Salman Khan: Recently Salman Khan has given small cameos and appearances in many movies of other artists. What is the main reason behind it? Why is Salman Khan giving cameos in movies? What is the reason behind it? How much does Salman Khan charge for cameos? What are the upcoming projects of Salman Khan? Let’s find answers to the questions in the article.
Salman Khan Recent Cameos:
Recently Salman Khan is seen in many movies of other artists. Salman even worked with Chiranjeevi in Tollywood movie for a special appearance in latter’s movie. In Bollywood Salman Khan is seen in Ajay Devgan’s movie which was released recently. Further Khan is given a special cameo in Varun Dhawan’s new movie, which is yet to release.
1. God Father
God Father is an Indian Telugu Language, political action thriller film which was released 5 October 2022. It stars South-Indian super star Chiranjeevi, Nayanthara and Salman Khan in special appearance for few minutes. Salman had role of Bhai in this movie, in which he helps the Chiranjeevi, in his master plan in which he helps him by eliminating his enemies.
Salman Khan has charged nothing for the film, stated that I am doing this in regards of friendship with Chiranjeevi. Film makers offered him Rs 20 crores for few minutes of role. He said if you talk about money I will back off from the project. Movie was made on budget of Rs 120 crores.
2. Singham Again
Singham Again is an Indian Hindi language movie with was released on 1 November 2024. This movie was directed by Rohit Shetty and stars Ajay Devgan in lead role. Apart from Devgan, it also hosts, Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor. Singham Again is part of Rohit Shetty’s Cop-Universe series.
Salman Khan previously promised Rohit Shetty that he will give a special appearance in his movie, so to keep his promise he joined and didn’t charge anything for it. The character of Chulbul Pandey had appeared in Singham Again. Movie was made on budget of Rs 350 crores. Singham Again is now streaming in Amazon Prime.
3. Pathaan
In Shahrukh Khan’s movie Pathaan which released in 2023, Salman Khan gave special appearance in movie as Tiger. The two biggest stars of Bollywood shared a memorable moment, in movie and expressed their years long journey in industry. According to reports Salman Khan has charged nothing for the role.
It is made on a budget of Rs 250 crores and collected a whooping amount of more than Rs 1000 crores. It stars Deepika Padukone, John Abraham and Dimple Kapadia.
4. Baby John
Baby John is upcoming movie of Varun Dhawan. It is most anticipated action thriller and 18th film of him. It is all set to release in the eve of Christmas 25th December 2024. It stars Keerthy Suresh and Vamika Gabbi.
The creators of the movie confirmed that, Salman has a special appearance of 6-7 minutes in this action movie. According to Varun Dhawan, Salman Khan agreed to do cameo within 10 seconds and Dhawan says this cameo won’t be disappointing.
Why Salman Khan doing cameos and reasons behind it:
There is no doubt that Khan is super star and has a huge fanbase all over India. People love to see Salman Khan in movies, because of his charm and acting. It is said that even if the movie story is not good, then also if we take Salman Khan in lead role, the movie will cross Rs 200 crores easily. Khan is loved in the industry and has a good connection in it. Some says he manages the industry and give opportunities to the upcoming and new artists.
After almost three years in gap Salman has given his last movie in 2021 with Ayush Sharma in Anthim movie and his film Radhe. Both the movies were hit at box office. The reason behind doing all cameos may be, making a huge comeback in 2025. Fans were disappointed with Salman because he did not release any of his movie in 3 years.
Salman is currently working on his most awaited movie Sikandar with Rashmika Mandanna. Sikandar will be released in 2025 on Eid. The shoot of movie is almost completed and running in different locations.
Upcoming Projects of Salman Khan:
Salman has very busy schedule in upcoming year. After release of movie Sikandar, according to some reports many movies are lined up to shoot. Kick 2, Dabangg 4, Inshallah and Wanted 2 are scheduled in 2025.