Salman Khan
Salman Khan, the Indian actor born on the 27th of December 1965, sums up his identity in one line: "I'm Hindu and Muslim both. I'm Bharatiya (an Indian)." He backs it with a plain explanation: "My father is Muslim and my mother is Hindu." Fans know him by another name. They call him Bhai, or Bhaijaan, meaning brother, and the word sits in the titles of Bajrangi Bhaijaan from 2015 and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan from 2023.
Across more than three decades in Hindi cinema, Khan has starred in the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year in ten separate years. No other actor has done that. His filmography is also crowded with failures, and his private life has produced headlines of a very different kind.
So how does an actor with so many flops keep returning to the top of the box office? Where did he come from? And how did a film star, television host, property owner and charity founder end up sharing one life with a long list of legal battles?
Salman was the eldest son of the screenwriter Salim Khan and his first wife, Sushila Charak, who adopted the name Salma. In 1981 Salim married the actress Helen. The children's bond with their father turned hostile, and it recovered only years later.
Where the family came from depends on who is telling the story. According to Salim, his great-grandparents on the paternal side were Alakozai Pashtuns from Afghanistan, who moved to Indore State in British India in the mid-1800s. The biographer Jasim Khan disagrees. He traces the ancestors to the Akuzai sub-tribe of the Yusufzai Pashtuns, from Malakand in the Swat Valley, in what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Closer to the actor, his grandfather Abdul Rashid Khan served as a Deputy Inspector General of the Indore state. He received the Diler Jung award of the Holkar times. The mother's side adds other roots. Her father, Baldev Singh Charak, was a Dogra Rajput from Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir, and her mother was a Maratha from Maharashtra. Khan speaks Marathi in addition to Hindi and English.
Salman has two brothers, Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan, and two sisters. Alvira Khan Agnihotri is married to the actor-director Atul Agnihotri. Arpita, an adopted sister, is married to the actor Aayush Sharma.
His primary schooling took place at the Scindia School in Fort, Gwalior, together with Arbaaz. He later moved to St. Stanislaus High School in Bandra, Mumbai, and both younger brothers followed there for their higher secondary years. At St. Xavier's College in Mumbai he dropped out.
Arbaaz would later produce both Dabangg and its sequel, two of his brother's biggest successes.
The year 1988 brought Khan's on-screen debut, a supporting role in the successful Biwi Ho To Aisi, which had Rekha in the lead. A year later he led Sooraj Barjatya's romantic musical Maine Pyar Kiya, opposite Bhagyashree. Its chartbusting songs helped it become an all-time blockbuster. The film made him a star and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.
In 1990 Deepak Shivdasani directed Baaghi: A Rebel for Love, which Khan also wrote. Critics received it warmly and it was a box office hit. Sanam Bewafa, his solo venture of 1991, and Saajan, in which he supported Sanjay Dutt, both became blockbusters. Their soundtracks ranked among the best-selling Hindi film albums of that year. Kurbaan and Patthar Ke Phool also performed well.
The film Suryavanshi, released in 1992, was a dark fantasy horror picture and a major commercial and critical failure. People remember it mostly for Khan's look, which was inspired by Thor and He-Man.
Two very different films arrived in 1994. Rajkumar Santoshi's Andaz Apna Apna, co-starring Aamir Khan, failed at the box office on release but has gained a cult status over the years. Later that year Barjatya and Khan reunited for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, with Madhuri Dixit. At the 1995 awards it won three Filmfare Awards, for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress, and it took the National Film Award for the most popular film. Worldwide it earned more than 2 billion rupees, about 63.8 million US dollars. That made it the biggest Bollywood hit of its year and the highest-grossing Indian film up to that point. Box Office India still ranked it fourth among Bollywood earners in 2006.
In 1995 Rakesh Roshan's Karan Arjun paired him with Shah Rukh Khan as brothers who are reincarnated after family enemies kill them. His role as Karan earned a nomination for the Filmfare Best Actor Award.
The success of those two films did not carry over to his solo work. Sangdil Sanam, Veergati, Majhdhaar and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's directing debut Khamoshi: The Musical all underperformed. Jeet, released in 1996 with Sunny Deol, became the third highest-grossing film of the year and revived his career. Khan has often credited Deol for supporting him in that period. He later returned the favour by giving Deol's brother Bobby a role in Race 3.
