'Sultan' Salman Khan reveals why he said no to 'Chak De India' and Shah Rukh fans won't like it!

Undoubtedly, Chak De India stands as on of Shah Rukh Khan's best work till date. But what not many people don't know is that the film was initially offered to Salman Khan who rejected the film. 

Sultan releases on Wednesday and will be Salman's first sports film ever. Talking about the film, he told reporters, "It was high time for me to act in a sport film. This was the first good sport film that came to me."

When reminded that Chak De too was offered to him first, he quickly corrected himself. "Oh yes, Chak De was offered to me, true." 

Ask him why he said 'no' to that film and he joked, "Chak De was offered to me but I left it because even Shah Rukh Khan should be a part of a few great films (laughs)." Before Shah Rukh fans start trolling Salman for the comment, let's get this straight. It was just a joke. 

He immediately added, "When I was offered Chak De, my image for totally different as I was doing Partner and all those kind of films. My only thing in Chak De was that my fans would expect me to wear a wig and win the match for India which would not go for the film. That was not my genre at that point of time. It was more serious kind of film and I was doing more of a commercial kind of cinema which I am still doing. I would never move out of commercial cinema zone but it is just that there would be a lot of meaningful cinema in the commercial zone.”