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29 March 2024

Salman Khan and his many affairs of the heart

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By Bindu Suresh Rai

All roads will lead to Dubai Festival City arena on UAE National Day, as superstar Salman Khan takes to the stage in what promises to be a star-studded spectacle.

Joining him on stage will be Priyanka Chopra, a surprisingly safe choice to shake a leg with, while one-time alleged girlfriend Katrina Kaif is supposedly under discussion with a performance of her own later this month with rival Shah Rukh Khan.

A slap in the face for Salman? While critics may want to say so, the superstar is one of the few actors who had infamous affairs with his real-life ladies and has maintained a close friendship with all but one - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Emirates 24l7 flashes back to some of the actor's biggest romantic rendezvous...

Sangeeta Bijlani

Right when Salman found super stardom, he had a former beauty queen, Sangeeta Bijlani by his side.

The romance lasted a few years in the late 80s and early 90s, but things soon soured between them and the duo parted ways.

Sangeeta went on to marry former Indian cricket captain, Mohammed Azharuddin, while Salman went on to have another string of romances.

However, a few months ago, Sangeeta was spotting hanging out with Salman and his family.

Clearly, with Salman you are friends forever.

Somy Ali

Back in 1993, a 19-year-old Somy Ali flew down from the US to follow up on a crush she had on a boy called Salman Khan.

The young girl caught Salman's eye and he went out of his way to give Somy a jumpstart in her Bollywood career.

But things came to head five years later after a string of incidences reported in the media of abusive behaviour and excessive drinking on Salman's part.

In fact, the actor famously smashed a bottle on Somy's head at a party.

Yet, in a recent interview Somy only had kind things to say about her ex beau, calling out on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as the reason behind their break up.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Salman and Aishwarya’s love story took root on the sets of their smash hit film, 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'.

In the initial stage of their love story, Aishwarya was often snapped spending quality time with Salman and his family.

No one knows exactly what changed or when, but Salman publicly attacked director Subhash Ghai after Aishwarya starred in his film 'Taal'.

Their love life ended in 2002 after Aishwarya called Salman out on physically, mentally and emotionally abusing her.

Katrina Kaif

The stunner met Salman when she was a struggling model who was fresh of the disaster called 'Boom'.

The smitten Salman encouraged directors such as David Dhawan to sign on the actress to promote her in Bollywood, despite the fact that she barely spoke Hindi.

It has never been clear whether they dated or when they actually parted ways.

But considering they just worked together in this year's superhit 'Ek Tha Tiger', clearly there are no hard feelings here.