David Dhawan's comedy Judwaa came in 1997, with Khan playing twins separated at birth. In 1998 he worked in five films. Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, opposite Kajol, was one of the year's biggest commercial successes. In Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai he played a young man ordered to take custody of a child who claims to be his son. His extended cameo in Karan Johar's directing debut, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, won him critical acclaim and a second Filmfare Award, for Best Supporting Actor.
Three more films followed in 1999: Hum Saath-Saath Hain, Biwi No.1 and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, alongside Aishwarya Rai and Ajay Devgan. The last earned him another Best Actor nomination. Sharmila Telikum of Rediff wrote: "Salman is endearing. He does tend to ham in the dramatic scenes, but looks very comfortable doing comedy and those romantic scenes."
The next decade opened with Chal Mere Bhai and Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye, both from 2000, and neither would be remembered as a success.
Three films released in 2004, Garv: Pride and Honour, Phir Milenge and Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa, all failed with critics and at the box office. They belonged to a long list. Lucky - No Time for Love and Kyon Ki followed in 2005, then Baabul and Jaan-E-Mann in 2006. God Tussi Great Ho and Yuvvraaj arrived in 2008, and London Dreams and Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna in 2009.
Some titles in between brought relief. Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge in 2000, Baghban in 2003, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi in 2004, No Entry in 2005 and Partner in 2007 counted among his major hits. Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, Tere Naam and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? were moderate successes.
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, from 2001, took on surrogate childbirth. Khan played a rich industrialist who hires a surrogate mother after his wife becomes infertile. Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com found the storyline absurd. She still credited the spontaneous performances with minimising the film's other flaws.
Tere Naam in 2003 drew some of his strongest notices of the decade. The critic Taran Adarsh wrote that "Salman Khan is exceptional in a role that fits him to the T." The director Satish Kaushik went further and said: "I believe this is the best performance of Salman's career so far."
In 2007 Khan appeared in the Hollywood movie Marigold, opposite the American actress Ali Larter. It told the love story of an Indian man and an American woman. That same year the ensemble film Salaam-e-Ishq was labelled an "Average Grosser All Over."
Wanted came in 2009 and was a remake of the 2006 Telugu hit Pokiri. Prabhu Deva, a choreographer turned director, made it. Reviews were mixed, and the split was sharp. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it four stars out of five and wrote that it "rides on Salman Khan's star power." Raja Sen of Rediff gave it 2 out of 5. He argued that the film showed "how badly Bollywood needs a breed of younger leading men."
Another 2010 release, Veer, was already waiting. The film after it would turn out to matter far more.
Chulbul Pandey, a fearless cop played with comic flair, became Khan's calling card in Dabangg, released in 2010. The Economic Times noted its commercial success despite an "accent on inanity" and "complete incoherence in terms of plot and credibility." The Times traced its allure to "the star charisma of Salman Khan." Anupama Chopra of NDTV was warmer: "It's the role of a lifetime and Salman Khan bites into it like a starving man devours a feast." The Hindustan Times reported that it opened to full houses across the country. The film won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and was remade in Tamil and Telugu. Khan received a Star Screen Award for Best Actor, a Stardust Award for Star of the Year, Male, and his sixth Filmfare nomination for Best Actor.
What followed was a streak. From 2010 to 2017, every film in which Khan played the lead grossed more than 100 crore rupees domestically. In five of those eight years he headlined the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year. His releases became tied to the Eid festival, where they broke opening-day and lifetime records.
Ready, a 2011 remake of a 2008 Telugu film, finished as the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year. Bodyguard, a remake of a 2010 Malayalam film, drew a cool response from critics. It was still India's highest-earning film of 2011. Ek Tha Tiger followed in 2012, with Katrina Kaif opposite him and Khan as an Indian spy. It marked his first association with Yash Raj Films.
After a one-year gap, 2014 brought Jai Ho, an official remake of the 2006 Telugu film Stalin, opposite Daisy Shah. It became another box office success. Kick, a remake of a Telugu film, entered the 2 billion rupee club in India on Eid. Khan sang the song "Hangover" for its soundtrack.
The year 2015 is widely considered the pinnacle of his film career. Bajrangi Bhaijaan, released on Eid, received acclaim from critics and the public and broke several box office records. It was the first Khan film, and the second Bollywood film after PK, to enter the 300 club. It crossed 300 crore within 20 days and became the second highest-grossing Bollywood film in India and worldwide at the time, collecting more than 6 billion.
