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Salman Khan‘s father and noted screenwriter, Salim Khan, may have been protective and defended Salman each time he was embroiled in controversy; needless to say, he received criticism for it, but he ensured that he made the actor realise his mistakes and apologise for it. Recalling an incident where Salman and director Subhas Ghai ended up in a brawl at a party where the former slapped the Taal filmmaker, Salim said he asked Salman to seek an apology.
“After the fight, the next morning when I was having my tea, he came to me and told me about the incident. I asked him if he realised it was his mistake, and he admitted that he was at fault and blamed alcohol for the fight. I advised him to pick up the call and apologise to Subhash, and he did it,” the veteran screenwriter told Zoom in an old interview.
According to a report in Lehren, published in 2002, the Dabangg actor confessed to slapping Ghai. “I have hurt myself all over. I cannot hurt anyone else. I have only hit Subhash Ghai. Yet, I apologised to him the next day. That person hit me with a spoon, almost broke a plate on my face, urinated on my shoes, and grabbed me by the neck. I couldn’t control myself. And look what happened. The next day, I had to go and apologise.” Ghai, who later collaborated with Salman on Yuvraaj, shared, “Salman came and stood in front of me like a guilty child. I smiled and asked him, ‘What happened to you last night?’ and he said, ‘I have come here because my father told me to do so.’ I said, ‘So you are not sorry?’ and he replied, ‘Of course I am.’ That’s how we broke the ice.”
Salman has been controversy’s favourite child, and unless you have been living under a rock, you must have heard about the ugly spat between Salman and Vivek Oberoi, which made headlines. In 2003, Vivek, who was said to have been dating Salman’s ex-girlfriend, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, held a press conference against Salman, accusing him of threatening him. Talking about the feud, Salim, who along with Javed Akhtar has written films like Zanjeer, Sholay, Naam, Don, etc., jokingly added, “There is no logical or rational solution to emotional problems, and both Salman and Vivek have been emotional. Years later, they will realise that they fought over a stupid thing. Koi aur le gaya, koi aur chala and yeh wahi ke wahi hain (Someone took her away. She went with someone else and these two have remained where they were).”
Before 2009, Salman was going through a rough patch where not only were his films tanking at the box office, but he was also involved in a series of cases. He was arrested for alleged rash and negligent driving after his car ran into a bakery in Mumbai where one person, who was sleeping on the pavement outside the bakery, died and three others were injured in the accident. In 2015, he was acquitted in the hit-and-run case. While shooting for Hum Saath Saath Hain in Jodhpur in 1998, Salman Khan was accused of poaching three Chinkaras and a Black Buck. He was also charged with illegal use of arms. Salman’s father, who is also an astrologer, predicted during the interview that after 2009, Salman’s life would change for the better. “Salman will soon be out of the problems he is surrounded by. He is destined to. From 2009 onwards, times will change for the better for him. If Salman has to get married, it will happen in a year or two; otherwise, chances are bleak,” he told host Pooja Bedi, adding, “While I love all my children equally the attention, right now, is on Salman because he is going through a difficult time in his life.”
Salman Khan collaborated with Prabhu Deva for the first time in Wanted in 2009, a remake of the Telugu blockbuster Pokiri. Wanted ended up crossing Rs 100 crore at the box office. This was also his first Eid release, a start to a trend that Salman has been following to date.
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