Avinash Gowariker is one of the most sought-after celebrity photographers in the country, and after a multi-decade career of capturing the lives of the stars, he certainly has a lot of tales to tell. During an interview, Gowariker talked about none other than Salman Khan, and shared anecdotes about his family’s magnanimous nature. While recalling his early days in the industry, he said that he didn’t have a place to stay, and Salman invited him to move in.
In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Avinash talked about struggling to make ends meet during the nascent stage of his career, and how he survived. “When I started my career, I used to live in a 10*10 feet kholi, and I had a Kinetic Honda, and that’s how it started. I used to live on rent from one place to another, and sometimes I was caught in between rents. I had no place to go, and when I told this to Salman, he said, ‘Come stay in the house; stay in Sohail’s room.’ This is how big-hearted they are.”
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Avinash said that it’s not like the Khans were living in a mansion, and yet they decided to take another person in. “I was a nobody; I was a simple, struggling, middle-class photographer, and they opened their house to me. All brothers were staying in the house, and it is not as if they stayed in a mansion. Galaxy is an apartment,” he said.
When asked about the duration of his stay, he laughed and said, “There is some controversy regarding that because I think it was a few months, but Sohail claims it was a few years. But I did stay there for a long time, actually till the night Sohail got married.” The photographer added that all these traits that Salman displays have been inherited from their father, the great writer Salim Khan.
Avinash is a cousin of the legendary director Ashutosh Gowariker, credited with movies such as Lagaan (2001) and Swades (2004). In a previous appearance on Cyrus Broacha’s podcast, Ashutosh had credited his success to his cousin and actors Salman and Aamir Khan and said, “If Salman likes you, your life is set.” Meanwhile, Salman Khan was last seen in Sikandar, alongside Rashmika Mandanna, Kajal Aggarwal, Sharman Joshi and Suniel Shetty.
