Lesser Known Facts about Salman Khan

On the occassion of Superstar Salman Khan’s 51st Birthday, here are some lesser known interesting facts about the Sultan of Bollywood : –

Salman Khan wanted to be a writer. He has written films like ‘Chandramukhi’ and ‘Veer’.
Salman finished his schooling at St. Stanislaus High School in Bandra, Mumbai.
He also attended Elphinstone College and dropped out after the second year.
He loves Chinese food and his favorite restaurant is China Garden in Mumbai.
He made his acting debut with a supporting role in the movie Biwi Ho To Aisi in 1988 in which his voice was dubbed by someone else.
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His first leading role in a Bollywood movie was in romantic drama movie Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989) directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya. It is one of the India’s highest grossing films.
Salman Khan earned his first nomination for a Best Actor at Filmfare from Maine Pyaar Kiya.
Sadly, Salman has never won an award for Best Actor.
After the movie “Maine Pyaar Kiya” released, Salman Khan was jobless for 6 months. Now the actor has successfully completed more than 25 years in the Industry!
Salman Khan was offered Baazigar before Shahrukh Khan. Salman doesn’t like to play negative roles so he rejected the role which changed the fate of Shahrukh.
Salman’s favorite actress is Hema Malini and favorite actor is Sylvester Stallone.
The story of “Baaghi: A Rebel for Love” was Salman’s idea for which he was given credit in the movie.

Salman khan always wears a turquoise stone bracelet.
His father Salim Khan also wears a similar bracelet and considers it be very lucky.
Khan has been an inspiration for Hrithik Roshan and Arjun Kapoor to get into perfect shape
According to a report on Indiatoday.in, Salman khan’s fans have opened a new restaurant named BhaiJaanz in Mumbai. The restaurant walls are decorated with Salman’s movie trivia.

He is popularly called by his fans as “Sallu” and “Bhaijaan”.
He was ranked 7^th in Forbes’s first global list of the highest-paid actor in the world with USD 33.5 million.
Salman Khan has a love for Soaps. His bathroom at home is stacked with soaps.
Salman Khan earns more than Hollywood actors like Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp.
Salman Khan has sung songs like:

Salman flew his own cook to London from Mumbai to dish up biryani to the cast and crew of the movie London Dreams who were sick of eating continental food.
Salman Khan Surprised villagers of Hatluni village in Karjat while filming Bajrangi Bhaijaan. The actor lead the entire unit to paint houses in the village.
Salman Khan has painted the Jai Ho posters. It is said that Aamir Khan’s home has several paintings by Salman.

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Salman Khan was sentenced to 1 year in prison for hunting the Chintkara, an endangered species on 17 February 2006
Salman Khan suffers from trigeminal neuralgia, a facial nerve disorder commonly known as the ”Suicide disease“.
Salman khan also has a 150-acre plot in Panvel which has 3 bungalows, gym and swimming pool. Alongside, he lives in Galaxy Apartments, Bandra, Mumbai.
In July 2015, Khan offered to donate the profit of his most successful and blockbuster movie Bajrangi Bhaijaan among the poor farmers all over India.
Salman khan never reads movie reviews.
Khan launched his own production company called SKBH Productions in 2011 i.e Salman Khan Being Human Productions and launched another production house called SKF in 2014 which stands for Salman Khan Films.
His NGO Being Human sells apparel and recently started selling Jewelary in stores and online for helping the cause of the underprivileged.

Khan is a mentor for many actors like Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood, Himesh Reshammiya, Sajid-Wajid, Mohnish Bahl, Vaibhav Anand (son of late Vijay Anand), Rinzing (Son of Danny Denzongpa), Ali (son of Raza Murad).
Salman khan is often known as “Launch Pad” with his repeatedly launching of new talent in the film industry including Nagma, Bhumika Chawla, Sneha Ullal, Katrina Kaif, Zareen Khan and many other in his movies.