‘Now I know what heroines go through’

Superstar Salman Khan has never shied away from removing his shirt on screen but the most difficult thing for him was to wear a ‘langot’ (loincloth) in Sultan. The superstar, who plays a Haryanvi wrestler in the film says, “The most difficult thing to do in this film has been to wear the langot (loincloth). I realised how heroines feel when they shoot in swimsuit shorts. Ali Abbas Zafar (director) specifically asked me to wear a langot and not shorts as they won’t look real,” he said. Salman was amazed to see crowds of close to 5,000 people when he was to shoot a scene in his attire. And surprisingly the ‘Dabangg’ Khan got a bit emotional. “I told Ali there is no chance I would come out and shoot as there were ladies around too. Ali said that then we’d have to come back next Eid. So I wore a lungi and came out. Walking from my van to the location I had tears in my eyes,” he said.

The 50-year-old star reveals that he had never felt shy removing a shirt or wearing shorts on screen. “When I removed the lungi people were like ‘haye haye’. It was the most difficult thing. Thank god people got used to the visual. They started taking pictures and putting it on websites,” he added.