Sooraj Pancholi shares Salman Khan was first person he contacted after court: ‘He has done more than anyone else’

On Friday, Sooraj Pancholi was acquitted within the dying case of Jiah Khan, his then girlfriend. The actor had been arrested in June 2013 on abetment of suicide costs. On April 28, a particular Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court docket choose AS Sayyed said the ultimate verdict and cleared Sooraj within the case, citing ‘paucity of evidence’. Sooraj was accompanied for the court docket go to together with his mom, actor Zarina Wahab. He shared that Salman Khan was the primary particular person whom he despatched a message after exiting the court docket. The actor had shared that Salman has been there, supporting him over the previous decade. (Also learn: EXCLUSIVE| Sooraj Pancholi opens up in tell-all interview after acquittal: Only I used to be there for Jiah Khan in her worst time, not her household)

Sooraj and Athiya Shetty made their debuts in Hero (2015), directed by Nikkhil Advani. The movie was co-produced by Salman and filmmaker Subhash Ghai. The movie was a remake of Subhash’s 1983 musical hit movie Hero, with Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Sheshadri. Sooraj’s father, actor Aditya Pancholi was additionally a part of the movie.

In an interview with Bombay Times, Sooraj revealed, “Salman Khan is not a friend of my father or mother. Of course, they know each other as they all work in the same industry. I was an AD on Ek Tha Tiger and he had told me that he will produce my first film. I was accused in 2013 two years before that film (Hero) came out, and he still produced that film and stood by me.”

The actor continued, “He has done more than anyone else for me, but I know my limits and I won’t exploit that bond. I have met him a hundred times, but never for work. He was the first person I messaged as soon as I left the court. He had told me, ‘Sooraj, if you know in your heart that you haven’t done anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.”

Sooraj began out as an assistant director on the movies Guzaarish (2010) and Ek Tha Tiger (2012). After Hero, he appeared within the movies Satellite Shankar (2019) and Time to Dance (2021). He is about to play the lead position within the biopic on legendary boxer Hawa Singh, though no launch date has been shared as but for the movie.