During an EXCLUSIVE interaction with DNA After Hrs, Salman Khan spoke at length about being the most celebrated Khan, surviving on mediocre talent and luck among others.
Salman Khan is one of those superstars who believe in no-filter conversation. The superstar never shies away from answering any questions thrown at him and his statements are worth reading. Salman's career graph is to look out for as most of his films from the past many years have been a part of Rs 100 crore and Rs 200 crore club. Moreover, he is also a producer and has backed several projects under his home banner Salman Khan films.
The superstar has launched several newcomers namely Sooraj Pancholi, Athiya Shetty, Aayush Sharma, Warina Hussain, Zaheer Iqbal, Pranutan Bahl to name a few. Salman is all set to launch his bodyguard Shera's son Tiger on the big screen. Talking about the same, he stated Exclusively to DNAAfterHrs, "He’s been working hard for his debut. Once he is as good or better than some of the existing boys, we’ll start."
While talking to Meena Iyer for DNAAfterHrs, Salman spoke at length about being the most celebrated Khan in Bollywood, directors working with him and his flops as well.
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1. On being the most celebrated of the three Khans - Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan
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When asked about the biggest of the three Khans, Salman in the sweetest way stated, "Not really. By the grace of God, the films that I’m choosing have done well. But it is not as if Aamir or Shah Rukh are choosing bad or worse films. There are times when the movies I’ve chosen, to the best of my knowledge, haven’t worked. And then one film works and you’re back. SRK is a legend, as is Aamir. A bad movie here or there may happen, but they will always come back. Actually, tension toh mera hai. Aamir and SRK know their craft. I’ve heard people saying they’re not so sure about me (laughs)!"
2. Surviving on mediocre talent and luck
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Salman further said, "My thing is that I’m surviving on mediocre talent and luck. Actually, I don’t know what I’m surviving on, but I’m surviving. Mere ups and downs toh hote rahenge. By the grace of God, hamari fan following itni tagdi hai. There’s also Akki (Akshay Kumar), Hrithik (Roshan) and Ajay (Devgn)."
He added, "Then, there are the new boys — Tiger (Shroff), Ranveer (Singh) and Varun (Dhawan). Everyone is so good that all of us will also have to, you know, be on our toes."
3. On directors wanting to work with him!
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Salman was asked about leading filmmakers namely Sooraj Barjatya, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sajid Nadiadwala and Aditya Chopra wanting to work with him despite the superstar calling himself mediocre talented. To which Salman replied, "Like I said, luck hai, destiny hai. Maybe there is something they see that I don’t. Anyway, what they look for in a hero is a mystery. The audience wants to spend money to see my films on screen, they watch them on satellite television also and they want to see me in my shows. I don’t know yeh kab tak chalega, but jab tak chal raha hai, my idea is to give my best, no matter what problems I go through, physically or mentally. Agar humko yeh formula pata hota, ki kya karne se kya chalega, then what should I say? We would be taking everything for granted."
4. Salman Khan spoke about his hit films being considered flops
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Salman spoke at length about Tubelight not creating an impressive mark on everyone as the makers expected. He stated, "We thought that Tubelight (same combination of Kabir Khan and me) will be a beautiful film, after our much-appreciated superhit, Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015). But for an Eid release, the public wanted to see something happy. In Tubelight, they all cried. They were like, ‘What the hell! Eid kharaab kar diya!” (laughs). They went into depression. Today, when the film comes on digital and satellite, people love it and wonder why it didn’t work. It did a business of over Rs 110 crores in the domestic market alone. So, even my ‘flops’ notch numbers. Bahuton ki filmein utni bhi nahin chali. So, I’m fortunate that itni badi hit film bhi flop maani jaati hai. I’m grateful for the blessings."
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