{"id":508,"date":"2007-07-27T12:33:32","date_gmt":"2007-07-27T12:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheetudeep.com\/blog\/entertainment\/salman-khan-the-story-so-far\/"},"modified":"2010-07-29T20:39:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T20:39:01","slug":"salman-khan-the-story-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sheetudeep.com\/blog\/entertainment\/salman-khan-the-story-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Salman Khan &#8211; The story so far&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salman Khan, Apna Sallu! I fell for him when I saw him in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Maine pyar kiya\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for the first time. Since then I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had a Love and Hate kind of relationship with him. Love grew for him when I saw him in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Baggi\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Wao! What a skinny macho lover he was. Pradeep hates him, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care. I Loved everything about him, if I am not wrong, he is the first actor of the bollywood who set the trend of bare and waxed chest. 42, he was and still is every girls dream man\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6..Mr Right!  <\/p>\n<p>He was fantastic and so real&nbsp;on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kaun Banega Crorepati\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with his girlfriend Katrina Kaif. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sheetudeep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/salman3.jpg\" align=\"right\"> <\/p>\n<p>The Khan has made it to the headlines for roughing up media people, his purported underworld links, getting aggressive with his actress girlfriends &#8212; ranging from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somyali.com\/bio.html\">Somy Ali<\/a> to Aishwarya Rai &#8211; being involved in an alleged hit-and-run case. And he has been found guilty of poaching.  <\/p>\n<p>With his second film, Sooraj Barjatya&#8217;s <i>Maine Pyaar Kiya<\/i>&#8216;s super success, Salman Khan shot to number one overnight. With Sooraj Barjatya&#8217;s <i>Hum Aapke Hai Koun&#8230;!<\/i> and Rakesh Roshan&#8217;s <i>Karan Arjun<\/i>, he was well and truly a superstar.  <\/p>\n<p>Yet, the actor is better known for his scandals and controversies.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;In 2005, newspapers published transcripts of his purported telephone conversations with Aishwarya, in which he allegedly bragged about his underworld links. The authenticity of the tapes has not been established.  <\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of September 28, 2002, Salman allegedly drove over four pavement dwellers, killing one, in a drunken haze. The actor was subsequently released on bail.  <\/p>\n<p>And on February 17, 2006, he was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of Rs 5,000 for killing two blackbucks in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, in 1998.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sheetudeep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/salman4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I reckon all these ups and downs in life have made him a responsible and grown up man. The actor has been called everything from a spoilt brat, hot-tempered, brash and badly behaved man. But today if you ask him, Sallu confesses that despite the many letdowns in his professional life and personal, he has no complains at all. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a very satisfying journey till date. I have so much to thank God for.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The unpredictable Khan seems to have mellowed down considerably and doesn&#8217;t sound particularly ruffled even when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mid-day.com\/news\/city\/2007\/july\/161002.htm\">personal questions<\/a> are levelled at him. <\/p>\n<p>He has gone out of his ways to help his friend Govinda to make a come back in the industry. He had helped so many people under-table that we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know about.  <\/p>\n<p>Quiz him about the newly formed Salman Khan Foundation, a non-profit organisation, and his philanthropy, and the actor says, &#8220;One of the <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sheetudeep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/salman5.jpg\" align=\"right\">reasons I started the charity foundation for the underprivileged was to give back what I have received in abundance &#8211; so much love, adulation and fame.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time I did something for these children. I can&#8217;t keep begging people for money. So I have decided to take up painting to raise money. I would also do shows and TV appearances for charity.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>How does he cope with controversies, given every action of his is always under public scrutiny? The 42 year old superstar seems to have learnt to ignore it.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I strongly believe that by writing lies, journalists draw salaries with which they feed their children and take care of their parents. If that is okay with them then it&#8217;s okay with me. It&#8217;s like charity for me.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>And what about marriage, now that most of his contemporaries seems to have settled down? The answer is fairly diplomatic: &#8220;According to news channels I have been married 10 times already. When I am ready people will know about it.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Now that you have grown up and have started behaving well. Marry soon, I am sure all your fans want to see little spoilt brat baby Salman. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salman Khan, Apna Sallu! I fell for him when I saw him in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Maine pyar kiya\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for the first time. Since then I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had a Love and Hate kind of relationship with him. Love grew for him when I saw him in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Baggi\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Wao! What a skinny macho lover he was. 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