His Diwali release that year, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, received mixed reviews. It still grossed 1.73 billion rupees, about 27 million US dollars, in its first week. By the 25th of November it had collected 2.01 billion rupees. It was his ninth consecutive film to gross over 1 billion.
Sultan, an Eid release of 2016 directed by Ali Abbas Zafar for Yash Raj Films, opened to an average of 70 percent audience occupancy. It earned positive reviews and became his second film to net over 300 crore.
In June 2017 came Tubelight, his third collaboration with Kabir Khan after Ek Tha Tiger and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. It also starred his real-life brother Sohail Khan. Despite high expectations, it failed at the box office. Tiger Zinda Hai, the sequel to Ek Tha Tiger, answered with 190 crore worldwide in its opening weekend.
The years afterward were uneven. Race 3 was his only release of 2018, an ensemble action film with Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Jacqueline Fernandez. Critics panned its storyline, weak performances and climax, but it became an average success. In 2019 Bharat was moderately successful, while Dabangg 3 flopped.
Radhe was released on the 13th of May 2021 to widespread negative reviews, yet it became a streaming success. Antim: The Final Truth the same year received mixed reviews, with praise for Khan's performance, and flopped at the box office. In 2023 he made a cameo in Pathaan, reprising his role as Tiger. Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, a remake of Veeram directed by Farhad Samji, failed. Tiger 3, part of the YRF Spy Universe, was a hit but underperformed against its prequels.
Khan made cameos in Singham Again and Baby John in 2024. In 2025 he starred in AR Murugadoss's action film Sikandar. Chirag Segal of News18 praised the action sequences and his chemistry with Rashmika Mandanna, who is 31 years his junior, but noted limited emotional range in dramatic scenes. Rahul Desai of The Hollywood Reporter called the performance "alpha-male-saviour" and wrote that "Khan's version of reality is too detached from storytelling to affect the viewers." The film became his biggest flop since Yuvvraaj in 2008.
Next comes Maatrubhumi: May War Rest In Peace, about the 2020 Galwan Valley clash between Indian and Chinese troops. Khan plays Colonel B. Santosh Babu alongside Chitrangda Singh. The film was first announced as Battle of Galwan and is scheduled for the 14th of August 2026.
A television ratings figure of 2.81 explains why Khan became a fixture on Indian small screens. That was the average TVR of 10 Ka Dum, which he hosted in 2008, with a peak rating of 4.5. Shahrukh Khan's Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tej hai? averaged 1.37, and Hrithik Roshan's Junoon - Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka averaged 0.76. Reports said the show helped Sony TV regain third position in Indian ratings. Khan hosted it again in 2009 and won the Best Anchor Award for 10 Ka Dum in both 2008 and 2009.
In 2010 he took over Bigg Boss with its fourth season. Admirers said his hosting surpassed the celebrated turn of Amitabh Bachchan. The grand finale on the 8th of January 2011 drew a TRP of 6.7. That was the highest among finales of other Indian reality shows, including Kaun Banega Crorepati, MasterChef and DID Li'l Masters. Khan returned for season 5 in 2011, alongside Sanjay Dutt, and hosted seasons 6 and 7 in 2012 and 2013. He has continued through Bigg Boss 18. In 2013 he also hosted the Star Guild Award for the first time.
In 2011 Khan launched SKBH Productions, short for Salman Khan Being Human Productions. Its profits were meant for the Being Human organisation. Its first film, the kids' entertainer Chillar Party, won three National Awards, for Best Children's Film, Best Original Screenplay and Best Child Artist. In 2014 he started a second company, Salman Khan Films. Its first release was the Canadian film Dr. Cabbie, which earned 350,452 US dollars on its opening day. Hero followed, starring Suraj Pancholi, son of Aditya Pancholi, and Athiya Shetty, daughter of Sunil Shetty. Khan sang the title song. Bajrangi Bhaijaan came next, with Kareena Kapoor and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
Long before any of that, Khan advertised Campa Cola, Limca, Hero Honda bikes and Double Bull shirts. That was before he entered films. He was signed for Thums Up in 2002 and later became the brand ambassador for Mountain Dew, ending that contract in December 2010. His endorsements have since covered Pepsi, Suzuki motorcycles, Wheel detergent, Britannia's Tiger biscuits and Ranbaxy's Revital, where he replaced Yuvraj Singh. He is also the face of the travel website Yatra, which made him a shareholder.
