Why Salman Khan is Bollywood's FAVOURITE go-to man

Salman Khan has become Bollywood's most preferred go-to person.

The actor is known to have been routinely summoned to fix problems, rescue films with bleak box office prospects and broker peace between warring parties.

So it didn't come as a surprise when Jiah Khan's mother Rabia Khan said that Salman was called in to mediate between Suraj Pancholi and her daughter, a claim that was immediately refuted by Pancholi's mother Zarina Wahab. 

While the veracity of Rabia Khan's claims are yet to be verified, Salman Khan's sudden surge to demigod status is undeniably fascinating.

Here's looking at other instances where the star actor came to his friends, allies' rescue.

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While it was rather well-known that Salman was set to launch Suraj Pancholi in the remake of Subhash Ghai's 1983 hit Hero, it was surprising to learn that he was involved in the troubled aspiring actor's personal matters as well.

According to Rabia Khan, Salman was in the know-how of the doomed relationship, which made it to headlines following Jiah Khan's suicide.

However, Salman has maintained a studied silence and distance from the matter so far.

It was suprising to see Salman's name associated with producer duo Farhan Akhtar-Ritesh Sidhwani's new film Fukrey. 

Turns out, one of the film's protagonists -- Pulkit Samrat -- is the self designated brother-in-law of Salman since his fiancee Shweta Rohira is Salman's rakhi-sister.

Salman had launched the music of Pulkit's debut film Bittoo Boss

Let's see what fate has in store for Fukrey.

The trailer of Rajkumar Gupta's Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi starrer comedy includes a particulalry funny scene where Hashmi's character's partial memory loss is likened to Aamir Khan's Ghajini.

The hilarious exchange between the characters incorrectly throws up several names that they claim played Ghajini and one of the Khan they mention is, you guessed it, Salman.