Salim Khan told what is the meaning of Mahabharata in his life? Said something like this for Ramayana…
Salman Khan’s Father Speaks on Ramayan and Mahabharat: Salim Khan, the father of Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan, and Alvira Khan, has been a famous scriptwriter of Bollywood, Salim has written classic films like ‘Sholay’ and ‘Deewar’ with Javed Akhtar. . He married a Hindu woman- Sushila Charak and in her love became Shankar from Salim. However, later Sushila also became Salma. Now Salim told what is the meaning of the Hindu scriptures ‘Ramayana’ and ‘Mahabharata’ in his life.
New Delhi: Salma Khan, the wife of Salman Khan’s father Salim Khan, was named Sushila Charak before marriage. She was from a Hindu family but did you know that after marriage, Salim Khan was called Shankar by his in-laws. Salman Khan’s father opened up many secrets related to his life in a special conversation with his son Arbaaz Khan. Salim Khan also told that his stories or scripts were inspired by religious texts like Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Arbaaz Khan interviewed his father in the Invincible series, in which he talked about all the issues related to his marriage, career, and life. Salim told how he had fallen in love with his wife Salma. Actually, where he lived, his wife’s house was there. Both became friends, then fell in love. The caravan of meeting secretly started, but one day Salim said that he would ask Salma’s family for her hand. Meeting like this again and again, he was getting tired.
Salim Khan’s answer won the hearts of Salma’s family.
When Salim Khan came to talk about marriage, the whole family was gathered in one place. They got very upset. Salma’s family had already investigated Salim. Salma’s father said one thing, ‘It is a good family, where do you find good boys too, only religion is not accepted.’ Here Salim Khan said such a thing that the family members of Salma could not refuse marriage. He said, ‘There can be 1760 problems between your daughter and me, but religion cannot be the reason for any of them.’
Salim Khan told how he got the name, Shankar
After marriage the wife’s name changed from Sushil to Salma, but how did Salim Khan get Shankar? Regarding her, the author said, ‘Salma had only grandmother in her house who was with me. She used to call me Shankar. Salim Khan finally told what is the importance of ‘The Ramayana’ and ‘Mahabharata’ in his life. He says, ‘I used them a lot in my writing. If I get stuck somewhere, I think about what happened in this situation in Mahabharata and Ramayana. He calls ‘Mahabharata’ a great screenplay and ‘Ramayana’ one of the great stories.
Salim-Javed changed the way of storytelling in films
Salim Khan was associated as a writer with films like ‘Zanjeer’, ‘Deewar’, ‘Kranti’ and ‘Sholay’. He along with Javed Akhtar revolutionized the way of storytelling in Indian cinema. He married Sushila Charak (Salma Khan) on 18 November 1964. Salim had also married the famous actress Helen. The 87-year-old writer was born on 24 November 1935 in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. His three sons Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, and Suhail Khan are famous Bollywood actors, of whom Salman Khan has been the most successful.
