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Mumbai: Bollywood actor Salman Khan at the premiere of his film 'Bharat' in Mumbai, Tuesday, June 5, 2019. (PTI Photo) (PTI6_5_2019_000096B) Image Credit: PTI

Salman Khan has completed 31 years in the film industry and the superstar has thanked his fans for playing a huge part in this journey.

The 53-year-old actor took to Twitter to mark the occasion and shared a photograph from his childhood.

“A big thank you to the Indian film industry and to every one who has been a part of this 31 year journey, especially all my fans and well wishers who have made this amazing journey possible.” Khan wrote on Twitter.

The eldest of the three sons of veteran screenwriter Salim Khan, Khan started his Bollywood journey with 1988’s ‘Biwi Ho To Aisi’, which starred Rekha and Farooq Shaikh in the lead.

But it was 1989’s ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ that cemented his position as a lead hero in Bollywood.

He followed it up with films such as ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun!’ (1994), ‘Karan Arjun’ (1995), ‘Khamoshi’ (1996), ‘Judwaa’ (1997) and ‘Biwi No 1’ (1999), among others.

In the last one decade, Salman has given blockbusters such as ‘Dabangg’ (2010), ‘Ready’ (2011), ‘Bodyguard’ (2011), ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ (2012), ‘Kick’ (2014), ‘Sultan’ (2016) and ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ (2017).

His most recent release was ‘Bharat’ and he is currently working on ‘Dabangg 3’.