Meena Iyer (DNA; March 28, 2019)

Whenever Salman Khan announces a new film, most of Bollywood’s A-list heroines queue up, hoping to bag the female lead against mainstream cinema’s biggest star.

However, it seems that one name always goes missing from the list, that of Deepika Padukone. Recently, we met Salman and quizzed him when would we see him sharing screen space with the leggy lass. The actor smiled and replied, “Actually even I’m wondering when will I work with Deepika?”

Sensing just a wee bit of humour in his tone, we asked him why he had no answer to our query. To which he replied, “No one has come forward to cast me with her.” Then, he smiled and added, “Deepika is a big star, so it has to be worth her while to do a film with me. Right now, there is nothing.”

Listing his slate of forthcoming projects, the Dabangg Khan said, “In Bharat, Katrina Kaif is my heroine. She will also be my leading lady in the third part of the Tiger series. In Dabangg 3, there’s Sonakshi Sinha. In Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kick 2, I’m paired with Jacqueline Fernandez. So, if something comes up with Deepika, then perhaps...”


(Katrina Kaif has Bharat and the third film of the Tiger series with Salman; Alia Bhatt will work with him in Inshallah; Sonakshi Sinha will be a part of Dabangg 3; Jacqueline Fernandez returns with him in Kick 2)