A Linking Road property bought in 2012 for approximately 120 crore rupees shows his business side. In 2017 Future Retail's Food Hall, owned by Kishore Biyani's Future Group, moved in. The rent was set at 80 lakh rupees a month over five years. Non-payment of dues led to a legal dispute, and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ruled in Khan's favour. By 2023 the tenant was Food Square, a gourmet retail brand owned by LandCraft Retail Private Limited, paying 1 crore rupees a month.
The Being Human name on that first production company pointed to a second, quieter career.
About 400 prisoners in about 63 prisons across Uttar Pradesh were the beneficiaries of an offer Khan made in January 2012. They had completed their terms but could not pay legal fines for economic reasons. He proposed to pay for their release through his NGO. That NGO is Being Human, which sells T-shirts and other products online and in stores, with part of the revenue going to the underprivileged. Being Human Foundation is a registered charitable trust. Khan set it up and funded it with his own money in its early days. It focuses on education and healthcare and has grown through Being Human Art, merchandise and Gitanjali Gold Coins.
In July 2015 Khan and his co-producer Rockline Venkatesh offered to donate the profits of Bajrangi Bhaijaan to poor farmers across India. The director Kabir Khan and Salman's sister Alvira Agnihotri met Maharashtra's Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse to discuss it.
Abdul Basit, an 11-year-old fan from Pakistan, had been born with severe jaundice and was diagnosed with Crigler Najjar syndrome. Admitted to Apollo Hospital in Delhi, he wished to meet the Bajrangi Bhaijaan star, and Khan met him.
On the 2nd of October 2014, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan cleanliness campaign. Khan was one of nine personalities invited to promote its message. In 2016 he agreed to campaign for the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation against open defecation. The Prime Minister appreciated, in a tweet, his efforts to clean the streets of Karjat, a small town near Mumbai.
In August 2011 Khan disclosed that he has trigeminal neuralgia, a facial nerve disorder commonly known as the "suicide disease." He said he had quietly suffered from it for seven years, and the pain had become unbearable. It had even made his voice harsher.
Khan lives in Galaxy Apartments in Bandra, Mumbai. He also owns a 150-acre plot in Panvel with 3 bungalows, a swimming pool and a gym. He is a fitness enthusiast with a strict regimen. He has never married. He began dating Aishwarya Rai in 1999 and the couple separated in 2001. Katrina Kaif admitted in a 2011 interview to a serious relationship with him that ended in 2010. Sangeeta Bijlani and Somy Ali were also in serious relationships with Khan. Since 2012 he has been in a relationship with the Romanian actress Iulia Vântur.
Media shorthand calls him SK, a name echoed in his SK-27 Gym brand and in Salman Khan Films. In 2004 People Magazine ranked him seventh among the best-looking men in the world. Madame Tussauds installed a wax statue of him in London in 2008 and another in New York in 2012. Forbes placed him 71st on its 2015 list of the world's top-paid entertainers, with earnings of 33.5 million US dollars, the highest-ranked Indian. In 2015 he was also ranked ahead of US President Barack Obama in a list of the Most Admired Personalities of India. On the 24th of April 2016 the Indian Olympic Association named him goodwill ambassador for the Indian contingent at the 2016 Summer Olympics. His awards include two National Film Awards as a producer and two Filmfare Awards as an actor.
On the 28th of September 2002, Khan was arrested for rash and negligent driving after his car ran into a bakery in Mumbai. A man sleeping on the pavement outside died and three others were injured. Charges of culpable homicide were laid and later dropped. On the 24th of July 2013 he was formally charged with culpable homicide and pleaded not guilty.
On the 6th of May 2015, the Bombay Sessions Court found him guilty of all charges. Sessions Judge DW Deshpande concluded that he was driving under the influence of alcohol. He convicted Khan of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced him to five years in prison. An RTO officer confirmed that Khan held no driving licence until 2004. Later that day the Bombay High Court suspended the sentence and granted him bail. In December 2015 he was acquitted of all charges for lack of evidence. The Supreme Court admitted the Maharashtra government's appeal in July 2016 but refused to fast-track it. That appeal remains pending.
The case had odd turns. Khan's driver, Ashok Singh, testified that he himself had been at the wheel. He was later charged with perjury for misleading the court and was arrested. The prime witness, the police constable Ravindra Patil, went missing multiple times and eventually died in hospital of tuberculosis.
