Days after the release of his recent film Antim – The Final Truth, Salman Khan attended a press conference celebrating the film’s success. 

During the press conference, when asked about his fight scenes in the film with brother-in-law Aayush Sharma, Salman took a walk down memory lane and shared an anecdote from 2010.

Dabangg was the first film of Salman Khan to hit Rs 100 crore at the box office. The movie was produced by Salman’s younger brother Arbaaz Khan who also played a supporting role in the film. 

While Salman Khan played the character of Chulbul Pandey, Arbaaz played his half-brother Makkhanchand "Makkhi" Pandey. The two characters share a love-hate relationship in the film and there is a sequence where Chulbul Pandey beats up Makkhi for his wrongdoings.

© Arbaaz Khan Productions

Salman revealed that after the screening of Dabangg, Arbaaz’s son Arhaan, who was around 8-years-old at the time, started crying thinking his uncle was actually beating up his father in the film. While crying he also started hitting him. 

Salman said that he called Arbaaz and the two recreated the fight sequence to make Arhaan understand that nothing was real about that on-screen fight.

Salman said, “First Dabangg ke andar jab maine Arbaaz ko maara tha, toh jaise hi trial khatam hua, Arhaan aaya aur rote rote mujhe maarna shuru kar diya. Toh I said, ‘kya hua beta?’ He said, ‘You hit my papa, you hit my papa’ aur itne zor-zor se mujhe maara usne that I had to hug him, you know and I called Arbaaz then hugged him as well and told him that ‘this is all acting and now I will show you how we fought’. Toh Arbaaz aur mujhe woh poora sequence dikhana pada. Toh fir jaake usko samajh mein aaya ki yeh maara maari nahin ho rahi hai, it’s just acting. Toh he thought it was fun and started doing action with us. Ya, but bachchon ke dimaag mein asar hota hai.”

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Dabangg was a big blockbuster at the box office and spawned two sequels in Dabangg 2 and Dabangg 3. 

As for Antim, the movie helmed by Mahesh Manjrekar is holding well at the box office after a slow start. Apart from Salman Khan and Aayush Sharma, Antim also stars Mahima Makwana.  

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