Mumbai: Popular novelist Chetan Bhagat, in a recent interview, revealed that when desperate fans mob Salman Khan for photographs, the actor feels like a monkey in the zoo.
However, the actor also believes that the day his fans will stop following him and mobbing him, his stardom will come to an end, Chetan told Lallantop.
Recollecting his encounter with Salman during the making of ‘Hello’, Chetan said, “I remember, while promoting ‘Hello’, I did an interview with him and asked him how it feels to have crowds following him everywhere, desperate for photographs with him. He said, ‘Mujhe aisa lagta hai jaise chidiya ghar mein bandar hota hai’ (I feel like a monkey in a zoo), but then he added, ‘Kabhi kabhi irritate karta hai, par jis din yeh chala gaya, sab chala gaya’ (It feels irritating sometimes, but I know the day this goes, everything goes). I’ve never forgotten this line. It happens to me on a much smaller scale, but when I’m irritated at the airport, I remember Salman’s line, ‘Jis din yeh chala gaya, sab chala gaya’ (The day this goes, everything goes). He decides whether he likes a person or not by figuring out how genuine they are—someone who doesn’t want anything from him. If he likes you, he’ll just say, ‘Yeh kya body hai, kal se tu aaraha hai mere saath workout karne’ (What a body you have! From tomorrow, you’re coming to work out with me).”
Directed by Salman’s brother-in-law, Atul Agnihotri, ‘Hello’ is an adaptation of Chetan’s novel ‘One Night @ the Call Center.’
The 2008 film starred Sharman Joshi, Sohail Khan, Gul Panag, Isha Koppikar, Amrita Arora, and Sharat Saxena in lead roles, and Salman and Katrina in cameo roles.
Chetan has also worked as a screenplay writer for Salman’s ‘Kick’,
Salman’s latest outing ‘Sikandar’ hit theatres on March 30. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics and audiences, the film has managed to cross the ₹100 crore mark worldwide.
The actor will be next seen in Sajid Nadiadwala’s ‘Kick 2’.
