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Rachana Dubey Sharma  |  11 Dec 2015

Varun Dhawan was the first member of the film fraternity to call Salman Khan yesterday when his acquittal became public knowledge.

The Main Tera Hero star, producer-director David Dhawan's son, is known to be extremely close to Salman .

The Bajrangi Bhaijaan star was still inside the courtroom then, so Varun passed on his best wishes to him through the manager instead.

Prachi Kadam 07 Dec 2015 you Salman Khan fans, Sultan just got a tad closer to you - and we don't mean figuratively. After filming the Ali Abbas Zafar film at ND Studios in Karjat over the last 2 weeks, the actor has now moved the shoot to JW Marriott in Juhu, Mumbai.  

Salman began shooting for an action sequence in the suburban 5-star today. The cast and crew were there since morning, all geared up for the 11am shoot. Bhai being Bhai strolled in around 2 in the afternoon. A little hi-hello, a bit of warming up and then, he got into action mode. 

 Naturally, there was tight security arranged around the area - come on, it's Salman we're talking about. You don't want a huge mob while he shoots for his scenes. We hear, the Bajrangi Bhaijaan star will be shooting at the hotel for the next few days before they move to the next location.

OMG! Ajay Underestimated Salman's Popularity! Vickey Lalwani  |  29 Jul 2015

Ajay Devgn may not have seen this coming. Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan released two weeks ahead of Drishyam (which releases this Friday) and yet, it is already having an impact on the thriller's box-office collections.

How? Unfortunately, Drishyam will not get as many shows as Ajay would have liked.

9xe.com has it that many multiplexes and single screens are not ready to allot a high number of shows to Drishyam, courtesy the stupendous success of Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Add Baahubali's fate at the ticket windows to this and you'll realise what Devgn is undergoing.

Leading distributor Ramesh Sippy, who owns Chitra Cinema (Dadar), says, "Bajrangi Bhaijaan is doing very well. You don't throw out a film which is running well. So, I will be giving only two shows to Drishyam, the remaining two will go to Bajrangi Bhaijaan."

A source from Fun Cinemas (Andheri) tells us, "We run about 22 shows in our multiplex. Normally, we would have given at least 13-14 shows to Drishyam, but now Ajay will have to be content with 8-9 shows. We can't disown Baahubali either."

Manoj Desai, owner of Gaiety-Galaxy, says, "I, for one, wouldn't have a problem in Gaiety-Galaxy but I will have to give one show less to Drishyam in Maratha Mandir. My 9 pm show in Maratha Mandir goes to Bajrangi Bhaijaan."

Some trade experts say that Drishyam may make up for the dent it might suffer due to Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Baahubali only in the long run, but then hasn't Ajay got his math wrong again? Gosh! Karan Johar's Brothers starring Akshay Kumar-Sidharth Malhotra-Jacqueline Fernandez is scheduled for release after two weeks on August 14. Before that, you also have Bangistan (August 7) which also will take away some shows at least.

Trade analyst Komal Nahata, however, disagrees. "I wouldn't call it a miscalculation on Ajay's part. Drishyam is anyway a film which had to be released with lot of love and care. Ajay is doing just that," he says.

Sippy thinks that while everyone knew Bajrangi Bhaijaan would be a blockbuster, it would have been almost impossible to foresee such staggering success. "Nobody thought that Bajrangi Bhaijaan would go into its third week with so much gusto. The response has been phenomenal. It is heading towards the 300-crore mark," he adds.

Is Salman grinning from ear to ear? Or is he feeling sorry for Ajay? That we will never know, right?

1.    He’ll dazzle you with an impromptu gourmet meal/ kitchen fire.

2.    He’ll treat you like a princess.

3.    Won’t take his eyes off you.

4.    Damn that body!

5.    There’ll never be a dull moment with him.

6.    God, that scruff!

7.    He likes to cuddle.

8.    Won’t complain about the cooking.

9.    He’ll notice your new dress.

10.  He’ll have the hots for you and only you.

11.  You’ll fit right in with his buddies.

12.  More goofing around.

13.  He’ll light up your world.

14.  He’ll miss you when you’re not around.

15.  He has no qualms about going down on his knees.

16.  Tera Dhyaan Kidhar Hai, Tera Hero Idhar Hai.

Stay charming Varun ‘The One’.

Ankur Pathak  |  30 Jun 2015 

The buzz around Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor's Bajrangi Bhaijaan is fast growing and father Salim Khan seems to share the excitement surrounding his son's upcoming drama. The film reunites Sallu with his Ek Tha Tiger director Kabir Khan and tells the story of a Pakistani girl who crosses the border to India, and how she is reunited to her home country with the help of, of course, Bhaijaan.

"I've always been right about the fate of Salman's films and this one is going to be a bonafide blockbuster," Salim Khan tells 9xe.com. 

When probed on what works and what doesn't, the famed scriptwriter says that everything clicks in the film. "You can't segregate the film in parts...it has to work in totality. Right from the dialogues to the performances, the film makes you feel emotionally overwhelmed and works in all departments.

"Salim adds that Bajrangi Bhaijaan reminded him of his own works. "The interesting thing with Kabir is that he is exploring a new subject. That makes his work memorable. He's moved on from the subject of terrorism to a different story here and that's what we'd do in our days. The ones who wrote Zanjeer also wrote Don and Seeta aur Geeta... that versatility should always be there.

"When asked if his opinion on the film was clouded because his son was acting in it, he said, "That never happens. My son has acted in enough trash films and I have always told him when I haven't loved the film, though I won't name any here. But there's no questioning Bajrangi.... it will go on to be a bumper hit!"

Let's see if Salim saab is proved right.