Salman Khan to go Shah Rukh, Aamir way

Salman Khan is now looking to be an active partner in the family-owned Sohail Khan Productions, which has suffered several setbacks recently. Salman has apparently also asked his father Salim Khan to provide inputs to help turn the tide against the company.

DNA has learnt through reliable insiders that Salman’s move comes after a reported tiff with his brother Sohail during the release of Main Aurr Mrs Khanna, which tanked despite a Diwali release. The brothers were at odds over the way the movie was released and the promotional strategies. Salman now wants a more hands-on involvement with the projects and key decisions of the company. Sohail’s earlier production Kissan also didn’t do well at the box office.

An industry source says: “This year hasn’t been good for the company. Salman has been a superstar for more than two decades now and has enough industry knowledge to help the production house. It cannot continue to run into losses.”

If Salman does formally become head-honcho of Sohail Khan Productions, he’ll be attending meetings held by the Bollywood producers’ fraternity, joining fellow producer-actors like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan. That should be interesting. 

Our source adds: “Everyone in the industry respects and loves Salman and with him at the head of the company, it means that more industry partners will join hands with it. Looks like he also wants to show that if SRK and Aamir can run a  production house, so can he.”

While Sohail remained unavailable for comment, Salman’s business manager reverted to DNA saying: “We cannot comment on this development.” We’ll know soon enough.