Bhumika Chawla says, ‘never got influenced by Salman Khan’ during Tere Naam shooting

Bhumika Chawla who was Salman Khan’s co-star in the movie Tere Naam gets candid about her experience working with him. She commented that she doesn’t think she ‘could get influenced by’ Salman Khan, while also mentioning she shares a very cordial and nice relationship with him.

Bhumika however added that she was never very close to him and that Salman has changed a lot over the years. The actress made her Bollywood debut with Satish Kaushik’s directorial Tere Naam in 2003. 

Bhumika recently got candid in an interview with Times Of India and said, “I don’t see it that way. Influence is a very strong word. You get influenced in a performance, or even as a human or as a person. I don’t think I had that much interaction with him on a personal front. We were very cordial and nice, but I was never really close to him. And so I don’t think I could get influenced by him in any such manner. He has changed a lot, I see so much difference. But it happens with all of us, isn’t it? You know, when you’re in your 20s, you’re different from when you’re in your 30s. And then you change again in your 40s and 50s. So I think he’s probably – from what I hear, because like I said, I don’t have much of personal interaction with Salman – seen a kind of good growth in him as a person and even as an artist.”

The actress then commented on Tere Naam and her choice of projects, and she said, “I have to make sure that my next film should be like Tere Naam or MS Dhoni. Otherwise, I will not be able to perform. I will enjoy my past, I will enjoy the journey that I’ve had. But when I’m working, I will only concentrate on that day, on that shot between the camera and I, that’s all. I will not let my past and/or future create pressure. And so for me, my success is just the camera and me in that very moment.”

Bhumika Chawla will next be seen in Operation Romeo, which is a remake of the 2019 Malayalam movie Ishq.