DYK? Salman Khan wanted to be in films but NOT as an actor

Salman Khan recently graced his nephew Arhaan Khan’s podcast, Dumb Biryani. Arhaan is the son of Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora. He started the podcast along with his friends Dev Raiyani and Arush Verma as a hobby. During the episode, Salman Khan candidly shared insights about his film industry journey and how he became an actor.

Salman Khan shares how he became an actor

Talking about how he became an actor, Salman Khan shared, “I remember when he was growing up I was very clear in what I wanted to be. I wanted to be a director, I used to model after that direction. Nobody gave me… I used to write at that point and still do. But back then since I wanted to be a director so I used to write as well. Nobody gave me a director, I was 17 back then so people thought ‘yeh bachcha hai kya direct karega’? So every place I went to they said, start acting, start acting. So then what I stated doing was I making videos with Naseer, Naazim and Kazim, Dhoni Chacha’s sons. And in those videos I wasn’t the comedian, I wasn’t the villain. I was the hero.”

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Salman Khan made his on-screen debut in 1988 with a supporting role in the successful film Biwi Ho To Aisi. The film had Rekha in the lead role. The following year, he played the main lead in Sooraj Barjatya’s romantic musical Maine Pyar Kiya opposite Bhagyashree. The film backed up with chartbuster music went on to become an All Time Blockbuster at the box office. It made Khan a star. It also won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.

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