Tigers can't make excuses of being unwell: Salman Khan
"I am the 'Tiger', I can't make excuses like 'I am unwell, I can't do it'," Salman, who recently underwent treatment for trigeminal neuralgia in the US, told IANS in an exclusive interview.
"I have done all the things like running, beating, falling, jumping from one place to another... if you are physically fit, you can perhaps do all this. But it takes a lot of toll on your body as you are doing the same thing the whole day," he explained.
Salman's hard work seems to be paying rich dividends as his espionage romp "Ek Tha Tiger" raked in Rs.33 crore on its opening day.
Now Salman wants to go back to the romantic genre.
"I am doing a romantic film soon. Action is very tough... One has to get up at odd hours, like early morning, to do action films, work till late night, do action in worst conditions like in hot weather, fighting on rooftops and dirty places. It is difficult," he said.
The 46-year-old is destiny's child. Controversy, it appears, could be his middle name; he is neck deep in legal battles and health issues and has yet emerged box-office king with back-to-back action blockbusters - "Wanted", "Dabangg", "Ready" and "Bodyguard".
All of them entered the Rs.100 crore club and "Ek Tha Tiger" is on a record-breaking spree too. After setting a new record by raking in Rs.33 crore on opening day, it has also smashed the weekend collection record by earning Rs.45 crore.
In Salman's view, with the increasing number of theatres and the rise in ticket prices, Rs.100 crore could soon be equivalent to Rs.10 crore.
"The exact collection starts from single screens and multiplexes in cities and small towns. With ticket prices and number of theatres also increasing, the films are likely to do a huge amount of business. Soon, this Rs.100 crore will be like Rs.10 crore," Salman said.
"And talking about the overseas business, who knows what business the film is exactly doing in overseas? Once the distributor starts giving actual figures, the numbers will definitely go up."
Salman forayed into Bollywood with 1988 film "Biwi Ho Toh Aisi" in a small role as Rekha's spoilt brother-in-law. Success was his the very next year with the 1989 romance "Maine Pyaar Kiya".
There was no looking back after that. He climbed the success ladder rapidly and churned out romantic hits like "Love", "Saajan", "Hum Aapke Hain Kaun" and "Hum Dil Chuke Sanam".
He then did romantic comedies like "Mujhse Shaadi Karogi", "Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya" and "Partner". In 2009, he endorsed action with "Wanted", the first in the series to hit the screen.
Tigers can't make excuses of being unwell: Salman Khan
Woman gatecrasher at Salman's Eid get-together thrown out
MUMBAI: A young woman, in her twenties, who gatecrashed at Salman Khan's Eid get-together at his residence in Bandra on Monday night, was asked to leave the party.
The actor's business manager Reshma Shetty took away the woman's mobile and tablet before ordering her out.
A witness present outside the actor's house said, "The woman came out
and started hurling abuses at the manager asking her to return her
mobile and TAB."
The woman is learnt to have clicked about 72 photographs and shot about 30 minutes of video on her phone.
Some witnesses said that she may be working for some media house but there was no clarity on that.
Salman Khan on Monday had many visitors at his residence including Katrina Kaif who flew down from Ladakh to wish the actor and celebrate the success of their film Ek Tha Tiger.
Some of the other guests at Salman's residence were Sonakshi Sinha, Preity Zinta, Sanjay Dutt, Sanjay Kapoor, Chunky Pandey, Boney Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor.
Woman gatecrasher at Salman's Eid get-together thrown out
Sonakshi's prediction rings true for 'Ek Tha Tiger'
Actor Sonakshi Sinha, who had earlier stated that " Ek Tha Tiger" will be a super hit, is happy that her prediction has come true.
"Yes, I have seen it ('Ek Tha Tiger'). I saw it on the day of its release and it's a fun film. It has taken a very good opening, like I had predicted," the 25-year-old said here Monday on the sets of Dance India Dance Super Kids.
"You know, he ( Salman Khan) is doing very well at the box office and I wish the entire team all the best," added the actress who debuted opposite Salman in "Dabangg".
Sonakshi, who had come to promote her forthcoming film " Joker", is happy that kids have developed a special liking for her film's main characters, the aliens.
"Kids are a very, very strong market because when kids come they have to bring along their parents. That's great for us and luckily the kids have taken such a liking to these little aliens and even adults are reacting very nicely. It's different, they have not seen something like this before," Sonakshi said.
Directed by Shirish Kunder, "Joker" also stars Akshay Kumar, Shreyas Talpade and Minnisha Lamba and hits theatres Aug 31.
Sonakshi's prediction rings true for 'Ek Tha Tiger'
Salman inspires 'Zilla Ghaziabad' director to name son Tiger
"Salman bhai is synonym of Eid. Every year he gives us such great films on this festival and this year too he took our hearts away with blockbuster film Ek Tha Tiger. When I got this very special gift on the auspicious occasion of Eid (Monday), I decided to give the name Tiger to my newborn son," Kumar said in a statement.
Salman's Eid releases - Wanted and Dabangg - have been blockbusters.
Kumar has earlier directed films like Delhi Heights and Jugaad. His Zilla Ghaziabad features Sanjay Dutt and Vivek Oberoi.
"Ek Tha Tiger reaches 100-cr mark in 5 days - another Rs. 25 cr from overseas. Total Rs. 125 cr. Today's Eid collection remains to be counted," tweeted ABP News.
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