Salim Khan says he and Salman Khan can go without speaking for six months: ‘Not a compliment to compare his behaviour to mine’ | Bollywood News

While many men wear their “like father, like son” badge on their sleeves, proudly attesting that they are a carbon copy of their beloved dads, the legendary screenwriter Salim Khan doesn’t want people to point out that his character mirrors that of his children, particularly his eldest son Salman Khan. Salim also shared that, of his three sons, Salman is the one he has scolded the most.
“I have scolded all of them, but Salman has had it the worst from me, particularly since he is the eldest among them. One day, he told me that his habits are very similar to mine. I said, ‘Son, it may be a compliment for you, but not for me. Please understand that I don’t wish to inherit any of your habits’,” he shared during a chat with Magic Moments. Salim Khan said that his own father was a very tough man, and that he, Salim, would be terrified of him. “I would be scared stiff the moment I heard his leather boots on the floor,” he said, emphasising that he didn’t want to be that kind of parent to his children. “I wanted my kids to be my friends,” he said.
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Although he shares a warm bond with Salman, Salim Khan revealed that there have been times when they did not speak to each other for almost six months. “That has happened, yes. If he does something I don’t like or I feel that he has done something wrong, then I don’t talk to him. Then, if I am sitting near the window, he would nicely walk past the parapet. He would sneak out of the house without meeting me. Later, he would come back saying, ‘Sorry, what I did was not right.’ Something I have noticed is that whenever a person succeeds in life, they end up forgetting one thing: their growth as a human being. When a cricket player achieves greatness, they only focus on their game and nothing else,” he pointed out.
While Salman is the eldest son of Salim Khan and his first wife Salma, his brothers Sohail Khan and Arbaaz Khan are also actors. The three also have two sers: Alvira Khan Agnihotri and Arpita Khan. In 1981, Salim Khan married for a second time to actor Helen. She, too, shares a close bond with Salman and his siblings.