Salman again supports Sooraj for getting Puri’s next action-thriller!

Prabhu Dheva's Bollywood directorial debut, Wanted, marked a turning point in Salman Khan's career, becoming one of the first movies to make it to the Rs 100-crore club. The movie was an official remake of the Telugu hit, Pokiri, which was directed by Puri Jagannadh, who also wrote the story and screenplay of the Hindi adaptation.

As informed by a tabloid, Puri who is a huge Salman fan, has kept in touch with the actor since then. Previously, Puri disclosed that he had written an action-thriller with Bhai in mind. But Salman astonished him with the suggestion that he should take his Hero aka Sooraj Pancholi instead.

“Salman already has a packed slate of back-to-back projects lined up till the end of 2017 and has no dates to spare. So he advised Puri to write a commercial film along the lines of Wanted for his protégé Sooraj. For Salman, Sooraj is family. The two even partied together during Diwali when Salman was at a new resort in Goa with his family. He is a part of all his family gatherings and he wants the boy to get back into action, asap," told the source.

Sooraj Pancholi and Salman Khan get emotional at launch event of 'Hero'!

Bollywood megastar Salman Khan, who is known for his good sense of humour took digs at his pupil Sooraj Pancholi when the latter broke down in tears at the trailer launch of his debut movie Hero, which is being produced by Salman.

When at the trailer launch event of the movie, when Sooraj was called upon the stage, the young lad broke down in tears and hugged Salman Khan, who did not seem shocked at all by this display of emotions. If this was not all, when introducing Sooraj and Athiya Shetty, Salman pointed at the crying Sooraj and joked, “Sooraj is the heroine of the film and Athiya is the hero of the film.” Must say that we were fairly taken aback by Salman's callous and sexist remark.

Directed by Nikhil Advani, Hero is slated to release on September 11 this year.