Salman Khan watch collection truth: Salman Khan has revealed that at the beginning of his career, he had taken a loan and bought an expensive Rolex watch for his father Salim Khan. The actor told that he did not have the entire amount at that time. Salman also said that he does not have a big luxury watch collection, but he has only one Rolex.
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has always been very close to his family. Despite achieving stardom worth crores, he still lives with his parents in Galaxy Apartment in Mumbai. Recently, in an interview, Salman narrated an interesting and emotional anecdote related to his father Salim Khan. The actor told that after entering films, the first expensive thing he bought was not for himself but for his father. Salman revealed that he had taken a loan at that time and gifted a Rolex watch to his father. He also talked about his watch collection.
Salman Khan said- I did not have money, still bought Rolex for father
Salman Khan said in an interview to Variety India, “The first expensive thing I bought was a Rolex watch for my father. Later, when I started wearing watches again, he gave me the same watch to wear.” Salman further said, “When I bought that watch, I did not have all the money. I had liked it for my father. At that time, its price was around Rs 9 lakh. I had only Rs 4 lakh, I had given the rest of the money by taking a loan.”
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Papa Salim Khan was angry with Salman Khan
Salman Khan told that when he gave this expensive watch to his father, initially Salim Khan was not happy. According to Salman, “Papa told me – You have not even started working properly and started buying such expensive things. Do you consider yourself a king?” However, later Salim Khan started liking that watch. Salman told, “Later he called it a jewelery piece. When I started wearing watches again, he gave me the same Rolex.”
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I don’t have a big watch collection: Salman Khan
Salman Khan also denied those reports in which it is said that he has a collection of luxury watches worth crores. He said, “I had stopped wearing watches for 26-28 years of my life. Today if you see me wearing a watch, it is not necessarily mine. They belong to my friends. I try them and then return them. People think I have a huge watch collection, but the only watch I have is a Rolex. The rest of the watches belong to my friends.”