Picture was shared on Instagram. (courtesy: Salman)
Late actor Johnny Walker’s son, actor Nasirr Khan, just lately took a visit down the reminiscence lane and talked about his childhood friendship with the Khans of Bollywood – Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and Salman Khan. In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Nasirr recalled their bond, saying, “All of them are my childhood associates.” Speaking a few cricket match from the late Eighties when Aamir’s film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak was working in theatres, and Salman’s Maine Pyar Kiya was about to launch, Nasirr mentioned, “I bear in mind us time pe Aamir ne Salman ko out kiya tha. Salman was like ‘ab mai isko out karke rahunga.’ [I remember at that time Aamir got Salman out. Salman was like, ‘Now, I will get him out.’] Then, Salman caught his catch.”
Talking about Salman Khan and Aamir Khan’s working types and the “skilled rivalry,” Nasirr Khan commented, “It was all a wholesome competitors. Even throughout Andaz Apna Apna, after I used to go there, there was a lot enjoyable. As a result of, Aamir could be very prim and correct. He (Salman Khan) was like, ‘Chlo take karo na. Khatam karo na. Let’s go house.” And he (Aamir Khan) was like, ‘No, no. I’ve to do that. I’ve to do this.’ It was a enjoyable banter between the 2 of them. As a result of uska [Aamir Khan] kaam karne ka treeka alg hai. Salman ka kaam karne ka tareeka alag hai. They’re two totally different folks. However aisa nahi hai ki dost nahi hai. Sab dost hai lekin ek skilled rivalry hoti hai. And I feel everyone was younger at the moment. Ek part hai, jo sabne face kiye hai. Sab vo part se nikal kar aaye hai. Galtiyaan ki hai. [It was a healthy competition. Even during Andaz Apna Apna, when I used to go there, there used to be so much fun. Because Salman Khan is very laid-back. He was like, ‘Come on, let’s finish it. Let’s go home.’ And Aamir Khan was like, ‘No, no. I have to do this. I have to do that.’ It was a fun banter between the two of them. Because Aamir’s approach to work is different. Salman’s way of working is different. They are two different people. But it’s not like they aren’t friends. They are all friends, but there was a professional rivalry. And I think everybody was young at that time. It’s a phase that everyone has faced. Everyone has moved on from that phase. Mistakes were made.]” For the unversed, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan shared display house in Rajkumar Santoshi’s 1994 movie Andaz Apna Apna.
Transferring on to Shah Rukh Khan, Nasirr Khan talked about, “I do know Shah Rukh from the time when he got here to Bombay. Jab vo aya tha, mai tabse usko jaanta hu. Hum log kitna milte the, kitna baithte they. [ I have known him since then. We used to meet a lot, spend time together.] At Bandstand, we used to hold round over there. He used to come back alot to Salman’s home additionally at the moment.”
Recalling the early days of his friendship with King Khan, Nasirr Khan added, “80s mein Shah Rukh Khan ka jo bungalow (Mannat) hai, khreedne se pehle hum log sab vaha neeche baitha karte thay at bandstand. [In the 80s, before Shah Rukh bought his bungalow (Mannat), we all used to sit near Bandstand.] Me, my brother, Salman, Arbaaz, all used to hold round over there at that highway at Bandstand. Then later, when Shah Rukh turned a star, when he purchased this bungalow, and even when he got here to Mumbai at the moment. I’ve recognized him, met him. I used to play numerous video video games with him at the moment.”
Nasirr Khan additionally shared how throughout Shah Rukh Khan’s early releases, the 2 used to go to totally different theatres to gauge folks’s reactions. He reminisced, “Uski (Shah Rukh) jitni bhi movie thi na Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, hum log friday first present, I used to go together with him. Hum log Gaiety Galaxy jate the, fir Chandan jate the, fir Satyam jaatey the. City mein 3 to six, 6 to 9, 9 to 12, hum log saari fimein, saare theatre [We used to go for the first show on Fridays. We would go to Gaiety Galaxy, then to Chandan, then to Satyam. From 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12, we watched all the movies in all the theatres. ] Until Baazigar, until Darr, until the time he turned a celebrity.”
Nasirr Khan additionally talked about that he’s nonetheless associates with all of the Khans and retains on assembly them. He mentioned, “And it is the identical factor after I meet him (Shah Rukh Khan) as we speak. We meet usually, causally ki aao milo, bacche kaise hain, ghar pe kaise hai kya hai. I hold assembly Salman Khan fairly often, Aamir Khan abhi just lately mila tha.”
