MUMBAI : Actor Pradeep Rawat worked with Salman Khan on several films including Tiger Zinda Hai and Baaghi: A Rebel for Love has been candid about their relationship. Salman's "inner circle" once included Pradeep, who saw firsthand how he broke up with actors Somy Ali and Sangeeta Bijlani.

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Pradeep elaborated during a conversation with Siddharth Kannan on how Salman left Somy and Sangeeta "heartbroken" following their breakups and explained why he eventually withdrew from Salman's close group.

“Salman Khan wasn’t affected much. Somy Ali was affected a lot by their break-up. Salman is so good-looking that he doesn’t have a dearth of options. They were my friends and we would sit together, eat together… both of them would tell me their side of the story,” he said in the interview.

When asked about Sangeeta Bijlani’s reaction after her breakup with Salman, Pradeep Rawat said, “Obviously, Sangeeta was affected more. Who would want to lose a human being like Salman?” In response to whether Salman was a heartbreaker, he said, “Sometimes things happen unknowingly and there were some misunderstandings. Salman is a very clean and neat-hearted person; he cannot hurt anyone.”

Explaining the reason behind distancing himself from Salman’s inner circle, the Sarfarosh actor said, “I didn’t meet Salman for years because I thought that if I stayed with him for a long time then his bodyguard Shera wouldn’t have a place. I would end up as his bodyguard. I thought I wouldn’t be able to achieve anything if I remained in this comfort. So, I slowly came out of Salman’s inner circle.”

During the same interview, Pradeep disclosed that the original intention of director AR Murugadoss was to cast Salman in the film Ghajini. Aamir Khan and Asin played key roles in the box-office hit Ghajini. Both viewers and critics praised the actor's outstanding performance as well as the compelling plot with several surprising turns. It is a Hindi version of the same-titled Tamil film. Suriya, Asin, and Nayanthara appeared in the Tamil movie.

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