We all need to take a step back and be ourselves. It is about a father-son relationship. I wanted to discontinue it, but my PR team advised against it. I am keen on doing Marathi films. In case I have flops back to back, then I will need to rethink my strategy. I have not yet gone that route, thankfully. I am happy this character allowed me to bring back my childhood persona,” says Salman in his trademark style. But yes, every film has its destiny. Salman likes positive stories. If they were my fans, they would have an identity. In the film, this little boy grows up intelligently, but I have miles to go,” he adds with a smile.Salman says he hasn’t seen the movie Little Boy but adds that director Kabir Khan has.”Ask him if he thinks Bollywood actresses throw tantrums, and he
underwater light bar replies, “I have never had that experience with any of my co-stars. “Yes, being my father’s son, I do have an inkling about how a likeable story should unfold.Lastly, when asked about his Marathi venture with Reitesh Deshmukh, he smirks. And when bhai talks, you most definitely pay attention.”Talk about Zhu–Zhu in Tubelight, and he lights up.”Question him on his easy camaraderie with his ex-girlfriends, and he haughtily replies, “Perhaps the distance made them realise I am not so bad after all. Everyone feels they are making a Sholay or a Mughal-E-Azam, but that’s where they go wrong.
I like tales that are rags to riches, or even about unsung heroes.Ask him if being a writer’s son has benefitted him as an actor, he answers in the affirmative. Keeping that central, Kabir has done his own thing.”Talk about Shah Rukh doing a cameo in Tubelight, Salman gushes, “I am happy he is a part of my film. It is about all those jawans who go missing in the line of duty. Today I am in my 50s, and I have seen life, yet I cannot replicate that innocence of my childhood. As we grow older, we think about our memories and understand how simple life was when we were kids. He has to come up with something,” he signs off. “She is a cool girl, a thorough professional actress. If we err, say sorry and move on, else social media will become a monster.”Salman’s take on social media is somewhat stringent. But yes, I have heard stories of actors throwing their weight around. “I always prefer the story of an underdog.“I am a big tubelight. I avoid negativity in real and reel life.. Are they so ashamed of who they are that they hide behind a nameless face?
We did track a few of them down, but did not reveal their identity as we didn’t want to ruin their future. The story must connect emotionally.Salman’s next home venture, Tubelight, has got everyone taking notice. Being faceless is not brave. “Tubelight is not set against the war backdrop. “I have announced that I will work with him in his next Marathi film, now the ball is in his court. It would hurt their parents the most. No tantrums and we shared a good chemistry on screen. His character brings about a turning point in the movie,” he adds. You never know what Tubelight has in store for all of us,” he says in all honesty. “I have stopped reading Twitter. The audience is intelligent and won’t be fooled by some well-choreographed action sequences. It is, in fact, about the emotional upheavals that the army families go through. When I compare myself to the way I was the previous year, only then do I realise the difference between then and now.
