On an episode structured around regret, Salman Khan moved from the contestants’ confessions to his own. Appearing on Bigg Boss 20’s Weekend Ka Vaar, he said he has recently apologised to his father, the veteran screenwriter Salim Khan, for any hurt he may have caused as a son. Then he told a family story that explains why he was not inclined to delay the conversation.
A son’s apology
The moment followed contestant Aasif Khan’s account of a fight with his brother, a struggle with alcoholism, and a wish to make amends. Salman urged him not to wait.
“When these things happen, solve it right then. Don’t let time pass.”
He then described a recent, relaxed conversation with his own father. “We were chilling, and I told him, as a son, if I have said anything at any given point of time or I have failed you, then I am really sorry,” he said.
The five-year silence
The regret in the Khan family was not only his to carry. Salman recalled that when Salim Khan married his mother, her father objected—not on religious grounds, but because he did not want his daughter marrying into the film world. Her siblings accepted Salim, but the grandfather worried about the atmosphere his daughter would enter.
For five years, he did not speak to Salim. The silence broke only when Sohail Khan was born, Salman said; his nana travelled from Mahim to Bandra carrying sweets and told the family he regretted missing his grandchildren growing up. “He had this regret till his last breath,” Salman added.
There was a further detail. When Salman’s parents quarrelled and his mother returned to her parental home, the grandfather would not let her stay. He told her she could come anytime, but not after a fight—she should go back to her own house.
Why it matters now
For Hindi cinema audiences, the anecdote sharpens the portrait of Salim Khan, one half of Salim-Javed, the partnership behind Sholay and Deewar. It is also a reminder of a time when film work carried a social cost serious enough to split a family for half a decade. That the story aired on a reality show is part of the point: the episode treated reconciliation as something to be done now, not performed later.
- Salman framed the objection as professional, not religious—the fear of the film world.
- The estrangement lasted five years and ended only with Sohail’s birth.
- His advice to Aasif was immediate: solve the issue now, before regret hardens.
Salman offered no elaborate resolution beyond the timeline itself. A man held a silence for five years over a worry, missed his grandchildren growing up, and carried the regret for the rest of his life. The lesson is plain: some apologies should not wait for a sweeter moment.
Source: News18
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