Superstar Salman Khan has helped many struggling actors in the past by either offering them some new projects or simply casting them in his own film. That’s not it, he has also extended help to telly actors and one of them is Aladdin: Naam Toh Suna Hoga star Siddharth Nigam who recently revealed that once upon a time, he experienced a salary hike because of Salman Khan. Talking to ETimes, the actor recalled the time when he was shooting for Colors’ periodical drama, Ashoka in Karjat and Salman was also shooting for a film there. The two used to work out in the same gym and in one of their meetings, the Dabangg 3 actor had asked him about his per-day salary.
After knowing the answer, he was left shocked. Due to which, he contacted someone and boom, Siddharth saw a salary hike. He said, "We would workout together. Salman sir had asked me about my per day salary once when I was working on Ashoka and he was really shocked after hearing it. Since my per day was very low at that time, he called up someone and told that person how low I was being paid. And after he spoke about it and there was a boom in my per day after a year of being on Ashoka."
Siddharth Nigam is one of the renowned actors in the Telly world. Have been starred in Asoka, ChandraNandani and Aladdin: Naam Toh Suna Hi Hoga, Siddharth also enjoys a huge fan base!
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