Superstar Salman Khan chanced upon a recent Bigg Boss 19 Weekend Ka Vaar episode to deliver a fiery, direct response to the persistent allegations made by filmmaker Abhinav Kashyap, the director of the first Dabangg film.
Without naming him initially during a conversation with comedian Ravi Gupta, Salman addressed the controversy head-on, questioning Kashyap’s current professional standing in the industry.
“We have one more Dabangg person,” Salman began. “He even dragged Aamir [Khan] into this. During Weekend Ka Vaar last week, I asserted ‘Just do your work, nobody’s interested.’ Today, I want to ask again, ‘Did you get any work, brother?’”
Questioning Professional Conduct and Career Choices
Salman went on to criticize Kashyap’s public behavior, suggesting it’s detrimental to his career. “If you’re going to criticize everyone, people will not work with you. Now, the person you have named will not work with you, nor the people associated with the person,” he asserted.
He revealed that despite the friction, his team had offered Kashyap a film, which the director refused. “When we offered you a film, you said you wouldn’t do it.”
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While expressing how the allegations have personally hurt him, Salman emphasized that he still believes Kashyap is a talented filmmaker who should focus on his craft.
“The one thing that hurts me the most is that you are destroying yourself,” Salman shared. He then gave Kashyap blunt advice, urging him to prioritize his personal life and family. “If you want to get after someone, please go after your family or your brother (Anurag Kashyap). Or, love your brother, your parents, your wife. That’s the least you can do.”
He concluded his advice by encouraging the director to reconsider his current path: “I want to see you grow, you are a talented man. He is a good writer. Don’t go down this lane, take a u-turn from this highway.”
Responding to the ‘Fall to His Knees’ Remark
Salman also took the opportunity to respond to one of Kashyap’s most inflammatory recent remarks, where the director claimed Salman would soon “fall to his knees and even beg.”
Addressing the threat directly, the Sikandar actor stated: “Only God will take care of you. And friend, you talk about me going down on my knees, I go down on knees every morning but to pray.”
The Nature of Abhinav Kashyap’s Accusations
Abhinav Kashyap has been making various claims against Salman Khan for a while. He has alleged that the superstar took undue credit for Dabangg and was involved in manipulation within the industry.
Kashyap recently appeared on a podcast where he revisited an old incident from the set of Tere Naam, claiming that Salman made things so difficult for his brother, Anurag Kashyap, that Anurag was forced to walk away from the project.
Regarding Salman’s recent supportive comments about Anurag’s film Nishaanchi, Abhinav had scoffed at the praise. He had said, “It is written in Salman’s destiny that now he will lick our feet. I had called him a goon in an interview, and now he is trying to show that he is a big admirer of ours. The same Anurag Kashyap whom he harassed during Tere Naam… Now he will fall to his knees and even beg.” Salman’s Bigg Boss rant was his public counter to these specific attacks.
