Filmmaker Abhinav Kashyap, known for directing the blockbuster Dabangg (2010), has made explosive revelations about his experience working with Salman Khan. In an interview with Indian Express’ Screen, Kashyap accused the superstar of lacking dedication to his craft and described him as both “vindictive” and “ill-mannered.
”Reflecting on his collaboration with Salman for the first Dabangg film, Kashyap said, “Salman is never involved. He is not even interested in acting, and he hasn’t been for the last 25 years. He does a favour by turning up to work. He is more into the power of being a celebrity, but he is not interested in acting. He is a gunda (goon). I was not aware of this before Dabangg.
Salman badtameez hai, ganda insaan hai (Salman is ill-mannered, he is a bad person). He comes from a film family that has been in the industry for 50 years. They continue the process. They are vindictive people. They control the whole process. If you don’t agree with them, they come after you.”Kashyap also revealed that his brother, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, faced similar difficulties while involved with Tere Naam (2003). “Anurag told me before Dabangg that you won’t be able to make a film with Salman. He didn’t go into great detail but felt I’d get easily bullied, knowing these vultures. Anurag eventually left the film. He wrote the script of Tere Naam.
Boney Kapoor misbehaved with him, then he left it. They didn’t even give him credit. The exact same thing happened with me,” Abhinav added, emphasizing that “the basis of any good film is a good script.”Interestingly, in 2023, Anurag Kashyap had publicly shared on Unfiltered By Samdish that he was removed from a project after offering blunt advice to a star. He said at the time, “I was thrown out of a film because I asked the hero to not wax his chest.”
