Salman Khan’s childhood friend Master Raju makes shocking revelations about his past relationships: ‘He beat up people, shouted outside ex-gf’s building…’

Salman Khan’s childhood friend Master Raju makes shocking revelations about his past relationships: ‘He beat up people, shouted outside ex-gf’s building…’

• Salman Khan's childhood friend Raju Shreshtha shared personal stories about him.
• Raju described Salman as emotional, misunderstood, and kind-hearted
• Salman Khan will next appear in the film Battle Of Galwan

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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been the subject of fresh discussion after his childhood friend Raju Shreshtha (Master Raju) shared personal anecdotes from their early years together, including moments of emotional intensity and confrontational behaviour.

Master Raju, grew up with Salman Khan in the Bandra area of Mumbai long before either became established in the film industry.

In a recent chat with Siddharth Kannan, Raju revealed, “I knew Salman Khan much before Baaghi (the 1972 film in which they starred together). We come from the same area. We both come from Bandra. We used to cycle together, when he was doing Patthar Ke Phool, before shooting, he used to practice skating at Bandstand. I used to cycle, and he used to hold on to the carrier and practice skating.”

Recalling the early days, Raju said, “Salman and I are friends from the time when people used to say, ‘See Master Raju is standing, and some boy is also standing next to him.’ So, I have been friends with him since he was nothing. He has been very nice and kind and very misunderstood. He is a very nice man. After that, he only got me to play a role in Baaghi. We went to shoot for the film in Ooty, and years after that, we did Chal Mere Bhai together.”

Expressing his childhood dynamic with Salman, Raju said, “We used to talk about anything. Salman and I have taken baths naked, but I don’t expect this today; he is a big star today. If I now go and be on his set and in his house for all the time, people will call me his chamcha.”

He added, “He was funny, he never thought before saying anything, and he never used to think much before making friends. He is clean at heart. He was not calculative or manipulative. He is a very easy person, and that is why he has often been caught in controversies.”

Raju said Salman Khan was under a great deal of stress during the 1998 Blackbuck Poaching case while filming Chal Mere Bhai, noting that although Salman didn’t outwardly show it, the situation around him was tense and affected him deeply.

He said, “Yes, he was stressed, but on the face of it, he was not showing. But the environment around him was stressful,”

He added, “There was a time when a major chunk of Salman’s money was going in court case and hiring big lawyers.”

One of the incidents Raju recalled involved Salman shouting outside the residence of a former girlfriend during a moment of emotional distress.

Raju said that Salman sometimes struggled to control his emotions and at times would express his feelings loudly in public.

On certain occasions, he reportedly hurled  abuses and created scenes at personal moments. However, Raju also emphasised that these outbursts stemmed from deep emotional responses rather than malice.

Raju did not specify the identity of the girlfriend or the exact timing of these events, but observers have linked the anecdotes to notable chapters in Salman’s personal life.

“Salman has never had control over his emotions. Sometimes he would go and hurl abuses while standing under somebody’s building. He shouted while standing under his ex-girlfriend’s building. He would beat up someone, so he didn’t control his emotions. He is a very sweet man. He doesn’t work from mind. He works from his heart,” he said.

This is not the first time Salman faced such kind of allegations; he has faced public allegations from some of his former partners about emotional and physical mistreatment during their relationships. Actress Somy Ali, who dated Salman Khan in the 1990s, has described their time together as difficult and has alleged that she experienced emotional and physical abuse.

Earlier Producer Shailendra Singh has also referred to Salman’s past relationship with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as a “violent love story,” pointing to emotionally intense moments, though he did not detail specific accusations.

Also read: When Sameer Anjaan revealed that Salman Khan cried while listening to Tere Naam

On the work front, Salman Khan will be next seen in Battle Of Galwan.