Salim Khan and Salman Khan: Father-son relationship

Salman Khan celebrates dad Salim Khan’s birthday

Salman Khan did not leave any stone unturned to ensure that his dad Salim Khan’s 80th birthday is celebrated in style. The actor along with his family members Sohail and Arbaaz, Atul Agnihotri, Alvira Agnihotri, Helen, Sangeeta Bijlani made special arrangements for the birthday bash at their Bandra residence, states a report on Pinkvilla.com. Some of the celebs who were a part of the celebrations were Kabir Khan, David Dhawan, Kushal Tandon, Warda and Sajid Nadiadwala. The report also states that Salim’s daughter Arpita Khan was not present at the celebrations as she is away holidaying with her husband Aayush Sharma.

Read on to know more about the relationship between this father and son...

While Salman had gone all out and spoken his mind on Yakub Memon's case, not everyone is quite happy with his retort. Apparently, the actor's father, too, was not at all happy with his tweets. Salim Khan slammed his son and called his tweets meaningless. One of Salman's fanclubs posted his father's reaction to his tweets on Yakub Memon. It read, "Salman Khan's Tweets are riciculous & meaningless. Those tweets shouldn't be taken seriously. Salman should focus on his films." [sic]

Let's take a look at the relationship he shares with his son, Salman Khan....

After tweeting in support of the 1993 blast convict, Yakub Memon, Salman had to face a barrage of opposition. The actor, then, deleted the tweets in question. He also mentioned in his tweets that he retracted those tweets as his father told him they will create misunderstanding. He also posted tweets clarifying his stand. He wrote, "I had tweeted that Tiger Memon should hang for his crimes and I stand by it. What i also said is that Yakub Memon should not hang for him. I have not said or implied that Yakub Memon is innocent. I have complete faith in the judicial system of our country. Many lives were lost in the Mumbai blasts. And I have repeatedly said the loss of one innocent life is equal to the loss of all humanity. My dad called & said I should retract my tweets as they have the potential to create misunderstanding. I here by retract them. I would like to unconditionally apologise for any misunderstanding I may have created unintentionally. I also strongly condemn those who are claiming my tweets are anti religious. I have always said I respect all faiths and I always will." [sic]

In an interview, Salman Khan expressed why he doesn't feel insecure about losing his parents. About the same, he said, "I believe that we, 5-6 of us in our family, are not together from this life alone. We have been playing father-son, mother-son, sister-daughter, brother-sister to each other life after life and we keep coming back to each other. We keep playing different relationships in every janam thinking, chalo he used to be my son earlier, now he will become my father in my next life. So we have no fear of loss, as we all will come back to each other."

Salman Khan finally got his daddy dearest to pull off an 'O o jaane jaane' move for his fans, alongside his brother Sohail. Salman Khan took to Twitter to call his father the original Bajrangi Bhaijaan. He tweeted, "My dad strongest. Salim khan(dullu) urff prince Saleem the original bajrangi bhaijaan, happy father's day daddy." [sic]

Salman Khan, who got a lot of support from Bollywood stars after the verdict in his 2002 hit-and-run case, has always found support in his family. When the date for a big hearing in his case was nearing, his father Salim Khan spoke about the anxious moment. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Salim had said that he doesn't know why this case is called as hit-and-run case, and that Salman never went missing after the accident. He gave his statement and also underwent an alcohol test, he further said.