He was voted the seventh-best-looking man in the world and the best looking man in India by US’s People magazine in 2004 — but Salman Khan has maintained his distance from Hollywood, and says he has his reasons.
The Bollywood star unleashed his funny side when asked about the reason at an event organised by Indo-American Chamber Of Commerce (IACC) Wednesday.
“All my friends who have gone to America, they don’t even want to come back for a holiday, wonder why. I am an actor, those guys were the ‘sensible’ ones, educated – engineers, doctors, scientists. These guys went there and made a lot of money, respect,” he said.
“Me, I am giving Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, all these guys a chance. Otherwise…poor guys,” the 46-year-old said here in a humourous way.
Salman also targeted Hollywood films.
“Amazing movies, they make anything look good. Like for example the names I took, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise. We just go on emotions and heart. We overdo anything, I mean guys like us also look really bad,” said Salman.
He wrapped up the response with his arch-rival, superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s famous dialogue from “My Name Is Khan”: “I mean my name is actually Khan and I actually am not a terrorist.”
Besides Salman, actress Nargis Fakhri was also present at the event, where Tata Consultancy Services was formally honoured as the overall best Indian Company operating in the US at the 8th Indo American Corporate Excellence Awards.
Haters/ba*kri khan fans why you are forgetting that Salman khan is first indian actor in history of bollywood which movie(hakhk) was did 135cr worldwide in 1994.
And b*akri khan is 2nd actor which (ddlj) did 124cr in worldwide in 1995.go and see wikipedia of highest grossing films of bollywood on google.
Salman is mega indian actor in the world.
Haters/ba*kri khan fans why you are forgetting that Salman khan is first indian actor in history of bollywood which movie(hakhk) was did 135cr worldwide in 1994.
And b*akri khan is 2nd actor which (ddlj) did 124cr in worldwide in 1995.go and see wikipedia of highest grossing films of bollywood on google.
Salman is mega indian actor in the world.salman rocks.
BREAKING NEWS!! BREAKING NEWS!!
lallu is admitted to hospital, doctors ka kehana hain ki lallu pagal ho choka hain.
hahahaha srk fanz ki jaal rahi heee hahahaha
srk ke sabse jyada fan america me he is liye to srk ko hmesha wo airport n@ng@ kr lete he hahaha
LOL!!! LOL!!!! srsly can’t stop laughing , yeh bewda to such much pagal ho gaya.
@ramesh, yeh pehley say pagal ho choka tha.
salman having largest fan following in the world
if he is thinking he is greater than hollywood stars then first break avatar’s record and then tell.
@vinay, yeh we just saw that in the poll of best action hero.
@Abe @Marz, avatar james camron ki film he nahi k pitt ya tom ki.Salman ne challenge pitt aur tom ko kya he samje
Yeh toh shruat hai aage aage dekho hota hai kya ab salman ki filmein world mein record banayegi.aur charo taraf salman hi salman hoga in 3to4years mark my words and wait and watch.
BTW, Salman tried a film called Marigold and failed! I am not against him, but isn’t that a bit too arrogant to talk like that after 3 mega hits? Rajesh Khanna had delivered 13 consecutive mega hits, remember?
why assrg*y fans r abusing salman !!!! salman said it in a humorous way. salman was declared the seventh finest looking men in d world more than once. his statue is the most kissed in madame tussauds. Salman is bigger than any film today. Salman rockzzzz. Assrg*y ko to airport pe hamesha pakda jata hai. isse pata chalta hai uski global popularity. LOL !!!! Salman rocks. u rock salman. we always love you…
I still wonder when do these ba…rds understand the meaning of “funny side” & “humourous way”.without knowing it how can one comment on him to his comparison.Anyway he admitted that we overdo anything and praised them but didn’t proclaim himself as i am the king,i am the best or i am the baadshah.This reminds his royality which is an inborn quality.”A LION NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION”
when it comes to his killer looks,trending style,charismatic face and undisputed kingly physique salman is no way less to criuse,pitt,smith or etc etc he deserves it.
But he doesn’t look like an elder brother of rajpal yadav nor do he looks cartoon and nor do he shivers like an old man.
Typical Salman Fans. I bet 80% of them haven’t seen a single movie of Brad and Tom apart from MI series and Mr and Mrs Smith. Because if they had watched movies like Jerry Mcguire, Seven Monkeys, Born on the fourth of July, Lions for Lambs, Moneyball, Babel, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The tree of life they wudn’t hav been Salman fans in the first place.
Those actors hav star power all over the world. I bet they don’t even know who salman is whose star power is a fraction of theirs.
They are what they are because what path they decided to walk on. They wud hav chosen the commercial movies to make themselves wealthy like your khan gang but they didn’t. Tom does commercial movies but look how many risks he takes with each project. Brad is taking care of 6 adapted kids without wearing T shirts like Being Human..
For great people there actions speak for them while for people like salman their words n their fans who still fight over a few crore box office where other movies work in billions.
well said rajesh.
Salman is the best. Tom cruise or brad pitt is nothing front of Salman khan
i love u Salman khan mwah..
srk ku ttey fans haar jagah g mar wane aa jatey hai salaman ki koi bhi news padhne abey ku ttey viheshi bhikari bana deyee humey magar humlog g chatna nahi chodey
hollywood movies se agar graphics aur super computer works hata doo nothing in there works this is 100% facts.
@indicine is harrami till u delete the 1st comment.
@INDICINE CH UT YEE KIYA LIKHA JO MODERATION MAI DAL DIYEE MERE COMMENT KO???
@Aki Aur tune kidhar chatna choda bata jara. English me comment likhta hai tu. Language use karo unki aur gali bhi unhi ko do.
Srk is a badsurat harrami…. SALMAN has looks style persona. salman rocks……………………
Lol! Salman is jealous of brad pitt and tom cruise..
And now lyk his movies he also copying Srk’s dialogues..
Come on man grow up Sallu..
If salman went hollywood he would be trashed..
Salman knows very well that he iz nothing in front of hollywood stars lyk brad pitt, tom cruise, robert pattinson etc
even will smith luks better than this mallu..
salman dabangg dialogue on salman fans–
hollywood se yaad aaya,marigold kaisi film hai?
ye toh lallu fans bhi nahi bata payenge..qki unhone khud ye movie nahi dekhi..lol…
angrezi samajh mei toh aati nahi hai lallu fans ko…:)
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