled that Salman would get frustrated by Salim Khan’s comments about him.

In an interview with Filmymantra Media, when asked about Salman’s behaviour on the sets of the film, Adi revealed, “Vo rowdy aur attitude logon ke lie nahi tha, vo apni life apne hisaab se jeena chaahta hai (his attitude and rowdy behaviour wasn’t for people, he wanted to live his life). If he isn’t in the mood for something, he won’t do. He wasn’t arrogant, it was his childishness. What all he did in that childish behaviour was termed as arrogant, that’s what I feel. Jo galat tha vo galat tha (what’s wrong is wrong), but it’s not like he was doing purposely.”

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Despite belonging to a film family, the actor shared that Salman knew he wasn’t as good an actor as Shah Rukh Khan. “That child belongs to the filmy family, his father is Salim Khan! What a man he is. He is a great man, Salman also is a very good person. He has worked a lot on himself. He knows one thing which is very important for someone to know, ‘You should know yourself’. One should know if he is a good actor, mediocre or not a great actor. But, you have to know yourself, whatever you feel. I am not a great actor, so I cannot be Shah Rukh Khan. I cannot reach that level, I will make my own mark. That’s what Salman Khan did,” he expressed.

Recalling his meeting with Salim Khan through his ex-girlfriend, Adi revealed, “I knew Salman since the time he was not even in films. My ex-girlfriend used to take me to Salim Khan’s house, she was a good friend of his. I used to meet him and have food there. Salim Khan ji jo karte the Salman ke saath mai, I used to think how can someone do this to his son (The way Salim Khan would treat Salman Khan, I would wonder how someone can do do this to his son)? Salman was very much interested in working out. So while he was exercising, Salim ji used to say in front of me, ‘Dekho unko actor banna hai, inko lagta hai body banaane se actor bann jaayenge. Acting ke lie kya kya karna padta hai’ (He wants to become an actor by only focusing on his physical fitness, one has to do much more).”

He added that the Sikandar actor even used to get frustrated because of his father’s treatment. “Salman used to think and even say, ‘Kya hai mera baap aisa bolta hai mere baare mai help karne ki jagah?’ (Why is my father behaving this way instead of helping me?). My girlfriend said that this is psychology, he is doing all this so that he gets motivated by stubbornness to prove himself to his father. And, that’s what happened!”

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