The 1998 blackbuck poaching case began with the filming of Hum Saath-Saath Hain in the forests near Jodhpur. Khan's co-stars Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam and Tabu were named alongside him in the alleged killing of a deer. A separate Arms Act case accused him of keeping and using firearms on an expired licence. In 2007 he spent a week in Jodhpur jail before the court granted bail.
On the 17th of February 2006, he was sentenced to one year in prison for hunting a chinkara, an endangered species, but a higher court stayed the sentence on appeal. On the 10th of April 2006, he received a five-year term and was held in Jodhpur jail until the 13th of April, when he was granted bail. The Rajasthan High Court acquitted him in the blackbuck and chinkara cases on the 24th of July 2016. On the 18th of January 2017, a Jodhpur court acquitted him in the Arms Act case because the prosecution had not submitted enough evidence. Then, on the 5th of April 2018, a Jodhpur court convicted him in the blackbuck poaching case and sentenced him to five years. The same court acquitted Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam and Tabu. Khan was released on bail on the 7th of April 2018, pending appeal.
His relationship with Aishwarya Rai also played out in public. After their break-up, Rai accused him of harassing her, and her parents lodged a complaint. In 2003 her then boyfriend Vivek Oberoi claimed that Khan had threatened him. In 2005 news outlets released what was said to be a copy of a 2001 phone call recorded by the Mumbai police, in which Khan threatened Rai. The government forensic lab in Chandigarh tested the alleged tape and concluded that it was fake.
Words have also landed him in trouble. In an interview on a Pakistani channel in September 2010, Khan was reported to have said: "It was the elite that was targeted this time." He was speaking of the 26/11 attacks. Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Chhagan Bhujbal, the Shiv Sena, the BJP and the Special Prosecutor Ujwal Nikam condemned the remarks, and Khan later apologised. On the 25th of July 2015 he posted tweets supporting Yakub Memon, who was accused in the 1993 Bombay bombings and was scheduled to be executed. Protests gathered outside his house, and his father Salim criticised the tweets. Khan withdrew them and apologised.
In the wake of Sushant Singh Rajput's death, Rabia Amin, mother of the late actress Jiah Khan, said that Salman had tried to influence the case against the actor Sooraj Pancholi. She said a CBI officer told her Khan called him every day, asking him not to touch Pancholi because a lot of money was invested in him.
On the 16th of October 2025, at the Joy Forum in Riyadh, Khan said that people from Balochistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan were working in Saudi Arabia. Pakistan's government reacted angrily, and reports said it placed him under the 4th Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act (1997). The Pakistani Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a clarification, and the claim that he was labelled a terrorist was unverified and false.
The blackbuck case still shadows him. The Bishnoi community regards the blackbuck as sacred, and since 2022 the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has repeatedly threatened Khan. On the 14th of April 2024, two men fired shots at his Bandra apartment and fled on a motorcycle. Khan and his relatives were unharmed, and the gunmen were arrested in Gujarat. Police said Amnol Bishnoi, younger brother of the gang's leader, masterminded the attack. In September 2024 Khan said that life and death are in God's hands and that security measures made his daily routine difficult. In March 2025 a gang member warned that anyone who works with him would be targeted. The group claimed two attacks on comedian Kapil Sharma's café in Surrey, Canada, alleging that he had invited Khan to his show.
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Common questions
Which Indian actor has starred in the most annual highest-grossing Hindi films?
Salman Khan has starred in the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year in ten separate years, the most for any actor.
What was Salman Khan's breakthrough film?
Maine Pyar Kiya, the 1989 romantic musical directed by Sooraj Barjatya, made him a star and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.
What is the Being Human Foundation?
It is a registered charitable trust set up by Khan to help the underprivileged, focused on education and healthcare. He funded it with his own money in its early days.
How did the 2015 hit-and-run case end?
A sessions court found Khan guilty on the 6th of May 2015 and sentenced him to five years, but the High Court suspended the sentence the same day. He was acquitted in December 2015, and the Maharashtra government's appeal to the Supreme Court remains pending.
