Gazala Salmin Recalls Salman Khan’s Remark on Her Chin Mole
Former child actor Gazala Salmin shared a clip from Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye and recalled Salman Khan asking if her chin mole was real and calling her pretty during rehearsals.
Mumbai: Actress Gazala Salmin, known for her work as a child actor in several Hindi films, shared a nostalgic recollection of working with Salman Khan on the 2000 film Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye.
Posting a clip from the movie on social media, she remembered rehearsing a scene when Khan noticed the mole on her chin and asked if it was real. His compliment, she said, left her completely star-struck.
She captioned the post asking followers to guess the film and identify the moment, then described the exchange: during rehearsals Salman had said, “Arreeeee yeh chin pe mole asli hai???” When she confirmed it was real, he replied that she was very pretty. “I was star struck at that moment—imagine Salman Khan is saying you’re beautiful,” she wrote.
She added that if she ever meets him again she will remind him of the scene. “Also he was such a fun loving person to work with always making ppl smile and feel comfortable. I rem every scene every single short like it happend yesterday,” she said, tagging the film’s cast and expressing a hope that they meet again someday.
Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye is a 2000 romantic drama directed by K. Muralimohana Rao. It starred Salman Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead, with Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Pooja Batra, Kashmera Shah and others in supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Himesh Reshammiya; songs including the title track, “Pardesi Pardesi,” “O Priya O Priya” and “Suno Miya Suno” remain familiar to audiences.
Gazala Salmin began her career as a child artist and appeared in numerous Hindi films, including Anjaam, Imtihaan, Raja, Raghuveer, Rock Dancer, Bambai Ka Babu, Dil Ke Jharoke Main, Aarzoo, Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye, One 2 Ka 4, Sur and Gunaah, among others.
Her post offered a brief, personal memory from a major commercial film of the early 2000s and underlined the lasting impression a simple on-set exchange left on a young co-star.
