Mumbai: Superstar Salman Khan, whose much-awaited action-film ‘Sikandar’ will be hitting theatres on Eid this year, recently appeared on his nephew Arhaan Khan’s podcast ‘Dumb Biryani’ and made some startling revelations.
While interacting with his nephew on his podcast and advising him to make the right career choice, Salman disclosed that he never wanted to become an actor.
The ‘Sikandar’ star shared that he always aspired to become a director, but no one gave him work thinking that he is too young to don the director’s hat. “I remember being very clear that I wanted to be a director. I used to model, and after that, I pursued direction. I used to write at that time, and I still do. But back then, since I wanted to be a director, I would write as well. Nobody gave me work as a director. I was 17 years old. They said, ‘Yeh baccha kya direct karega?’ (How can this kid direct?),” shared Salman.
Revealing how he took up a career in acting, the actor continued, “Everywhere I went, they said, ‘Start acting.’ So then I started making videos with Nasir, Nazim, and Kazim, Johnny (Walker) chacha’s sons. In those videos, I was neither the comedian nor the villain—I was the hero.”
On the podcast, Salman also schooled his nephew Arhaan and his friends for not being fluent in Hindi.
“You guys should first do all of this (podcast) in Hindi,” Salman advised his nephew and his friends.
To this, one of Arhaan’s friends replied, “Inko Hindi nahi aati.”
“You should be ashamed of yourselves if you guys don’t know Hindi. You have to cater to the audience who understands Hindi,” said Salman, while schooling the budding artistes.