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- 146NewsSalman Khan is BMC's Open Defecation Free drive brand ambassador17 December 2016
- 151NewsSalman Khan revs up Sony's TRP ratings with Dus Ka Dum10 June 2008
- 152NewsSony TV regains numero three positionLakhvinder Baddhan — BizAsia UK — 25 August 2008
- 153NewsSalman to host Big Boss 4
- 154Bigg Boss 4 ends on a high note with 6.7 TVRIndiantelevision.com — 12 January 2011
- 155NewsWinners of Renault Star Guild Awards 201318 February 2013
- 156NewsSalman Khan to host Guild Awards 201312 February 2013
- 157Salman Khan's first ad as a 15-year-old in the '80s just can't be missed!abplive — 13 July 2016
- 158NewsBefore Salman Khan the movie star came Salman Khan the modelDevapriya Sanyal — Scroll.in — 20 January 2022
- 159The Hero Honda CD100 AD Featuring Salman Khan old ADteam-bhp.com — 23 April 2012
- 160Nostalgia: When Salman modeled for Double Bull19 February 2013
- 161Salman Khan won't endorse Mountain Dew25 April 2012
- 162Salman Khan signed as Thums Up brand ambassadorzeenews.india.com — 7 October 2012
- 163NewsCoca-Cola again ropes in Salman Khan to endorse 'Thums Up'7 October 2012
- 164NewsSalman Khan is Pepsi's new face10 December 2019
- 167Salman Khan to endorse Red Tape Shoesindiantelevision.com — 27 August 2004
- 168Salman becomes brand ambassador for Wheel6 March 2012
- 169Salman Khan pumps up his brand valuebusinessofcinema.com — 3 February 2012
- 170Salman 'Tiger' Khan to endorse Tiger biscuitsindicine.com — 3 November 2012
- 171Salman Khan is the new brand ambassador for Ranbaxy's Revitalbusinessofcinema.com — 3 November 2012
- 172Just how much money is riding on Salman Khan?Rediff — 26 August 2011
- 173Salman Khan to endorse Dubai's Splash30 July 2013
- 174Salman Khan's new role2 August 2014
- 175NewsSalman Khan is now BMC's brand ambassador against open defecation18 December 2016
- 176NewsCP PLUS Signs up Salman Khan as Its CCTV AmbassadorNews 18 — 20 September 2017
- 177NewsSalman Khan and Dangal director Nitesh Tiwari join hands2 January 2018
- 178NewsSalman Khan to get a rent of Rs 1 crore per month for his Santacruz property26 September 2023
- 180Salman still dares to 'bare' at 40CNN-IBN — 27 December 2005
- 182NewsThe Salman Khan Foundation7 December 2011
- 184NewsSalman Khan to donate profits of Bajrangi Bhaijaan to farmers?23 July 2015
- 186NewsSalman Khan meets fan from Pakistan9 December 2015
- 187NewsSalman Khan meets 11-year-old Pakistani fan10 December 2015
- 188News'Bajrangi Bhaijaan': Salman Khan meets fan from PakistanIANS — Times Internet — 9 December 2015
- 189NewsSalman Khan meets his little fan from PakistanIndia TV — 10 December 2015
- 190NewsSweet! Salman Khan meets his 11-year-old Pakistani fan10 December 2015
- 191NewsPM Modi launches Clean India campaign, says country can do it2 October 2014
- 192NewsSalman Khan is face of BMC's Swachh missionRicha Pinto — 1 December 2016
- 193Modi appreciates Salman Khan's cleanliness initiativePTI — 22 October 2014
- 195NewsAge defying fitness secrets!27 December 2019
- 197NewsSalman was my first serious relationship:Katrina Kaif7 December 2011
- 200NewsSalman Khan on his facial nerve disorder: Fans do not care about that19 May 2017
- 201NewsSalman suffering from the suicide disease24 August 2011
- 202NewsI'm both Hindu and Muslim: Salman Khan tells Jodhpur court29 April 2015
- 205BookSalman Khan: The Man, The Actor, The LegendDevapriya Sanyal — Bloomsbury Publishing — 2022
- 206NewsSalman Khan on number 3
- 207NewsSalman Khan tops India's most searched celeb list online1 August 2013
- 208NewsSalman Khan Tops And Beats Shah Rukh Khanbusinessofcinema — 13 December 2014
- 210Salman Khan – In Photos: The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2015Natalie Robehmed
- 215NewsSunny Leone, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif: Most Googled Indians of 2015Kiran Kaur
- 219Salman Khan's jeep runs over pavement dwellers, one dead; actor surrendersRediff — 28 September 2002
- 220NewsBollywood homicide charge droppedZubair Ahmed — BBC News South Asia — 3 September 2003
- 221NewsHit-and-run case: Salman Khan charged with culpable homicide after 11 yearsFirstpost — 24 July 2013
- 222NewsSalman did not have a driving licence till 2004, says RTO officerVinaya Deshpande — 16 February 2015
- 223NewsSalman Khan, Bollywood Star, Gets 5 Years in Hit-and-Run KillingNida Najar — 6 May 2015
- 227NewsSalman Khan, Bollywood Star, Wins Appeal in Hit-and-Run CaseNida Najar — 10 December 2015
- 228The Hindustan Times, 8 May 2015.
