Filmmaker Abhinav Kashyap alleges Salman Khan’s family harassed him during ‘Dabangg’ production, leading to an argument where Khan accused him of theft. Kashyap claims he fainted after Khan’s rude remarks. A friend’s intervention, warning of a similar fate to Amole Gupte, convinced Kashyap to stay on the project, which became a box office hit.
Filmmaker Abhinav Kashyap has been making several allegations against superstar Salman Khan over their collaboration in ‘Dabangg’ in multiple interviews. In a recent interaction, the director revealed that he fainted after Khan made some comments. Kashyap also revealed that he was on the verge of leaving the project; however, he held on to it after a friend’s advice. Let’s learn more about what he said.
Abhinav Kashyap recalls fainting and having a blackout after argument with Salman Khan
In an interview with Bollywood Thikana, Abhinav Kashyap accused Salman Khan and his family of harassing him to the point where he wanted to quit the film. The filmmaker then shared that he avoided interactions with the star in the latter half of the production. Kashyap said, “They wanted a reason to tell the media that I wasn’t up to the mark and wanted to install Arbaaz Khan as the director.”The director shared that such a thing didn’t happen and credited his friend for the same. He said, The credit goes to my friend Sunil Vohra, who introduced me to Arbaaz.”While sharing his fainting episode, Abhinav Kashyap stated that on one evening, he and Salman Khan had an “argument,” after which the superstar spoke to him “rudely.”As per Kashyap, Khan accused him of “siphoning the money” and called him a “thief.” The director questioned the actor, saying that if he was so incompetent and a thief, why was he still on the project? Kashyap added, “And he clearly told me, ‘Toh jaa na, tujhe roka kisne hai (Go then, who’s stopping you)?'”Abhinav Kashyap expressed that he was “so hurt” that he “fainted.” The filmmaker shared, “I had a blackout for two or three minutes, and I sat down on the ground.”
Here’s why Abhinav Kashyap changed his decision to quit
After that incident, Abhinav Kashyap decided that he would quit the movie and tell the same to the producer, Arbaaz Khan. However, his friend came to visit him and changed his decision. The director said, “He told me not to quit, because that’s what they want. Abhinav recalled his friend telling him, “Tere saath Amole Gupte ho jayega (Things would happen to you just like Amole Gupte).”For the unversed, reportedly, Amole Gupte was removed as the director of ‘Taare Zameen Par’ only a few years earlier.Abhinav then rarely interacted with Salman Khan. He said, “Somehow, I completed the film.”‘Dabangg’ was released in the year 2010 and marked the debut of Sonakshi Sinha. The film went on to become a huge box office success. Go to Source
