4 min learnNew DelhiAug 29, 2026 01:25 PM IST
In 2008, Subhash Ghai collaborated with Salman Khan for Yuvvraaj. Nevertheless, the filmmaker’s affiliation with the actor got here after a serious fallout between the 2, throughout which Salman allegedly abused Ghai at a celebration. The scenario turned severe sufficient for Salman’s father, veteran screenwriter Salim Khan, to intervene and ask his son to apologise to the filmmaker.
In a latest interview with Instances Now, Subhash Ghai recalled how he ultimately ended up working with Salman on the 2008 movie. He stated, “For Yuvvraaj, Salman Khan’s brother approached me and stated, ‘Why don’t you make a movie with Salman?’ I stated, ‘Is Salman eager? As a result of I’ve by no means labored with him.’ He stated, ‘He’s eager.’ After this, I wrote a narrative. My problem is that I need to solid an actor in a task he has by no means carried out earlier than.”
Regardless of that includes Salman Khan alongside Anil Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, Yuvvraaj did not make an influence on the field workplace.
Analysing what went fallacious with the movie, Ghai advised that Salman’s star picture might have labored towards the character. “However generally these characters don’t work as a result of the star dominates the character. He performs himself relatively than the character. Stars change into a caricature of their very own after a degree. What number of occasions are you able to repeat your self? Hats off to Bachchan sir (Amitabh Bachchan) that he has carried out so many characters,” he stated.
In the identical interview, Ghai additionally recalled the incident that ultimately led to him and Salman changing into pals and, later, collaborators.
“Earlier than the movie, we had a struggle. Hatha paai hui (we had a scuffle). Then his father scolded him,” he recalled.
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Explaining what led to the altercation, Ghai stated, “We have been at a celebration. Salman was excessive. He was saying one thing fallacious after I advised him, ‘Don’t say that.’ He had some difficulty with me. He requested me, ‘Why did you do that or that?’ I stated it’s my resolution as a director. He began abusing [me], I requested him not to do this. We had a spat there.”
The argument turned severe sufficient for Salim Khan to step in and resolve the matter between his son and the filmmaker.
“The very subsequent morning, Salim saheb referred to as me and advised me that Salman advised all of this stuff to his mom. He stated, ‘I’ve scolded him.’ He despatched Salman to my home to apologise to me. And he got here. He politely apologised, after which I fell in love with him as a result of he revered his father a lot. I let go of that difficulty. We frequently visited one another. After that, we did a movie collectively,” Ghai recalled.
Ghai has beforehand praised Salman on a number of events. Talking to WildFilmsIndia, the filmmaker as soon as stated, “Salman Khan by no means will get nervous it doesn’t matter what. Irrespective of the variety of crises and issues in his life, he would possibly change into unhappy, however by no means nervous.”
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In the identical interview, Ghai additionally recalled how Salman had politely declined to offer interviews through the promotions of Yuvvraaj.
“If you’re saying, I’ll do it, however I often don’t as a result of media interviews anticipate us to be politically right. And if I find yourself uttering one thing incorrect in regards to the movie, individuals or myself, it would change into an enormous controversy. I’m blissful alone and I wish to keep away from the media,” Salman had stated.
