Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is riding high over his recent release ‘Sultan’ however that ghosts of his past refuse to leave him behind.
On Friday, the film’s lead cast Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma arranged a press conference for the print media at Panvel’s Surve Farms, reported The Indian Express. The actors were basking in the glory of their success and spoke at length about their joy at the film having done well. However, Salman tried to evade the questions pertaining to his ‘rape remarks’
“Should I tell you something and give you media persons something to survive on for the next two weeks?” said Khan.
“On the other hand, if I don’t say anything I will be boring,” he added.
The fifty year old actorreceivedserious backlash over thecomparisonof hisfilmingexperience to that of a raped woman. When asked what it has been like shooting for Sultan, the actor replied, “when I used to walk out of the ring, after the shoot, I used to feel like a raped woman.”
His comments caused outrage in the country, with various members of the civil society asking the superstar to apologize for his choice of words.
On the work front, Khan will next be seen a Marathi film based on the warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji with Riteish Deshmukh.