Bollywood fans have long speculated why Salman Khan and Mahesh Bhatt never collaborated on a film, and now, a Reddit thread is spilling some hot tea on the behind-the-scenes tension. Despite decades in the industry, Salman Khan Mahesh Bhatt projects have never materialized.
Similarly, the much-talked-about Salman Khan Alia Bhatt film Inshallah, a Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial, was shelved due to creative differences, leaving fans disappointed. The real reason lies with Salman Khan’s father Salim Khan.
Salman Khan Mahesh Bhatt
According to a reddit thread, Salman Khan vowed to never work with Mahesh Bhatt after he refused payment to Salim Khan for his big hit film Naam starring Sanjay Dutt and Amrita Singh in lead roles.
Salim Khan was allegedly struggling financially after his split up with Javed Akhtar. He needed work and then came the super hit film by Mahesh Bhatt, Naam. Salim Khan wrote the screenplay for Naam but Mahesh Bhatt refused him some payment ‘which deeply scarred Salim Khan.’
This being the reason for Salman Khan’s grudge against Mahesh Bhatt and he refused to work with him after his big debut in Maine Pyaar Kiya. “After MPK, Mahesh Bhatt tried utilizing Salman’s newfound fame. Salman refused, even refusing a planned film opposite Vinod Khanna, as it had Mahesh as a director,” says reddit.
Salim Khan-Javed Akhtar Split
Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar were a well-known screenwriter duo famous for highly acclaimed films like Zanzeer, Sholay and Deewar. Salim-Javed worked together on 24 films and 20 of them were superhit.
However, the duo parted ways after Javed Akhtar one day came to Salim and told him that he wants to write his own films. Salim Khan once in an interview to NDTV opened up on their split up. He said, “ab unhone mujhse kaha ki mei alag (films) banana chahta huun, maine kaha thik hai, koi dikkat nahi. Kisiko zabardasti rok nahi sakte. Mujhe toh abhi bhi nahi malum kyun alag hue. Ho gaya toh ho gaya.”
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Salman Khan movie with Alia Bhatt
Salman Khan and Alia Bhatt had their fans excited after the news of them working in Inshallah was made public. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Inshallah is a love story between a 40 year old businessman and a 20-something aspiring actress, played by Alia.
However, due to some creative differences between Salman Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the movie has been put on the backburner. It’s now uncertain that the movie will ever go into production. However, Alia Bhatt during Jigra promotions said that she wants that film to happen as ‘it’s a beautiful love story.’
Salman Khan new film on Galwan Valley
Salman Khan is in talks for his next big project in which he will play an army officer. Salman Khan’s next movie will be based on the Galwan Valley clash between Indian army and Chinese troops in 2020.
Reports suggest, Shootout at Lokhandwala maker Apoorva Lakhia, is going to direct the film. Salman Khan’s patriotic film has a soft corner in his fans’ hearts given his films like Ek tha tiger, Tiger zinda hai, Garv, Tubelight and Bharat are appreciated.
The Galwan Valley clash resulted in casualties between both sides. A series of diplomatic talks were held between the armies of both the nations, however, India-China relations have not returned to normal since then.
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