The actor or should we say the mega-star still continues to believe in My Way Or The Bhai Way! His real challenge although came in the form of the other Radhe, the vulnerable, the torn and the nearly destroyed.
Khan’s performance as the long-haired Radhe could be an extension of his real-self, with dialogues like Main Request Nahin Karta, Sirf Ek Baar Bolta Hoon Aur Full And Final Ho Jaata Hai, thrown in for clap-traps and wolf-whistles. Little did they know Bhai would be declared mentally unstable after a shocking mishap. The sequence where she finally reciprocated to his adoration was the most problematic in the film, yet most celebrated and embraced by Bhai’s fans. But she explodes in vexation when his love transforms into obsession. Tere Naam narrated the tale of a devil-may-care college ruffian Radhe, who’s smitten by the naivete and gullibility of Nirjara (Bhumika Chawla), who studies in the same college. The actor was paired opposite Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and it was alleged that this Satish Kaushik’s adaptation of the Vikram starrer Sethu was sourced from the turbulent love story of the former couple. Before this sob saga that unfortunately claimed to be a true story, the nation saw Bhai attempting to put up an earnest performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in 1999. “As a viewer and filmmaker though, I believe that all kinds of characters, positive, negative and those with grey shades should be shown in cinema, but it’s necessary to not show negative or grey characters winning in the end, like in Tere Naam,” Satish further told the tabloid.Tere Naam is regarded as Salman Khan’s return to solid form. Salman’s character ends up in an asylum in the film. “We must ensure that such negative characters or those with shades of grey are not shown winning in the end,” the director said, an advice he also followed in Tere Naam. Satish, nonetheless, added that he believes all kinds of characters must be shown in films. Salman has always been very conscious that way in what he shows to his fans on screen.”Īlso read: Tisca Chopra shares one advice to tackle lockdown: ‘It’s very important to have a routine’ This isn’t the kind of character we should show to the youth as they could get wrongly influenced by it. In fact, you wouldn’t believe that while shooting the movie, Salman had told me that it would work with the audience, but we’re sending a wrong message to the youth. Satish told Bollywoodlife in an interview, “There are quite a few similarities between Tere Naam and Kabir Singh, especially the way, the hero pursues the girl and some other aspects.
However, Kabir Singh was widely criticised for romanticising violence in relationships and promoting misogyny.
Shahid Kapoor’s Kabir Singh had a similar arc - it was the story of a medical student who is obsessed with a junior in medical school. Tere Naam - a film that marked the debut of Bhumika Chawla - told the story of an obsessive lover Radhe (Salman) who is a good-for-nothing college drop-out who continues to linger about the college premises, initially for hooliganism and later for the girl he takes a fancy to. Satish, who celebrated his birthday recently, remembered the time when he shot the film and revealed that Salman knew audience would love the film, but also feared that its messaging was wrong. Filmmaker and actor Satish Kaushik has revealed that Salman Khan was not happy with the stalking shown in his hit film Tere Naam.