Salman Khan: Back To Pavilion

He may come across as unapproachable, but that is an illusion. Once he gets talking, he is frank, direct and blessed with a sense of humour that leaves you stunned. His regular sprinkling of anecdotes from sets is a delight. In a candid conversation with Salman Khan, Shravan Shah walks down memory lane with this actor, from his stardom to his association with Bollywood's most purest family.

- Shravan Shah

You were Prem 16 years back and you are Prem again now. With the changing times, did you too modernise Prem Ratan Dhan Payo so that it could fit the sensibilities of the new generation?

Whenever you improvise, whether in a film with David Dhawan or with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, you do it in their style. With Sooraj Barjatya, it is a lot of fun. He already comes with his share of humour, characters, and lines in the film. In that you have to know how to make it slightly naughtier in Soorajji’s Rajshri mode, which is a difficult pattern.

It seemed like the entire way of filming has changed in PRDP, what do you think?

I had a feeling that we went overboard with Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. We got carried away. The humour is slightly not Sooraj Barjatya style it is naughtier. But the beauty is that when you are doing comedy it is fine, but when suddenly that comedy shifts into romance, he pulls back into the whole