When it comes to stardom in Bollywood, Salman Khan is a class in himself. Despite so many controversies in his name, the actor is loved by the audiences like no one else. While there might be many actors waiting to replace the mega stars in the industry there is no else in Bollywood who can drag a movie as easily into the 100 crores club with as much ease as he can. He might be associated with the biggest projects in Bollywood today but there are some films that he signed that never made it to the theatres.
Ran Kshetra – After Maine Pyaar Kiya the duo Salman and Bhagyasree got really popular as an onscreen couple. They were signed together for a second time for Ran Kshetra, but Bhagyashree got married and the film got stalled and was ultimately shelved.
Dil Hai Tumhara – The 1991 film had Salman Khan, Sunny Deol and Meenakshi Sheshadri in the lead and was being directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. They unfortunately got together for only one schedule of the shoo and Rajkumar Santoshi signed up for another film replacing Shekhar Kapoor as the director of Bobby Deol’s movie, Barsaat. Dil Hai Tumhara therefore took a back seat and was ultimately shelved.
Gherao – To make up for the lost project that was Dil Hai Tumhara, Salman was made to sign Gherao opposite Manisha Koirala and Rajkumar Santoshi was the director yet again. This one did not even make it to its first schedule of shooting and was shelved soon after the mahurat.
Aye Mere Dost – The project starring Arbaaz, Divya Bharti, Karishma Kapoor and Salman Khan began with a song recording but nothing really happened after that. The song was later used for another Salman Khan film, Majhdhar in 1996.
Buland – Salman had complete shooting for more than half the film with Somi Ali, who he was then dating, before the project got shelved for reasons unknown.
Raam – The 1994 film was all set to be Sohail Khan’s directorial debut and nearly half of it was shot before production issues occurred and the film was going over budget. Due a conflict the film got delayed and was later shelved. The film starred Salman, Anil Kapoor and Pooja Bhatt.
Chori Mera Naam – The movie had Sunil Shetty, Shilpa Shetty, and Kajol alongside Salman. It created a lot of buzz but was shelved after nearly half of it was shot. The reasons for calling off the project remain unknown but a stunt from the film by Salman and Sunil was used for a Thumbs Up commercial.
Dus – One of the most popular projects of Salman Khan to get shelved, it was under production in 1997 when the director Mukul S. Anand passed away half way through the film. The cast of the film included Salman, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon and Shilpa Shetty. The film never released but the sound track of the film was released in 1999.
Raju Raja Ram – The film starred Salman, Govinda and Jackie Shroff and was being directed by David Dhawan when the production house went into a financial crunch and the project was called off.
Aankh Micholi – Soon after Judwaa in 1997, Salman was signed up in this Anees Bazmi film for another double role. But Salman had his reservations about doing another double role after Judwaa and the film was dropped.
