Superstar Salman Khan says it took just a phone call to convince Shah Rukh Khan to do a special appearance in his film Tubelight.
The Kabir Khan-directed movie, which arrives in UAE theatres on June 22, is set against the backdrop of the 1962 India-China war. While Sohail Khan plays a soldier, Salman plays his simpleton brother.
The actor said that Shah Rukh didn’t even listen to the entire conversation before saying yes.
“When Kabir narrated the subject to me, he said for this role we should get Shah Rukh. So I called up Shah Rukh and told him, ‘In Tubelight, there’s this small’, and he cut me, saying, ‘It’s done’. He didn’t even let me complete the sentence. He just said ‘it’s done’,” said Salman.
The actor was speaking at a special event where child actor Matin Rey Tangu was introduced to the media.
The five-year-old actor, who hails from Itanagar, plays an integral part in Tubelight.
Salman said with Tubelight, Tangu will become as popular as Harshali Malhotra, his co-star in Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
As for Tangu, he may have wanted to become a chef earlier but after working with Salman, the child actor says he now aspires to be an actor.
In a behind-the-scenes video from the upcoming film, Salman said that Tangu used to complain on the set and say that he did not enjoy shooting as he wanted to be a chef.
When Salman asked his young co-star to tell the media what he wanted to become in future, the kid said, “I want to be an actor. Ab actor ban gaya toh ban gaya [Now that I have become an actor I will remain an actor].”
“I will cook in free time,” he added.
When Salman asked Tangu if he remembered the first day of the shoot, he said, “Yes, I remember the place where I threw up. I puked because I couldn’t breathe.”
When asked to share something about the 51-year-old superstar, he, “One day he took off his shoes and jumped into the swimming pool.”
He then turned to Salman and said, “Now you say something about me.”
Salman replied, “What should I say about Matin. He is a superstar, he is a superstar of Itanagar.”
Tubelight is an official adaptation of the 2015 American war drama Little Boy.
