Salman Khan 'Anyone Can Pull off Sultan'

Celebrating but cerebral in his own way, Salman Khan takes a breather to talk dwindling cinema halls, piracy and script choices, with Rochelle Fernandez.

- Rochelle Fernandez.

Whenever his fans watch him on screen, they believe that everything he does or says is for real. There is so much trust reposed in him by the millions who love him immensely, that one cannot even imagine how fans celebrate the release of his films. Many have, time and again, also said that when Salman roars on screens, that day becomes Eid! The frenzy around him is huge and no one can even come close. To his credit, he consciously stays away from being Salman Khan on 70 mm... “I try to move as far away from Salman as possible but whatever is done on screen, the fans think that this character of Salman is larger than life. It is not true; it is the script which is the largest. Apart from that, if the people like you, if you suit the character, then anyone can pull off Sultan. The biggest compliment that I have got for the film is people watching it in the theatre twice and thrice and the collections from Wednesday to Monday. There cannot be a bigger compliment than that. It is the genius of Ali (Ali Abbas Zafar, director) who has made this happen. The script, the music, the concept is his. I was only upset that the team didn’t use my songs!”

He grins adding, “I also really liked the songs that couldn’t be a part of the film and we have got them for our next film (Laughs). Honestly I feel that I have just been lucky. I have been at the right place at the right time, choosing the right work. I am working with people who are working more on me and making this average person into Sultan. Once the luck runs out, I would work very hard on myself. Having said that, I don’t track numbers, the production team does. Once the film is done and the initial awareness about the film is done, I am out of it and on to the next one. Numbers do matter but I am not very good with dates, numbers. So if someone comes and tells me that so-and-so is the business of the film, I am okay.”