8 Bollywood Actresses Who Revived Their Career’s Due To Salman Khan

14 Oct 16 @ 11:00 AM | By Ravi

Salman Khan has been known for introducing and giving breaks to new talents in the Hindi film industry. The superstar has been instrumental in giving breaks to actresses, music composers, actors to star kids, since the early 90’s. From Bhagyashree in ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ to Daisy Shah in ‘Jai Ho’ he has helped many actresses debut opposite him, of which some made it big and some didn’t. But there are some Bollywood actresses who despite working in some forgettable films needed to pair opposite Salman to get their careers back on track. Have a look at these 8 Bollywood actresses who revived their careers due to Salman Khan.

Aishwarya Rai (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)

The former Miss World who debuted in Bollywood opposite Bobby Deol in ‘…Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya’ in 1997 delivered some duds before pairing up with Salman in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ in 1999. After the super success of the film the diva never looked back as her career graph saw an exponential rise and became one of Bollywood’s most sought after actresses.

Sources: pycker
Sushmita Sen (Biwi No.1)

The former Miss Universe too didn’t have a great debut in Bollywood with ‘Dastak’ and ‘Zor’ crashing at the box-office. She needed a Salman Khan starrer to reconstruct her acting career and so she grabbed the second lead opposite him in David Dhawan’s ‘Biwi No.1’ which became the biggest money spinner of 1999 and helped her bag that year’s Filmfare ‘Best Supporting Actress’ trophy. The pair later teamed up in ‘Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge’ and ‘Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya’.

Sources: en.wikipedia
Kareena Kapoor (Bodyguard)

Although Kareena did share screen space with Salman in ‘Kyon Ki…’ but wasn’t romantically paired opposite to him. She did manage to make her presence felt in ‘3 Idiots’ and ‘Jab We Met’ but needed a ‘Bodyguard’ to be counted in the top bracket. She also grabbed the opportunity to work with him in ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ which became the biggest money spinner of 2015.

Sources: pycker
Katrina Kaif (Ek Tha Tiger)

No one knew Katrina till she featured with Salman Khan in ‘Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya’ which was followed by ‘Partner’ where she was paired opposite Govinda but it was ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ which catapulted her into stardom.

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Asin (Ready)

The southern beauty did announce her arrival opposite Aamir Khan in ‘Ghajini’ which did roaring business but thereafter she gave a few duds at the box-office. Asin first appeared with Salman in ‘London Dreams’ which bombed badly but it was Anees Bazmi’s ‘Ready’ opposite Salman which got her back into contention.

Sources: en.wikipedia
Jacqueline Fernandez (Kick)

The Sri Lankan beauty who made her debut in ‘Aladin’, found her career going nowhere before she got to sign up ‘Kick’ opposite Salman which turned out to be a blockbuster at the box-office in 2014. Though she did appear in a couple of multi-starrer’s but a solo hit eluded her for a while before she could make it count with ‘Kick’.

Sources: pycker
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Sonam Kapoor (Prem Ratan Dhan Payo)

Sonam Kapoor had the perfect launch by debuting in a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film - ‘Saawariya’ which tanked without a trace. Though she was paired opposite Salman in her very first film where he had a guest appearance but the limelight was on Ranbir Kapoor who was also making his debut on screen. In order to revive her 8-year-old career, Sonam finally got to do ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ opposite Salman to get into the big league.

Sources: pycker
Anushka Sharma (Sultan)

After delivering ‘PK’ with Aamir Khan, where Anushka got overshadowed, followed it up with a few turkeys. With ‘Sultan’ up for release she joins the elite club of working opposite all the three-Khan’s of Bollywood. The actress is hoping to join the big band of successful Salman heroines.

Sources: pycker