New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's love life has always been a centre of attraction for everyone.
The ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan' actor is considered as one of the most eligible bachelors of the industry.
Though, interestingly, his name has been linked up with several of his co-actresses from Sangeeta Bijlaani to Katrina Kaif.
However, his affair with beauty queen Aishwarya Rai is the one which fails to diminish its charm in the mind of cine buffs even now
After all, Salman and Aishwarya made one of the best off and on screen couples in the B-town.
While Salman always carried an image of an angry man, everyone wondered what made him fall in love with Aishwarya who was just a beginner at that time.
Well, here's the answer.
During an interview to a leading daily around 17 years ago, Salman himself revealed the reason.
“I love [Aishwarya]. I am not hounding her. It's not a teenage obsession that I feel for her — it's pure love. She's such a traditional Hindustani girl at the bottom of her heart. The fact that she respects her parents so much makes me admire her more,” Salman was quoted saying.
Although, their love story was short-lived, and both Salman and Aish have moved on with their respective lives, but their past is still attached to them.
If the gossip mills are to be believed, Salman still holds a soft corner in his heart for Aishwarya.
Currently, Salman is busy shooting for his upcoming movie ‘Sultan' opposite Anushka Sharma, in which he will be seen in the role of a wrestler. The movie is expected to hit the theatres on Eid this year.
