Super Salman holds
audiences spellbound at Conclave finale
Session – Hail the Superhero –
Why Being Human Matters
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Superstar Salman Khan,
making his first-ever appearance at the India Today Conclave, held audiences
spellbound with his straight-from-the-heart one-liners during the concluding
session of the 2014 edition. He started by saying that he wants to avoid anything
controversial given that he is returning to Delhi to shoot for a fortnight
soon. Answering a series of questions, Salman talked about the importance of
his parents in his life, his constant quest to become a better person and the
urge to give back to his fans and to society at large.
Asked about his acting
skills, Salman said—in lighter vein—that he doesn’t act when facing the camera;
it’s only in real life that he does. On making meaningful cinema, he quipped,
“I tried making films with messages. Now I’d rather send a text!”
The session was
interspersed with numerous witty exchanges between the Bollywood star and
moderator Koel Purie Rinchet, executive producer of TV Today Network Limited.
“If I stuck to my first girlfriend, I’d be a grandfather by now”, “Nowadays all
I have is green tea because even if I smell the biryani, I gain weight”, “I
love kids… but with the kid comes the mother. I don’t want the mother” were
among the Salman specials of the night.
The actor also dwelt on
his extensive charity work, talking about how his Being Human clothing line
notched up sales of Rs 300 crore and has plans to open 40 more stores soon, and
about plans to get into charity work in the education sector and through
profits generated from his film production company ‘Being Filmy’.
The session ended with
an auctioning of Salman’s shirt, and Salman giving hugs at Rs 10,000 each for
charity besides pledges from members of the audience to donate towards
sanitation projects of the World Toilet Organization.
