In Pictures: Salman Khan and his link-ups

Iulia Vantur

The recent buzz which is rocking Salman Khan’s life is his alleged relationship with Romanian lady, Iulia Vantur. Whipers are being heard in tinsel town that Salman is in a serious relationship with her. So much that he was reportedly spotted buying an engagement ring for her when he travelled to Dubai. From being a part of his birthday bash to accompanying him to the shoots of 'Bigg Boss 9', Iulia has been all over Salman Khan’s life.

Zareen Khan

Just like Salman found a look alike for Aishwarya Rai post his break-up with her, he found a lookalike of Katrina Kaif too in the form of Zareen Khan. Model by profession, Salman launched her in his film ‘Veer’ and the entire media went abuzz with the news. Soon the rumours of their relationship were ruling the headlines as they were spotted together at various instances.

Katrina Kaif

Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif’s relationship was like the hottest one we have ever witnessed. As Salman has been a Godfather to many Bollywood stars, Katrina Kaif is one such actress whose successful Bollywood career can be attributed to him. Their relationship was strongest of all and the two were on the path of leading their whole life together. But their perfect relationship came trembling down when Katrina met handsome hunk Ranbir Kapoor. Katrina’s closeness with Ranbir had probably irked Salman Khan and they finally parted ways.

Sneha Ullal

After Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan managed to find her duplicate in the form of Sneha Ullal and gave her a break in his film ‘Lucky: No Time For Love’. The smaller version of Aishwarya was then considered to be Salman’s rebound love and well the sparks between the two hardly lasted for a few months and their so-called link-up came to an end.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai’s episode is one which would never be forgotten in the history of controversial link-ups. The two stars featured in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus, ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ and they literally gave their hearts to each other. They had a fairytale love story, but unfortunately, their love story had a tragic ending.

Somy Ali

After Sangeeta Bijlani, it was Pakistani lady Somy Ali who called for the attention of our Bhaijaan. At the age of 15, Somy moved to India with a hope to marry her first ever crush Salman Khan and well, though her crush for Salman Khan did not culminate into marriage, her link-up with him was more than enough to call for all the attention. Salman and Somy made for one of the sensational couples of B-Town then and just like his relationship with Sangeeta, his relationship with Somy was also not hidden from the paparazzi. Talking about the break-up, speculations were being made that Aishwarya Rai was the reason behind their fallout.

Sangeeta Bijlani

Salman Khan, then a struggling actor in 90s, rose to the limelight because of his link-up with the then Miss India, Sangeeta Bijlani. Their love affair was the talk of the town as Salman and Sangeeta had been spotted together at various occasions. Salman and Sangeeta had made their relationship very apparent and they were expected to tie the knot soon. In fact, their wedding was almost on the cards with invitations being printed. But unfortunately, their relationship went kaput and the two walked different paths.