Salman Khan’s Father Salim Khan Recalls Taking Saath Phere Before Nikaah With Salma Khan; Admits, “My Father-In-Law Investigated My Background”

Screenplay wrier Salim Khan is one of Bollywood’s most well-known and celebrates writers. Khan – who is also the father of Bollywood actors Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan, recently opened up about his marriage to Salma Khan (born Sushila Charak). The ‘Sholay’ writer got candid about having more than one wedding ceremony and how his then to-be-father-in-law had objections to the unions and even ran a background check on him.

Salim Khan Recalls Marrying Salma Khan In Hindu & Muslim Wedding Ceremonies

Talking about his father-in-law initially having reservations about him marrying Salma, Salim Khan told the Free Press Journal, “My father-in-law, a dentist, was from the Dogra community. He had investigated my background when the matter of my wedding came about, (He) respected the fact that I came from a good family and was well-educated. He candidly told me that my religion was his only objection. I assured him that even if we had disagreements or fights, my wife and I would certainly not have them because of our religions! We have been wedded now for 60 years.”

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Talking about his marriage to Salma, Salim revealed they had both Hindu and Muslim ceremonies. The acclaimed screenwriter said, “My wife had loved the saat phere ritual and had seen her sister as well as cousin follow it. So I myself found a pandit in my locality aur phere lagwa liye.” He continued, “We had a nikaah too, which is essentially a ritual that ascertains that you are not marrying under pressure or force.”

About The Khan-daan

Salim Khan married Salma Khan – born Sushila Charak, on November 18, 1964. The duo have four bilogical children together – actor-sons Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan and daughter Alvira Khan Agnihotri. In 1981, Salim married actress Helen and a couple of years later adopted a girl named Arpita. Arpita – who is now married to actor Aayush Sharma, was he daughter of homeless woman who passed away on a footpath in Mumbai.

He’s the grandfather to 7 grandchildren – Alvira and Atul Agnihotri’s 2 kids Alizeh and Ayaan, Arbaaz and Malaika Arora’s son Arhaan, Sohail and Seema Sajdah’s sons Nirvan and Yohan and Arpita and Aayush’s kids Ahil and Ayat.

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