In a recent interview, Jackie Shroff who was recently seen in Salman Khan starrer, Radhe, spoke about Salman Khan’s journey in the industry and how Bhaijaan started his career as an assistant director and uses to handle boots and clothes.
Jackie Shroff said, “I have known him as a model and then as an assistant director, who handled my clothes and boots when I was shooting for Falak (1988). He used to look up to me and is like my little brother.”
He added on how he helped Salman Khan to get his first break, saying, “When he was an AD, I used to show his photographs to the producers I was working with. Finally, KC Bokadia’s brother-in-law gave him a break in Bollywood. It was Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) that catapulted him to stardom, but I feel that I was instrumental in him getting a break in the industry. Toh aise dosti shuru hui well, dosti itni nahi hai ki (This is how our friendship started Well, our friendship is not such that) we are very close, but he keeps coming up with films, aur jab bhi kuch bada aata hai toh (and whenever anything big comes up) he thinks of me first.” as quoted by India Today.
