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Salman's i'view to FF ,sorry if reposted.Excerpts of the i'view.
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There is a new Salman that has emerged in the last one year - Very open,Very frank, and very forthright, have you become media wise?
(Looking serious) Ask me any question which is outside the purview of my bedroom and I will answer it.
Have you realised that members of the fourth estate are also human beings and you are just 'Being Human' with journalists?
I'm just being human with the journalists.See,just because of one or two people from the film industry, it gets a bad name. In the same way there are a few people from your fraternity who are giving the media a bad name.But I understand it's a job you have to do. If I were offered your job, I would not do it. I would not feel comfortable asking people questions. You can tell me something yourself. But this is your job. And you should stick to it by reporting what has to be reported. Journalism is about reporting, not adding your thoughts to it. You have no right to twist my words around. Some people think they have a birthright to give their opinion. We don't want that opinion, we don't care about your opinion.
Can Filmstars and Journalists be friends?
(Pause) Hmmm... I have no idea boss. I don't know how to answer this. I mean can cats and dogs be friends? It depends from person to person. I know a lot of people who swear by their journalist friends and I know a lot of people who keep on changing their journalist friends depending on what position he is in and how much damage he can do. I think it's basically a utilitarian relationship.
Will you continue being friendly with the press,because the change is fantastic.
I've always been like this, I've been constant. It's not me, it's you. Whenever they've asked me questions outside my personal relationships, if I've wanted to speak, I've spoken. What is sub-judice, you can't talk about. While talking I try not to hurt anyone or bitch about anyone because that's not my personality.
What kind of response is your charitable trust BEING HUMAN receiving?
Doing well. So far so good. Touch wood. We've done several activities,we've taken care of a lot of stuff. My clothing line should be coming out soon.Then my watch brand is going to be launched too. We've already launched gold guineas with Gitanjali. So, whatever profits that come in will go straight to the charitable trust.
You are charitable till it hurts, but you don't like talking about your charities.
Nahin aajkal pata chalta hai. Aapko bhi pata chalta hai. Jisko milta hai, woh jaake baat karta hai aur duaein deta hai. (No,these days word spreads. Whoever receives the charity,talks about it and also gives his blessings.)
Who are the people who have contributed to your life and career immensely?
The people I went to meet with my photographs before I became someone. They threw me out. I give them all the credit for me being me. Because I didn't have any fire in me when I started out. When I would step out of their offices I would think,, 'One day I am going to show them that I can make it.' I was not dying of hunger. So it wasn't a question of survival. My father had a Mercedes Benz. I used to drive a Mercedes. I had a BMW. Life was good and there was no shortage of anything in my life. All the earlier stars before me,apart from Sanju(Sanjay Dutt) and Kumar Gaurav had come from very poor backgrouds.They had struggled. Some,even though they came from rich families,didn't take help from home when they came to Bombay. So they struggled, slept on the footpaths, ate channa and all that stuff.
These stories kept circling in my head. And I thought only if you go through the rough path will you have that fire in your belly and you will work hard. So all those people who turned me out, I turned them into channa and shengh(peanuts) and equated the rejection to sleeping on the footpath. Of course, once I became who I am, all was forgotten. I've never held anything against them. But just to keep myself going ,I said, 'One day I will show them."
When was the last time you went on a Holiday?
Don't remember.
Don't remember.
What kind of places do you like to travel to when on a holiday?
I've never been on a Holiday actually.
Why not? Don't you feel like taking a break?
I've always worked and my whole life is a Holiday....I like this.
What's your Favourite food?
Whenever there is food in front of me,I like it. All kind of food is good for me.
You are a Health Freak and yet you eat everything.There is no strict diet you follow?
I eat right; I work out slightly harder than the rest of them,that's it.
You are the Original Dish for many women.So, whom do you find a Dish?
Hmmm......,I don't equate women with food or cooking or stuff like that.đ
What are your earliest memories of your Childhood?
Smelling my Mother's hand.
What kind of fragrance...What kind of smell was it?
Can't describe it.
Which teacher have you troubled the most in School?
(A long pause) There was Mrs Arghya,my English teacher.
How many times have you been beaten in School?
By Teachers? Every day!
And Friends?
Never got beaten...
So, When did you go Shirtless for the first time?
I don't know about you, but I came Shirtless into this world!đđđ
Sure we all do,I meant when did you make your first Shirtless Public Appearance?
(Long pause,thinks) Hmmm..When I was a kid, I used to walk around at the farm and in Bandra Shirtless. All the boys, while playing cricket, football or volleyball or any sport for that matter would be Shirtless.
How many girls have wanted to make you their Bhai?
(Thinks) The Right number.
Who are your 4 AM friends?
My Family. Everyone else is sleeping.đ
Family is a given, What about Friends?
See, when you have friends na, that 4 AM point doesn't come.So, if you're that close to someone they know when you're hitting the bottom. That is the time when your friend comes and help you and vice-versa. If he doesn't, then you know that you have never been friends anyway. Your prayer should be that your friends should do very well in life so they don't need you.đ
There's been a lot of speculation about your relationship with Katrina Kaif. I have to ask you once and for all- Is it On or Off?
Has there been.....?Now, what do I say to that? Have I ever said it was On, that I would say it's Off? Or On? Have I ever said that?
Okay, what's the most romantic thing you've done as a Boyfriend?
(A very long pause) Me? (Long pause) Obviously, it's taking me such a long time to think of the most romantic thing I've ever done then there must not be very many or none at all from the usual things that I see people doing- all the Candle-light dinners,yeh,woh and all that stuff - flowers,bouquets,etc,etc. I don't think I must have done that stuff ever.
Are you saying you are not very demonstrative when in love or in a relationship?
Yeah, I mean it's awkward saying I Love You. I mean it's there, if it's not understood that means you didn't understand. If you didn't understand, you don't understand the person.
Do you think Marriage kills Romance and at heart you are a closet romantic that's why you shy away from it?
No, it doesn't kill Romance.I think it enhances romance. I just think a lot of people say it's a compromise etc,etc,.I don't think that at all. I think that Marriage is beautiful and I say that because I have seen my parents together. The need to tie yourself into that commitment is because you're scared of losing each other,scared of the loss. The fact that the need of 2 parties is equal to get into that place is beautiful. And if you think Romance is beautiful then I think Marriage is beautiful. It's a commitment. It's like jumping into water without knowing how to swim. And knowing for a fact that you will survive.
On Farah Khan's Tv show,your Mom said you will make an excellent Father. How different will you be from your father when you become one ?
Not different at all.Same.
How tech savvy are you?
Not at all.
Why not?
Just never had the time to be
If you could wear a Jacket that made you invisible for a day,where would you go?
Why would I want to be invisible? People want me visible. I don't desire to wear a jacket that makes me dissapear.I wanna appear. I wanna take the blame for what I have done wrong and I wanna take credit for what it...give God the credit for whatever has gone right with me.
I asked you last time, I'm going to ask you again, Why don't you let me write a book on you?
here is nothing to write on me.
Oh trust me Salman, there's a lot
I am an open book.
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