From Athiya Shetty to Sneha Ullal, actors launched by Salman Khan

Salman Khan Birthday 2023 The Tiger 3 star is among the biggest superstars of the country Having worked in the film industry for over 30 years the actor has also played the role of mentor to many and provided opportunities to many Ahead of his 58th birthday heres looking at the actors who were launched by the Dabangg starPalak TiwariSalman launched the acting career of TV star Shweta Tiwaris daughter Palak with Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan The actor had met Palak as a young girl when she had come on the sets of Bigg Boss for the season in which her mother participatedSonakshi SinhaIn 2010 Shatrughan Sinhas daughter Sonakshi made a dhamakedaar debut with the first installment of the Dabangg franchise opposite Salman Khan It was the superstar who discovered her and encouraged her to lose weight and proceed with a career in the movies Khan eventually offered her a role in his production Dabangg She was also seen in Dabangg 2 and 3Athiya Shetty and Sooraj PancholiDespite both hailing from film families Athiya and Sooraj were guided and launched by Salman Khan in his production Hero The newcomers were cast opposite each other in this action entertainer directed by Nikkhil AdvaniShehnaaz GillSalman Khan met Shehnaaz on the sets of the reality show Bigg Boss 13 While she was introduced as the bubbly Punjabi Ki Katrina her talent and charm helped her carve an identity for herself Gill formed a bond with Salman even after the show came to and In 2002 she made her Hindi film debut with Kisi ka Bhai Kisi Ka Jaan which had Salman Khan in the lead The film was also backed by Salman After the demise of Sidharth Shukla Salman also encouraged Shehnaaz to move on and live her life to the fullestZaheer Iqbal and Pranutan BahlZaheer is the son of Salman Khans childhood friend while Pranutan is the daughter of Manish Bahl with whom the Tiger 3 star shares a close bond having worked together He brought the two actors together and launched then with the film Notebook in 2019Daisy ShahDaisy started her career in the film industry as an assistant choreographer to Ganesh Acharya She worked in Kannada films before being spotted by Salman Khan who launched her in the film Jai Ho in 2014 She later worked with Khan in Race 3 in 2019Saiee ManjrekarSaiee Manjrekar is the daughter of actorfilmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar The filmmaker and Salman share a great bond having worked together in hit films together including Wanted After multiple rounds of auditions Saiee bagged the role of Khushi in the 2019 film Dabangg 3Aayush Sharma and Warina HussainSalman Khan produced the film LoveYatri and launched his brotherinlaw Aayush Sharma He was cast opposite newbie Warina Hussain who began her career as a modelZareen KhanSalman spotted the actress who bore a resemblance to Katrina Kaif on the sets of the film Yuvvraj and decided to cast her in a prominent role She then made her leading actress debut opposite Salman Khan in VeerSneha UlalFor the 2005 film Lucky No Time for Love Salman cast newbie Sneha Ulal opposite him She made headlines and was quiet the buzz for her striking resemblance to Aishwarya Rai However Ulal was not seen mainstream cinema after a glorious debutKatrina KaifWhile Katrina made her debut in 2003 with the lesserknown film Boom she got relaunched by Salman in the hit film Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya She went on to feature in several films starring Salman