Hafta Vasooli: Salman Khan halted Race 3 shoot for 'sushi'; co-star Saqib Saleem shares hilarious BTS story

Saqib Saleem was one of the key members of Salman Khan's Race 3 star cast. The actor played the role of Suraj Singh in the Remo D'Souza directorial. The Bollywood actor recently shared an interesting and hilarious anecdote from the film set. During his appearance on Hafta Vasooli (hosted by Munawar Faruqui), Saqib revealed how co-star Salman halted the film's shoot for 'sushi'. Read on to know the funny BTS story...

When Salman Khan halted Race 3's shoot for sushi

In conversation with Munawar Faruqui, Saqib Saleem recalled shooting for Race 3 with Salman Khan at a place near Abu Dhabi. Sharing the anecdote, the actor revealed, "There was nothing, just dessert. But suddenly Salman Bhai turned towards me and asked me if I would like to have Sushi. I casually said, yahan kahan Sushi. But when we broke for lunch, I got to know that there was a guy who went to Abu Dhabi, 2 hours away from where we were shooting to get sushi."

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Since the person travelled to Abu Dhabi to get 'sushi', the star cast and crew had to wait for him to return with it. The actor reminisced that everyone sat and patiently waited on the set. Saqib mentioned it was a big day of the shoot, for which they had a chopper and army tanker on the set.

"All of them were parked idle because sushi nahi aayi. We shot only after it came and we had it," the actor shared. Saqib further opened up about how he landed a role in the action thriller. The actor revealed that Salman Khan called him and advised him to meet producer Ramesh Taurani and listen to the film's script.

To which, the actor told Salman, "What is there to check? I am doing the film, you called me, so I am doing it."

When and where to watch Hafta Vasooli

Hosted by Munawar Faruqui, Hafta Vasooli had its OTT premiere on JioHotstar. A new episode of the show drops every week on the streaming platform. The show aims to offer a fresh and entertaining take on the trending cultural and political events.

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