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Renowned screenwriter of Hindi Cinema Salim Khan recently opened up about his marriage with Salma Khan. He revealed that before dating his first wife Salma, he wanted to meet her parents as it wouldn’t be right to hide and meet during their courtship. Salim also shared that his father-in-law raised the issue of religion but he impressed him with his statement. 

In a chat with his son Arbaaz Khan for his show The Invincibles talk show, Salim said “Before our courtship, I told Salma I want to meet your parents as hiding and meeting is a wrong thing. So when I went to her house, I felt all the Maharashtrians from India were there (chuckles). I was very nervous about seeing so many people.”

“My father-in-law told me that I was a nice guy but religion was the problem. I was 24 at that time. I then told him, ‘Doctor sahib, meri aur aapki beti ke 1760 problems ho sakte hai, but religion will never be one of them,” he added.

Salim Khan also recalled that they registered their marriage but his father-in-law didn’t visit or accept them for 10 years. He said, “He came for the first time after Sohail was born. He just saw us and went away.”

Salma Khan was earlier known as Sushila Charak before she married Salim Khan in 1964. They welcomed three sons Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan and a daughter Alvira Khan Agnihotri. Later in 1981, Salim married popular dancer and actress Helen and they became parents of Arpita Khan Sharma.

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In an old interaction with Zoom, Salim Khan talked about managing his second marriage with Helen and breaking the news to Salma. He said, “My decision to marry Helen was not because I was disillusioned by my marriage or main pareshaan tha. It wasn’t a spontaneous decision that I want to get married to Helen. I took a long time. I was the first person to tell Salma that Helen is there in my life, before she could hear it from gossip magazines or anyone else.”