So now when I have something to say, I say it. But the masses always knew the real me. If they had believed what the media had to say, I would not have survived.
That’s quintessentially Salman Khan —whether it’s discussing his ‘bratty’
image or his alleged animosity with Priyanka Chopras_shubha@dnaindia.netSalman Khan’s next film is Rumi Jaffrey’s God Tussi Great Ho releasing this Friday. Ask him what he would like changed if he was to play God and he says with his trademark honesty, “Only God can play God. It is too much of a responsibility, especially for me, who is not even responsible enough to play myself properly.”
Is it embarrassing when women throw themselves at him as host of a TV show? Smiling shyly, he says, “They are all so sweet. They do it in good faith because they feel I am one of them. They make me feel so welcome. I am a man of the masses. I don’t fit into the classes because I am a primitive man. I have a slight problem fitting in modern society because I am neither politically nor socially correct. When I have to react, I react, no matter what.”
He says the show finally shows the real him. “This is what I am like, what I would be at home. I had this fear whether people would accept the real me…but so far so good.”
His reputation always precedes him. What does he have to say? “That was a created image. Sometimes when they spoke about me, I felt they were talking about someone else. It never bothered me though. I never even cared to clarify. Earlier I was worse. It was Sajid Nadiadwala who told me, ‘You need to speak to the media once in a while’.
So now when I have something to say, I say it. But the masses always knew the real me. If they had believed what the media had to say, I would not have survived. My career would have been over 18 years ago. No one would have touched me.”
Priyanka Chopra, his co-star in God Tussi Great Ho and he seemed to have some problems but Salman dismisses them. “No, not really. It’s not that we don’t get along.
We don’t talk too much. I don’t have an issue. I don’t know if she has one. I am not the kind who goes around being extra friendly. When we meet I say, ‘Hello Ms Chopra’ and she says, ‘Hello Mr Khan’ and that’s about it. I have never interacted with her as a friend and she never was a friend…though somehow people had this impression that we were buddies. That’s not true.”
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