- 229NewsSalman Khan: Court suspends Bollywood star's sentence8 May 2015
- 232Can't Convict Salman Khan Based on Current Evidence, Says CourtDeepshikha Ghosh — NDTV — 10 December 2015
- 235Salman in news for the wrong reasons3 March 2002
- 236NewsSalman harassing me, says AishwaryaAfsana Ahmed et al. — 27 September 2002
- 237MagazineVivek Oberoi on fight with Salman Khan: Some people are stuck in a time warpAnanya Bhattacharya — 13 July 2016
- 238Police records Salman Khan's voice, Ash keeps mum18 July 2005
- 239Salman cleared in Aishwarya tape case17 September 2005
- 241NewsThe deer hunter15 November 1998
- 243NewsChinkara case: Salman Khan told to appear in person7 February 2011
- 244Salman granted bail on poaching case13 April 2006
- 245NewsHC finalises charges against Salman in black buck killing case25 July 2012
- 246NewsSC notice to Salman Khan in Black Buck Poaching Case9 July 2014
- 249NewsSalman Khan acquitted of Arms Act violations in 1998 case18 January 2017
- 250NewsSalman Khan, Bollywood Star, Acquitted in 2 Poaching Cases in IndiaHari Kumar — 25 July 2016
- 251NewsSalman Khan gets bail in the blackbuck poaching caseMohammed Iqbal — 7 April 2018
- 252NewsSalman Khan walks out on bail as court suspends sentence in blackbuck poaching caseDeep Mukherjee — 8 April 2018
- 253NewsBollywood star Salman Khan released from jail while appealing poaching sentenceSugam Pokharel et al. — CNN — 7 April 2018
- 254NewsSalman Khan: Two people arrested for firing at Bollywood star's homeLipika Pelham — 16 April 2024
- 256NewsSalman Khan Sues Kala Hiran Makers Over 'Gross Personality Rights Violation', Producer Cites IntimidationAbira Dhar Rao et al. — 2 June 2026
- 257NewsWhat is in the Kala Hiran movie? Salman Khan won’t have any of itHarsh Tiwari — 2 June 2026
- 258NewsThe Economic Times – Salman Khan apologises over Mumbai attacks remark13 September 2010
- 259Salman causes uproar with Mumbai attack comment, aplologises – Expres...22 January 2013
- 261NewsHang Tiger Memon, not his brother Yakub: Salman Khan on Twitter26 July 2015
- 263MagazineJiah Khan's mother after Sushant's death: Salman influenced case against Sooraj PancholiDivyanshi Sharma — 17 June 2020
- 265NewsSalman Khan breaks silence on death threats from Lawrence Bishnoi17 September 2024
- 266NewsSalman Khan: Jitni umar likhi hai – Salman Khan speaks out on death threats16 September 2024
- 268NewsLawrence Bishnoi gang threatens Salman Khan collaborators3 March 2025
- 272NewsI can't sing to save my life: Salman Khan10 April 2017
- 274NewsSurprise! Salman Khan Releases Hero Song a Day Early on Popular DemandDivya Goyal — NDTV — 7 August 2015
- 278Sultan – Title Track Salman Khan Version30 June 2016
- 279News'Race 3' romantic track: 'I found love' will surely make hearts flutter!16 June 2018
- 280Main Taare ("From Notebook")18 March 2019
- 284Bhai Bhai28 May 2020
- 285NewsSalman Khan treats his fans with his latest track Bhai Bhai26 May 2020
- 286Being SalmanJasim Khan — Penguin UK — 27 December 2015
- 287BookHall of Fame: Salman KhanBiswadeep Ghosh — Magna Books — 2004