Salman Khan spoke on the global reach of Indian cinema at the Joy Forum in Riyadh. Now his statement sparked discussion on separating Balochistan from Pakistan. This clip went viral on social media and became the subject of heated debate.
Salman Khan called Balochistan an independent country: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan recently attended Joy Forum 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he talked about the growing popularity of Indian cinema. In his speech, he talked about how Indian films, be it in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Malayalam, are finding love among audiences in many parts of the world, including the Central East.
A video of this program is going viral on social media, in which a special comment has attracted people’s attention, in which Salman, while speaking about the international audience, took the name of Balochistan apart from Pakistan, where he said that there is tremendous craze for Indian films in Pakistan, Balochistan and Afghanistan.
In the clip, the Sultan actor said, “At this moment, if you make a Hindi film and release it here (in Saudi Arabia), it will be a superhit. If you make a Tamil, Telugu or Malayalam film, it will do business worth hundreds of crores because a lot of people from other countries have come here. There are people from Balochistan, people from Afghanistan, people from Pakistan… everyone is working here.”
Did Salman intentionally make controversial comment?
Mixed reactions are being seen online on this comment of Salman. Many users asked whether this was due to a slip of the tongue or an intentional comment.
One user was very surprised and said, “I don’t know if it was a slip of the tongue or not, but it is amazing! Salman Khan separates ‘people of Balochistan’ from ‘people of Pakistan'”
Another commented, “Maybe a new film is being made “Bajrangi Bhaijaan 2: Mission Balochistan”? We should not think so much about the geopolitical accuracy of Bollywood philosophers.”
Another user wrote-
“Now, who cares what the opinion of these Bollywood people is? After the Pahalgam massacre and even more so during Operation Sindoor, everyone had swallowed Fevicol,”