Salman Khan was signed for 5 thousand to 5 lakh, then the film was not made.
Bollywood’s Bhaijaan Salman Khan is one of the most successful actors of the 90s. He started his acting career in 1988 with the film ‘Biv Ho To Aisi Se’. After that he made his mark in the industry by giving hit films one after the other. Today everyone wants to work with Salman, but there was a time when a director repeatedly signed him for his film, but the film didn’t get made.
Film director and cinematographer Lawrence D’Souza recently spoke about Salman Khan. While talking to Friday Talkies, Lawrence recalled the early days of Salman’s acting career and got emotional about how director-producer S Ramanathan had signed Salman for Rs 5,000, but the film he was signed for never materialised. was This streak continued till Salman emerged as a big star. After some time, Salman also started wondering why the makers are giving him only the signing amount without working with him.
Salman was given 5 thousand rupees to sign
Lawrence D’Souza said, “We went to Rajshri for the trial of ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’. Then Mara, S. A special screening was organized for the three of us, Ramanathan and Prayagaraj. When I watched the movie, I didn’t enjoy it at first, but as the movie progressed, I started liking Salman in the movie. After watching the movie S. Ramanathan told me, ‘Lawrence, let’s sign Salman, call him. So I called Salman at Raj Babbar’s office in Juhu. We gave Salman a signing amount of Rs 5000. S Ramanath was supposed to start the film, but he did not work on the project after paying Salman.
What kind of person is he? – Salman Khan
S Ramanathan has produced films like ‘Bombay to Goa’ (1972) and ‘Mahan’ (1983). Lawrence said, “After missing the opportunity to film with Salman for the first time, when Salman delivered another big hit, S. Ramanathan woke up again and gave Salman Rs 5 lakh for another project and that film could not even take off. . Then Salman asked me, ‘What kind of person is he? Gives me money and then does nothing?’
Salman got so much money for ‘Saajan’
Lawrence talked about his 1991 hit film ‘Saajan’, which starred Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Sanjay Dutt in pivotal roles. He said that he was paid Rs 8 lakh for the film, while Salman and Madhuri were paid Rs 11 lakh each and Sanjay Rs 12 lakh.
Salman Khan gave this advice to Lawrence
Lawrence said that when he was making films in the 1980s and 1990s, there was not much money in the industry. Talking about the advice he got from Salman, he said, “I used to make films to help my producer friends, some of them were poor, so I wanted to help them and I also made films with some new actors. But Salman once told me, ‘Don’t do all this now. You have made ‘Saajan’, now you have to do even better. I’m an emotional person, I wanted to help people and that’s why I didn’t earn much in this industry.
Highest grossing film of 1991
‘Saajan’ was a great love triangle film, the songs of which were also super duper hits at that time. In this film, Salman Khan sacrifices his love for his best friend. The film also featured actors like Kader Khan, Reema Lagu and Laxmikant Barde. It was the highest grossing film of that year.
