Salman Khan former girlfriends still friends except Aishwarya Rai

FAZAL-UR-REHMAN

KARACHI: Salman Khan is one of the biggest stars in Bollywood with a huge fan following. He has also had his fair share of romance and break-ups with top actresses of Bollywood. But what is more astounding is that he manages to keep almost all his old flames in good humour.

Every time the old flames are in the limelight, it has something to do with Salman Khan. Recently, Somy Ali claimed Salman never abused her physcially. Sangeeta Bijlani was snapped catching a special screening of a film with Sallu and family.

And where Katrina Kaif is concerned, nobody really knows if she falls in the category of ex-flame or a current one considering that they spend more time together now than when they were officially a couple.

However, Aishwarya has always proved to be the exception in Salman’s rules of life. The duo fell in love during the shooting of “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam”, which proved to be the hit of the year. They were in love for two years. However, misunderstandings cropped up between the couple and the relationship didn’t last long and neither did it end quietly. The duo continued to fill gossip columns for years together.

And after some time it came to a point where Aishwarya was forced to announce in the media that she would never work professionally with Salman Khan again in her life.

She said: “The Salman Khan chapter was a nightmare in my life and I am thankful to God that it is over.”

“I have maintained a dignified silence about him and his wrong doings but he has repeatedly attacked the respect, dignity and pride of me and my family with irresponsible rumour mongering”.

“I stood by him enduring his alcoholic misbeshaviour in worst phases and in turn I was at the receiving end of his abuse, infidelity and indignity. That is why like any other self-respecting woman I had ended my relationship with him almost two years ago”

“After we broke up, he would call me and talk rubbish. He also suspected me of having affairs with my co-stars. I was linked up with everyone, from Abhishekh Bachchan to Shah Rukh Khan. There were times when Salman got physical with me, luckily without leaving any marks. And I would go to work as if nothing had happened.”

On the other hand, Khan said in his defense, “I love Aishwarya. I am not hounding her. It’s not a teenage obsession that I feel for her, it’s pure love. She’s such a traditional Hindustani girl at the bottom of her heart. The fact that she respects her parents so much makes me admire her more.”