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Salman Khan has worked with many actresses in his 30 year long film career. Over the years, Salman Khan has no objection to working with any actress, irrespective of their background or age. However, it took 5 months for Salman Khan to agree to a film. Salman Khan was shy of having an onscreen romance with the actress of that film who was not only 19 years younger than him but was also his best friend's daughter.
The name of the film we are talking about is Prem Ratan Dhan Payo which was released in 2015. Sonam Kapoor and Salman Khan played the lead roles in this film. The film's director and producer Sooraj Barjatya wanted to cast an actress opposite Salman Khan who had not worked with him before. In such a situation, Sonam Kapoor was his first choice because she was good at playing both modern and traditional roles.
Hesitation in doing onscreen romance
However, Salman Khan was hesitant about romancing Sonam Kapoor onscreen. The reason was that Sonam was the daughter of his good friend Anil Kapoor. Salman Khan told the director that he had seen Sonam Kapoor grow up and it was strange for the actor to romance her onscreen. Sooraj Barjatya also decided that he wanted to cast Sonam Kapoor opposite Salman Khan and so he spent five months convincing Salman Khan to work with Sonam Kapoor.
Salman Khan asked for some time from Sooraj Barjatya. When Sooraj Barjatya remained adamant and Sonam Kapoor was also excited that she was getting a chance to work with Salman Khan, the actor also agreed to do the film.
Salman Khan once again played his iconic character in Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. The film was a blockbuster. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, made with a budget of Rs 90 crore, had a good collection of Rs 432 crore at the box office. It was the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2015.