Now that’s stretching yourself a tad too much in creative terms. The bhai of Bollywood, Salman Khan, aka Sallu mian, will soon turn 50. He knows that his career as an action hero will not last for long and he will have to diversify his portfolio in the film industry. So what he does is that instead of lifting dumbbells he has now decided to pick up a pen.

Sallu mian is writing the screenplay and dialogue for the sequel to his blockbuster film Kick, tentatively called Kick II. Hmm… bhai Salman, putting pen to paper ain’t that easy. You need to have a way with words. The only way you have … well, let’s not go there.

Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, February 22nd, 2015

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