Salman Khan PRAYED That No One Would Watch His Debut Film Biwi Ho To Aisi: ‘I Was Embarrassed…’

The film released in 1988.

Today, Salman Khan is a massive superstar, but his debut was far from glamorous. He started with a supporting role in the 1988 film Biwi Ho To Aisi. Just a year later, he skyrocketed to fame with Maine Pyar Kiya alongside Bhagyashree. From then on, there was no stopping him. But here’s the funny part: in an earlier interview, Salman confessed he prayed nobody would watch his ’embarrassing’ performance in Biwi Ho To Aisi.

In a 2006 chat with Prabhu Chawla for Seedhi Baat, the actor revealed how he stumbled into Bollywood, despite his celebrated screenplay writer father, Salim Khan. He initially dreamed of being a director and went around with scripts, but no one took him seriously because he was too young. He admitted that at the start of his career, he didn’t think he had what it took to be a leading man—he felt he lacked the “height, body, or personality.” But everything changed when he signed up for Biwi Ho To Aisi after being impressed by the script.

“I signed the film after listening to the script and I really liked it but when I saw my work in it, I prayed… I think I must be the first person on planet earth to pray that no one watches their first film because I was so bad in the film, I was embarrassed,” he said.

Meanwhile, on the work front, the first schedule of Salman Khan’s next, Sikandar’s shooting in Mumbai, has wrapped up. The filming concluded with a major action sequence featuring Salman Khan. A source revealed to Mid Day that Salman will be filming a crucial action scene with actor Prateik Babbar at the Chitrakoot Grounds, involving a plane and a specially created exterior set. The team is on a one-and-a-half-month break to allow for the construction of a new set at the SRPF Ground in Goregaon, expected to take about 45 days. The next filming schedule is planned for August, with AR Murugadoss’ team carefully planning to utilise the monsoon season for set construction. This upcoming schedule will involve filming action sequences and crowd-heavy scenes over a 40-day period.