Salman Khan, who's back here after the shooting of "Ek Tha Tiger" in Cuba, Friday came out in support of his fellow actor Saif Ali Khan, saying that media will need to have waited for his version and dug out the facts before running what was carried on television.
"Even the clicking yesterday was thinking about the opposite guy. They did not even bother to invite what happened to Saif. Did Saif got wacked first or not? We must always have waited for Saif to come back out and say what he needed to say," Salman told reporters after he was aksed to touch upon the incident.
"We are actors and we have now been within the industry for the longest time. Saif was within the industry for 18 years. We knew the guy," added the actor.
Salman is the face of the History channel and was attending the revealing of TV 18's Big initiative.
Saif was serious about a scuffle early Wednesday at Wasabi, the japanese restaurant at Taj Mahal Palace with South Africa-based Indian businessman Iqbal Sharma. The latter alleged that Saif abused and assaulted him and his father-in-law and filed a complained on the Colaba police station, the actor said he was provoked to do so.
Following Sharma's complain the 41-year-old actor was arrested Wednesday evening with two others -- Shakeel Ladak and Bilal Amrohi.
Police detained the trio on the Marine Drive police station and later brought them to the Colaba police station. The interrogation of the trio lasted an hour. Later, the actor and his two friends were freed on personal bonds of Rs. 3,000 each.
According to Sharma, Saif called him an "idiot" for complaining concerning the actor's loud conduct on the restaurant. He said he and his family had requested the restaurant manager to invite Saif and his friends, which included Kareena, Amrita Arora and Malaika Arora Khan, to maintain their voices down.
Salman said, "IN CASE YOU HAVE gone right into a restaurant, you aren't there to manao matam (mourn). You're there to have dinner and drinks. My family was there, everybody was there. I'M sure he (Sharma) could be right, but my point is that discover the whole thing after which come on TV."
When CNN-IBN editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai asked Salman if recently he created any historical moment by bashing up someone in a restaurant, Salman replied: "OTHER FOLKS are making history it seems."
The actor, who himself have been all for hit and run case, and scuffles, says the blame always comes on actors.
Salman said, "Always the actors was blamed, why so? It has always been us," he said.
