Salman Khan opens up about his previous jail experiences in throwback interview

Actor talked about his stay in jail and how he spent his time

In 1998, Salman Khan and fellow Bollywood stars Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam allegedly went hunting outside a forest reserve near Kankani village in Jodhpur, India, while shooting for Hum Saath Saath Hain.

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Almost 20 years later, a Jodhpur court convicted the Ready star for five years in prison under Section 9/51 of India's Wildlife Protection Act. According to Hindustan Times, this is the fourth time Salman has been sent to jail.



Talking about his previous jail terms, Salman had told Koel Puri in an interview back in 2008 that he was 'chilling' during his stay in jail and 'the only tension was going to the bathroom'.

When Koel asked, “What was your time in jail like?” Salman replied, apparently with sarcasm, “A lot of fun.” He then went ahead and laughed loudly when she said, “Really?” She accepted that this kind of question would lead to such a response.

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“I was blank. I was chilling. The only tension was the bathroom. That was it. And, the bin, and three, four times I have gone in and out of it. If someone wants to put you in, you go in quietly. When you know you haven’t done it, you go in head high,” he said in the 2008 episode of On the Couch with Koel.



“The police custody here, yeah.. There were like nine or 10 rooms, and each room had 9-10 people in one room. One bathroom. One toilet. So that was...[rolls his eyes] Then the rest of the space, the Central Jail. When you go to the judicial custody, you get your own suite there [smiles].”


Salman further elaborated on the people he got to see and meet in the prison. “Once a week. Then you get one qaidi who’ll give you chai in the morning. The same guy will come and get you the lunch. There’s one guard outside. You get this one mug, that you have your chai in and wash it. Then you have daal-chawal in it. You use it to take a shower. You use it to do whatever you wanna do.”



“I used to do a lot of push-ups and crunches. And used to work out thrice a day,” he added in answer to how he spent his time in the jail.

Salman was later granted bail, but not before he had to spend two nights in jail. The actor ate a simple dinner of daal, sabzi and chapatis served in the jail and slept on floor. He refused breakfast on Friday morning. His only question was about the toilet in his barrack and if there was a geyser.

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